Accounting Associate

GCT is the largest terminal operator and maritime employer in the country. We are the major entry point for international trade in Canada, totaling over $2 billion in economic output each year. Operating on the West Coast for over a hundred years, with the support of our people, we played a major role in the development of the Asia Pacific Gateway.

We offer rewarding opportunities for team-oriented individuals who thrive in a fast-paced environment that are accountable, innovative, and driven to achieve challenging goals. We have an opportunity for a 12 month contract position as an Accounting Associate within our Accounting Department at our head office location in Vancouver, BC.

**Key Responsibilities**:
You will be responsible for the following duties:
Asset Management:

- Maintain the asset module within accounting software, including; acquisitions, disposals, useful life and components
- Liaise with Maintenance Department to verify assets, investigate and report on variances, make necessary recommendations to resolve discrepancies and update the asset module
- Participate in meetings with project owners to review project statuses and track assets that are in the process of construction
- Close out completed projects ensuring completeness and on a timely basis
- Have an understanding of the various equipment and understanding of PP&E capitalization
- Prepare monthly reconciliation with supporting schedules to the relevant accounting records, and resolve unreconciled items.

Cash Management:

- Issue petty cash
- Prepare cheque deposits
- Prepare monthly bank reconciliation and update financial system

Financial accounting:

- Prepare monthly GST & PST returns
- Review expense accounts and prepare journal entry
- In depth knowledge of our GL codes to ensure all invoices are coded properly
- Generate and prepare monthly journal entries and accruals
- Perform monthly general ledger accounts reconciliations and analysis
- Maintain, balance and trouble shoot various GL account reconciliations
- Participate in the preparation of year-end audit working papers

Other:

- Perform other duties as required
- Perform special analysis and projects as required

**Requirements**:
**Education & Experience**:
You have a Diploma in Business Administration or Accounting or are a CPA student. You have at least 3 years of experience in an Accounting role. You have intermediate to advanced skills with MS Excel and solid experience with MS Word. An understanding of the Container Shipping Industry and previous experience in a unionized environment is preferred.

You are pro-active self-starter who is able to multi-task. You bring strong planning and organizational skills. You possess excellent analytical and problem solving skills as well as strong written and verbal communication skills.

**Compensation**:

- Salary range $77,184 - $90,288 (Band S3)
- Annual Incentive Plan
- Competitive Benefits Plan

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