Accounts Payable Specialist

Join Tridel: Building Communities, Growing Careers

Build Your Future with Us

Our strength, innovation and growth are the result of talented individuals who come together as a team to build sustainable and award-winning homes and communities. Through passion and dedication, our employees work collectively to develop some of the largest and most complex projects within the Greater Toronto Area. We recognize our employees are the key to our success, and we invest in creating a meaningful employee experience and culture that promotes:

• Professional development opportunities
• A diverse and robust suite of benefits and perks
• Social and sustainable impact within our company and the communities we build, and much more

As a Tridel employee, you contribute to our purpose and standard of excellence while building homes for people today and the generations of tomorrow.

The Blueprint

The Accounts Payable Specialist plays a key role in managing the full-cycle accounts payable process across multiple projects. This position is responsible for account reconciliations, cost code analysis, customer invoicing, and contributing to departmental improvement initiatives. The Accounts Payable Specialist brings a strong understanding of accounts payable principles, exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, and a keen attention to detail. Success in this role requires excellent organizational and time management abilities to meet strict reporting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

A Glimpse into Your Daily Activities

• Process bi-weekly payroll invoices, cheque requests, utilities, and cost code transfers.
• Capture chargeback information and reconcile monthly intercompany A/R billings to other entities.
• Assist with the processing of month-end accruals and providing required supporting documents.
• Investigate and resolve problems associated with the processing of invoices and purchase orders.
• Assist the Project Accountants with external audits of financial statements by providing related documents and various summaries and reports.
• Assemble site and head office purchase orders to incoming invoices with all supporting documentation.
• Conduct 3-way matching of purchase orders, shipment receipt documents and invoices, working closely with the various procurement teams.
• Process purchase order invoices and non-purchase order invoices, with correct coding in accordance with the budget to ensure proper entry into the financial system.
• Review trade contract worksheets and inputs contract purchase order accordingly.
• Reconcile contract invoices to ensure purchase order line items align with contract details and holdbacks.
• Review all invoices for appropriate documentation and approvals prior to payment (WSIB, statutory declarations, site approvals, and contract status).
• Communicate with vendors and internal departments to obtain information, responds to inquiries, and resolves issues in a timely manner.
• Perform other functions and special projects assigned by the Bookkeeping Manager, Supervisor, and Project Accountants.

The Architect of Your Success

• Post-secondary degree or diploma in Accounting, or currently enrolled in an accounting or business program.
• Minimum of 1 year of relevant work experience in a professional setting.
• Strong excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Highly organized with exceptional time management and multitasking abilities.
• Detail-oriented with a strong analytical mindset and effective problem-solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively across teams.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment while meeting tight deadlines.
• Self-motivated with a proactive approach to tasks and a high degree of reliability.

Who We Are

Founded in 1934, Tridel is responsible for delivering over 90,000 homes to date, and we are proud to continue building not just our legacy but communities for years to come.

As a purpose-driven company guided by our 'Built for Life' commitment, we create socially and environmentally responsible communities and invest in innovations that promote quality, sustainability, high performance in construction, social inclusion and cohesion, and community economic development. As an award-winning company, we are proud to be recognized as an industry leader for excellence in design and construction, green building, corporate social responsibility, diversity, equity and inclusion, customer service, and more.

Supporting Inclusion & Belonging

Tridel is committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities where we build, where everyone feels they belong, is physically and psychologically safe, and can reach their full potential. We embrace diversity while reinforcing equity and inclusion and are committed to building a team with a range of experiences and skills.

As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage all qualified individuals to apply, including those who self-identify as Indigenous in Canada (First Nations, Métis, Inuit), are from racialized communities, and persons with disabilities. We remain committed to a barrier-free recruitment and selection process and will provide accommodation upon request. If you require accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, please email your request to All information received will be handled in strict confidence.

As part of Tridel Group of Companies' recruitment and selection process, we utilize Artificial Intelligence (AI) for candidate screening.