Accounts Payable Assistant

About the Role:
The AP Accounting Assistant I will use organization and detail orientation skills to process vendor invoices and payments in a timely manner. The Accounts Payable Acctg Assistant is responsible for tracking of vendors and funds in the Company's accounting software system and utilizing Microsoft Excel. The Assistant will assist with check-mailing process and provide additional general administrative support to the team as needed.

**Company Overview**

Since our inception in 1973, Western Pacific Enterprises, a subsidiary of MYR Group Inc, has successfully completed many electrical construction projects for commercial, industrial, and utility clients throughout Western Canada. Innovation and an enthusiasm for challenging projects have made WPE one of British Columbia’s largest electrical contractors.

We have built some of the most prominent fixtures of Vancouver and western Canada, including projects such as BC Place Arena, the Convention Centre, and the entire Skytrain System. Western Pacific Enterprises is proud of our sustainability focus, reducing our carbon footprint by operating as a completely paper-free environment and allowing employees the opportunity to be part of building something recognizable to everyone in your community.

**Essential Functions**
- Data entry of accounts payable invoices
- Compile and sort invoices and checks
- Review and process 2- and 3-way match vendor invoices in the AP workflow software within expected turn-around times
- Verify invoice details from vendors for accuracy
- Record business transactions and check requests
- Review and process employee expense reports
- Respond promptly and accurately to internal and external inquiries
- Regular and predictable attendance
- Other duties as assigned
- Essential functions of this position are to be performed in a Company-designated office or field location
- Understand and comply with the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics Policy and other industry-specific professional and ethical standards, if applicable

About You:
**Qualifications**
- Minimum 1 year of data entry, office administration, or accounting experience is required
- High school diploma or GED is required

**Knowledge/Skills/Abilities**
- Customer service aptitude and high attention to details
- Ability to work within a team environment with a collaborative approach
- Ability to meet required deadlines
- Excellent communicator, not afraid to ask questions
- Exceptional oral, written, and interpersonal capabilities
- Superior organizational skills and ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities
- Capable of handling confidential and sensitive information
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel (accuracy with data entry, formatting fields, and standardizing data)
- Familiarity with business systems and working knowledge of accounts payable or accounting software

What We Offer:
**Compensation & Benefits**
- ** Two days per week remote work option** for non-field roles depending on position and performance.
- ** Medical**, Basic Vision, Regenexx, Teledoc, Hearing, Mental Health (Low deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums) - **$15 weekly premium for employee or employee plus family coverage.**:

- ** Dental - 100% employer-paid premium.**:

- ** ThrivePass Health & Wellness Reimbursement Program** - $250 quarterly, $1,000 annually for health and wellbeing-related purchases.
- Annual **Paid Time Off** starting at **15 days plus 10 paid Holidays** (Cultural Celebration Day is a floating holiday).
- Generous **401(k) Plan with** **100% match up to 6%; immediate vesting**, and** Annual profit-sharing** potential.
- ** Superior educational assistance program** (support for educational costs, internal training, and more).
- Company-paid short and long-term disability, life, and accidental death & dismemberment.
- Company-paid business travel accident insurance.
- Employee Assistance Plan (EAP).
- Various voluntary plans available including supplemental vision, accident and critical illness, ID theft, group legal, group auto & home, and additional voluntary life insurance plans for employees and dependents.**_
MYR Group, Inc. and our subsidiaries are proud to be Equal Opportunity Employers. We promote diversity of thought, culture, and background, which connects our family of brands. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals and in which personnel processes are merit-based and applied without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, military service status, or other protected characteristics. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees._**
- MYR Group does not sponsor applicants for work visas. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in Canada for any employer._
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