Bookkeeper - Long-term Care Home

**Do you have a passion for making a difference?**

Making every moment matter is about improving all the things that make life enjoyable. Things like making someone feel better, making connections with them or for them with other residents, showing them a new song or even just giving them something to look forward to.

At Mill Creek Care Centre, we are passionate about providing compassionate care for families' loved ones, where the residents of our home come before anything else. focused philosophy, Participation ~ Excellence ~ Openness ~ Performance ~ Longevity ~ Efficient Use of Resources. This philosophy can be seen in every aspect and level of our home.

Since Mill Creek Care Centre opened, we have offered a community within a community that people were happy to call ‘home’. We pride ourselves in this community connection, our philosophies and the feeling of comfort that can be felt as soon as the door opens.

**Responsibilities of the Bookkeeper at Mill Creek Care Centre**

The Bookkeeper provides complete accounting of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll and Trust Fund to all clients, as well as various duties assigned by the Executive Director. The Bookkeeper also provides complete accounting records for the month-end related financial reporting.

**Essential Duties are the technical skills and knowledge that an employee requires in order to perform their role. Below is detailed information on required Essential Duties for your position.**
- Produce and distribute all facility financial communiques under the direction of the Executive Director and/or Director of Accounting,
- Ensures that the department maintains compliance, which is consistent with the Accreditation Canada, Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and internal MIS policies/procedures, collective bargaining unit,
- Demonstrates good knowledge of Collective Agreements, Employment Standards Act, Labour Relations Act and Occupational Health and Safety Act,
- Participates in facility-wide quality improvement activities,
- Participates in annual corporate compliance,
- Prepares and participates in annual accounting audits,
- Conducts audit of payroll and new hires monthly,
- Conducts monthly audits of employee benefit deductions,
- Required to understand the nature and meaning of quality indicators used by the Home,
- Required to participate in the improvement of the indicators and achieve satisfactory results,
- Accounting functions and associated reporting are completed accurately and on time including, but not limited to: AP, AR, Payroll, benefits, resident trust, petty cash,
- Other duties as assigned and or indicated in Job Task Inventory,

**Qualifications**

At Mill Creek Care Centre we take pride in our employees, so your qualifications are important to us. We use them to get to know you and see if we are a good fit for each other. The qualifications needed to join our family at Mill Creek Care Centre are as follows:

- Minimum of High School graduate,
- Minimum of 2 years accounting experience to include (solid background of either accounts receivable or payroll): computerized payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, benefits administration,
- Related and recent professional and skill development courses would be desirable,
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office set of programs,
- Ability to interpret Union contracts, policies and procedures,
- Sense of responsibility, integrity and confidentiality,
- Ability to multitask,
- Well-developed interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to interact efficiently and courteously with residents, public, employees and volunteers,
- Ability to demonstrate care in use of supplies and equipment, and the ability to maintain neat work area,
- Good organizational skills,
- Ability to work independently,
- Must be level headed and calm in emergencies,
- Second language is an asset.
- Must have a clear vulnerable sector screen, no older than 6 months, TB test results less than 6 months old, must be able to provide three supervisory references.

**How to apply?**

Please submit a resume, cover letter, and references. We look forward to speaking with you, and making every moment matter