Accounting Supervisor

As an Accounting Supervisor, you will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the accounting department, ensuring accurate financial reporting, compliance with regulations, and effective management of accounting staff. You will requires a strong understanding of accounting principles, excellent leadership skills, and the ability to collaborate with various departments.

Join our growing team in Grande Prairie, Alberta

You will focus on leadership of the team and will be cross trained to provide coverage to Accounting Clerks with a different focus, as required.  

• Lead the accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash receipting and customer service staff.
• Review and approval of weekly cheque runs, sales orders and bimonthly utility billing.
• Weekly bank reconciliation.
• Fraud prevention initiatives.
• Provide feedback to the Director, Cash Control on how to improve internal controls, pinpointing areas where risks relating to bank transactions can be minimized. 
• Coverage of Accounting staff for time off or team meetings.
• Support month-end processes including, approving account reconciliations.
• Workflow monitoring.
• Year end and annual audit support.
• Liaise with Analysis and Reporting team to reduce posting errors.
• Participate in budget preparation.
• Review upload errors and fix as required.
• Monitor and support collection efforts.
• Participate in setting the business plan for the Financial Services department.
• Recommend policies, procedures, and guidelines to ensure appropriate audit and internal controls are in place.
• Ensure all information is kept secure and confidential, including maintaining confidential storage and record retention requirements as per the County’s record management policies and in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Comply with records management practices as stated in the Records Management Policy.
• Provide related training to staff and others, as required.
• Undertake quality control checks on data to ensure the integrity of the information by performing data analysis and reconciliation to identify discrepancies.
• Recognize and investigate irregularities and discrepancies on invoices. 
• Other duties as assigned by the Director, Cash Control

You will have a Bachelor of Commerce, and at least 2 years’ experience in management, supervisory or team lead roles. Having your CPA designation (or being a CPA student) is also important for this role. You may have previous municipal government experience, which would be a nice asset. In addition, you'll have things like:

• Strong technical skills in Windows and Microsoft Office programs (specifically Word and Excel)
• High level of critical and logical thinking, analysis, and/or reasoning to identify underlying principles, reasons, or facts.
• Excellent accuracy, numeric, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills. 
• Ability to communicate tactfully, clearly, and effectively; exercise mature judgement to appropriately deal with staff.
• A good understanding of/experience in municipal accounting and reporting practices and standard. 
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team in order to carry out responsibilities with minimum supervision.

What We Offer:

The County of Grande Prairie provides a competitive compensation package, including benefits, pension and vacation. We actively support professional development opportunities and foster an engaging work environment.

This permanent full-time position entails a 35-hour work week. Monday to Friday from 8:30 to 4:30 with some overtime as required.  

Closing Date: November 27, 2024

Pay rate:  $53.76 to $67.09 per hour.

Applicants with lesser experience and qualifications may be considered. Salary will be commensurate with experience.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

The County of Grande Prairie recognizes and values the principles of fair hiring practices. We are committed to a respectful and inclusive workplace and welcome applications from all qualified individuals. Should you require accommodation through any stage of the recruitment process, please contact hr@countygp.ab.ca and we will work with you to meet your needs.

• This posting may be used for future vacancies or to fill more than one position
• This posting may be open until a suitable candidate(s) is/are found.

Please note that once your application is complete, you will receive a confirmation email. If we require any additional information we will contact you. Due to the volume of applications received we can only answer questions at the interview stage.