Coordinator, Project Accounting

**Position Details**:
**Current Rate of Pay**: Min = $34.60/hr, Max = $37.51/hr

**Employment type**: Fulltime Contract

**Duration of employment**: 18 months

**Hours of work**: 35 hrs/week

**Work location**: Head Office

**Division**: Corporate Services

**Business unit**: Finance

**Travel**: 0%

**Remote Work**: Hybrid/None

**About TRCA**:
With more than 60 years of experience, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) is one of 36 Conservation Authorities in Ontario, created to safeguard and enhance the health and well-being of watershed communities through the protection and restoration of the natural environment and the ecological services the environment provides.

TRCA is considered the provincial leader in conserving, restoring, and managing natural resources to advance safe and sustainable development.

**How you will contribute as part of the TRCA team**:
Under the direction of the Senior Coordinator, Financial Services, the Coordinator, Financial Services position is responsible for the coordination of all financial management activities needed for the Project Accounting team including direct support to the Associate Director relating to budgets and cost control. This position acts as the lead of the Financial Services team to ensure that financial tasks are completed accurately, efficiently, and in compliance with all policies and procedures.

**Major Responsibilities**:

- Schedules regular meetings with monitoring, project management, survey, engineering, construction services, water resources and planning ecology staff to confirm budgets, discuss year-to-date expenditures and other details.
- Maintain the master budget allocation spreadsheet up to date throughout the year for the Associate Director.
- Prepare invoices for clients on cost recoverable projects.
- Provides variance reports and participates in variance meetings as requested.
- Works with other budget coordinators and financial staff across the organization to ensure consistency in approach and compliance with TRCA policies and procedures.
- Compiles the next year list of capital projects on the master budget allocation spreadsheet and populates the account code, available budget, estimated cost, and quarterly expenditures for ongoing tracking throughout the year.
- Prepares forecast tables, preliminary budgets and other documents as required for the Associate Director to ensure the required information is available for budget submissions.
- Complete monthly visa and vehicle sheet reconciliation.

**What will you need to succeed**:

- 2-year College or business school diploma in accounting.
- Minimum three (3) years of experience in accounts payable, accounts receivable and general office administration.
- Valid Ontario Driver's License.

**What TRCA has to offer you**:
As part of a progressive team you will have the opportunity to make a positive impact to preserving and protecting nature, while maintaining a balance between the natural environment and built environment. Working with experts within our field, you will join a team of colleagues that are committed to TRCA’s core values by demonstrating the following behaviours; integrity, collaboration, accountability, respect, and excellence (icare).

**You will be part of a diverse and inclusive organization that**:

- Makes a positive difference in the communities we serve.
- Fosters high performance and collaborative teams.
- Provides continuous learning and development opportunities.
- Offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits program (including Defined Benefit Pension Plan - OMERS/OTPP).
- Pregnancy & Parental Leave Top-Up Program.
- Provides unique TRCA Perks.
- Provides flexible work arrangements.
- Offers potential for career growth and advancement.

While the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) thanks all applicants for their interest, only those under consideration will be contacted for interviews. Please be advised that successful incumbent(s) may be required to undergo a vulnerable sector screening and/or driver’s abstract check as a part of the final step in the hiring process.

Personal information you provide through the TRCA recruitment, selection, and onboarding process is collected under the authority of the Conservation Authorities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.27. Collection of this personal information is necessary for the proper administration of this recruitment process for employment and volunteer positions with TRCA. Personal information is protected from disclosure pursuant to the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Any questions regarding this collection activity should be directed to the Manager of Records and Information, 101 Exchange Avenue, Vaughan, Ontario, L4K 5R6, (437) 880 2308.