Sfa/accounts Payable Clerk

**Competition Number**
- S181411P

**Position Title**
- SFA/Accounts Payable Clerk

**Position Number**
- S99252

**Employee Group**
- Staff

**Position Status**
- Regular Full-Time

**Start Date**

**End Date (if applicable)**

**Department**
- Finance & Administration

**Additional Notes**

**Location**
- North Vancouver

**Working with us**
- At Capilano University, students are our focus. Employees play an essential role in creating an exceptional learning experience for students and a thriving campus community. Together, we are a high-performing team of individuals who make Capilano University one of the leading teaching universities in British Columbia and one of BC’s Top Employers. Grounded by our sense of purpose, we offer a meaningful, friendly and dynamic work environment.

As a member of the Financial Services team, you will be instrumental in helping develop a solid financial framework for the organization to ensure accountability and stewardship of resources in transforming the department to be a strategic partner that supports the organization in informed decision-making and effective allocation of financial resources. You will be working collaboratively to ensure timely and accurate entry of invoices while providing exceptional service to internal and external customers and provide responses and documentation for queries. We are looking for someone to continue to build our customer focused services. You will work with a team of talented colleagues, an engaged community, and an impactful executive team.

Do you share our purpose and passion?

**About the role**
- The SFA/Accounts Payable Clerk is customer service, accounts receivable, and accounts payable and clerical work. This position is responsible for preparing, calculating, and processing invoices and employee expense claims for payments, maintaining vendor files and for processing weekly cheque runs. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring service level standards are met by meeting or exceeding expected volume metrics and by providing prompt, courteous and accurate responses to internal and external customers, ensuring students and the public receive excellent customer service, clarifying policies and procedures, receiving, and balancing receipts, making a daily cash balance, collection of tuition fees and other revenue, and performing related clerical duties.
- An incumbent receives direction from the Student Accounts Receivable Supervisor. and reports to the Manager, SFA/AP and works in the Accounts Payable and Student Financial Accounts units within the Financial Services Department.

SOME ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

- Prepares invoices for payment
- Identifies invoice and purchase order discrepancies; traces reasons for discrepancies such as price changes, substitutions, and back orders.
- Ensures timely and accurate response to queries from suppliers and staff regarding payment of invoices and expense claims.
- Prepares journal entries to record accruals for vendor accounts; Reviews and reconciles vendor statements and contacts vendors to resolve discrepancies; Reconciles general ledger accounts assigned to the account’s payable unit.
- Provides front line customer service and information to students, staff, faculty and the public regarding payment processes, procedures, and policies

**Experience, competencies & qualifications**
- Completion of a two year diploma with a concentration in accounting or the third level of CPA program.
- wo years of directly related job experience.

**For more information**
- For more information, please see the complete **job description**.

**Benefits**
- At Capilano University, we understand that there is more to life than work. That is why we offer comprehensive benefits and support to help you and your family live a balanced life. Take a **sneak peak** to see what it is like to work at Capilano University.
- Still not convinced? **Hear from our employees themselves**

Posting Detail Information

**Days and Hours of Work**
- Our standard work week is Monday to Friday, 8:30am - 4:00pm. This position may include working evenings and weekends based on departmental needs.

**Bridge Period (if applicable)**

**Pay Group**
- 18

**Salary**
- $ 4,796.00 per month based on 35 hours per week (with increments up to $ 5,391.00 per month)

**Union**
- MoveUP

**Job Open Date**
- 07/16/2025

**Job Close Date**
- 07/30/2025

**Open Until Filled**
- No