Bookkeeper

**Opportunity to create relationships while providing excellent services.**
- **Become a part of a team that cares and looks out for each other.**
- **Continue to grow, learn, and improve. We stay informed and invest in our people.**

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About Fair Waves Coffee:
Fair Waves Coffee Inc. is a franchise business with Coffee Houses located throughout BC and AB. We set out to create a place where friends, family, and strangers could feel good coming together as a community. Founded in 2005 at Hastings and Richards Street in downtown Vancouver, Waves has been blazing the trail with superbly fresh brewed coffee, a commitment to local craftsmanship and community, and incomparable service.

It is the Head Office’s responsibility to provide proper training and live by example for the rest of the Franchisees and store level staff to provide the right customer experience every time. As a member of the Head Office, the goal is focusing on helping our Franchise Partners to meet and exceed their business expectations, while providing excellent support and communication. We are focused on innovation and improvement and we build our team with our values in mind. Instead of hiring people for a job, we hope to build the right culture and financial sustainability where everyone can enjoy what they are doing and feel like this is their home.

About You:
You are a professional that is always looking to learn new things. You thrive to always improve yourself as well as the procedures and systems used. Your attention to detail is impeccable. You like to wear multiple hats and multitasking comes natural to you. You live by similar if not same values, vision, and mission as our company. You want to work in a friendly, yet professional environment and are open and honest. You are a critical thinker that can find solutions and solve problems with ease. You are self-driven and like to take ownership and responsibility over your tasks and duties.

**Responsibilities**:
The role of the Bookkeeper is to enter a company’s financial information into a general ledger using quickbooks. With the aid of computer software, the Bookkeeper is able to update records and forecast spending for the next month, quarter, or year. The Bookkeeper is responsible to post transactions, prepare reports, and analyze data for the company overall or for specific departments.
- Follow office workflow procedures to ensure maximum efficiency
- Maintain files and records with effective filing systems
- Maintain confidentiality of information
- Enter and record all company transactions
- Payroll
- Fact-checking accounting information
- Distribute reports to staff
- Balancing subsidiary accounts to reconcile accounts
- Ensuring all financial actions comply with local legal requirements
- Preparing financial reports by analyzing, collecting, and condensing account trends and information
- Using quickbooks to account for the financial transactions made by the company to establish a chart of accounts
- Bank Reconciliations
- GST Filing quarterly
- Work closely with the Accountant for the preparation of the Year End Financial Statements
- Accounts Payables
- Royalty Calculations and Deposits

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**Requirements**:

- Must be able to work in the office
- Good understanding of the general principles of accounting
- 3-5 years of experience combined in relevant and similar roles.
- Bookkeeping certificate is an asset
- Advanced working knowledge of Quickbooks
- Advanced working knowledge of Excel

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Benefits and Compensation:

- Competitive salary
- $50,000 - 60,000
- Three weeks, paid vacation per year
- Group benefits plan including dental after the probationary period
- Professional Development Funding
- Company Paid Events/Outings
- Free Coffee and Snacks

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**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: $50,000.00-$60,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Vision care

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift