Finance Student

Description:

Responsibilities

• Provides Accounting and Bookkeeping Duties
• Processes accounts payable, receivable, cash receipts, banking and general ledger transactions in a timely manner. These duties are performed to support high standards of public fund stewardship, accurate reporting and information to others.
• Assists in maintaining the financial software system that covers more than 2,000 vendors and 2,500 monthly transactions: - Enters approved invoices from departments and cost centres.
• Works with vendors and suppliers for accounts payable purposes, reviews monthly vendor statements and follows up with discrepancies. Exchanges accounting information to expedite payment while adhering to internal control procedures.
• Prepares receipts with general ledger and customer allocations for payment applications.
• Prepares necessary adjusting and correcting entries to payables, receivable and general ledger accounts, including the preparation of accruals.
• Handles accounting transactions for Provincial Offences, records revenue receivable and prepares monthly bank reconciliations. Also prepares quarterly reconciliations.
• Assists with the preparation and reporting of finance and accounting information as required by the Deputy Treasurer and Director of Finance.
• Responds to questions from Directors and staff in other departments regarding transactions.
• Assists with special projects and reviews of internal controls ie. Review of HST rebates and coding.
• Responds to queries from vendors through verbal and written communication.
• Responsible, as an employee, for occupational health and safety.
• Performs other related duties that are assigned by the Deputy Treasurer or Director of Finance that may include assisting other staff in the department.