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Accounting Analyst

3 weeks ago

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada FirstOntario Credit Union Full time

Why FirstOntario?

  • Competitive compensation packages
  • Top-tier health and wellness benefits, including comprehensive benefits packages
  • Enhanced mental health benefits through SunLife and TELUS Health
  • Exclusive banking benefits
  • Hybrid work environment
  • Company-wide Employee Volunteer program (Blue Wave Program)
  • Employee and Family Assistance Program

Job Overview

The Accounting Analyst is responsible for performing a variety of accounting duties, preparing and managing monthly and quarterly account reconciliations.

Role

In the role, you will...

  • Accurately prepare and book monthly journal entries, including but not limited to, cash and clearing, prepaids, accruals, fixed assets, and lease accounting
  • Diligently prepare various balance sheet account reconciliations, obtain the necessary detailed transactions for the account and investigate and correct reconciling items
  • Assist Accounting Manager to meticulously review account reconciliations submitted by various departments to ensure accuracy and correcting all detected errors or omissions
  • Support Accounting Manager in backup capacity role with required daily activities for vacation/leave coverage, and provide support with oversight of Accounting Analysts as requested
  • Utilize analytical review techniques when reviewing journal entries, account activity, and account reconciliations, and overall month-end results compared to budget to ensure accurate reporting by identifying discrepancies or errors
  • Liaise with Treasury and Financial Performance to ensure that day-today transactions are recorded in an accurate and timely manner, which may include, but is not limited to, cash transfers between HISA accounts, cash swaps, repo transactions, and securitization related wire transfers
  • Utilize analytical review techniques when reviewing journal entries, account activity, and account reconciliations, to ensure accurate reporting by identifying discrepancies or errors
  • Prepare bank account entries that are accurate and up to date
  • Methodically review accounts payable entries to ensure accuracy of reporting
  • Provide insight into process inefficiencies and recommend process improvement strategies
  • Preparing various monthly financial reports and adhoc reports that support business decisions
  • Support new projects that add value to the organization
  • Build and utilize working relationships with internal business partners across the organization
  • Consider healthsafety as a primary concern to ensure the safety of self and others
  • Perform other duties as required

Required Skills

Within your skills and qualifications, you will...

  • Be proud of your post-secondary degree or diploma in accounting, finance or business and have your CPA (CMA or CGA)
  • Have a minimum of three to five years' experience in finance or accounting, in a financial institution would be an asset
  • Have experience with full-cycle accounting
  • Be eager to apply your knowledge of financial accounting principles to everything that you do
  • Be an expert in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office products
  • Be comfortable using General Leger software; example Microsoft Dynamics 365
  • Ability to maintain a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
  • Be quick to respond to requests for service from all of your clients
  • Inherently demonstrate a high level of integrity and be trustworthy
  • Be more than approachable with your superior interpersonal skills
  • Innately demonstrate superior written and verbal communication skills
  • Use your courage to take action in difficult and challenging situations and deal with uncertainty
  • Be aware of and mitigate enterprise risk factors and ensure compliance with applicable regulations, legislation and FirstOntario policies and procedures

This is a hybrid role in Stoney Creek, ON working on a fixed term basis for up to 18 months.

Our inclusive work environment welcomes diversity and supports accessibility. If you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please let us know.