Clerk, Accounts Payable

Clerk, Accounts Payable  works independently to process payables including cheques and electronic funds transfers. The Accounts Payable Clerk also provides assistance to the Accounting department with entering journal entries and credit card transactions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES   Perform the day-to-day Accounts Payable function for the department:  Compile vendor invoices and provide for coding and payment authorization
Ensure complete vendor management records are collected, set up, and accurately managed for processing payments
Follow up to ensure SIN is obtained for preparation of vendor payments
Review coding of invoices for accuracy and process payments
Prepare and process payments including cheques and electronic funds transfers (EFT), and distribute cheques and EFT notices
Prepare wire payment details in Scotia Connect
Maintain expense workflows and administrative screens in the electronic workflow software
Update quarterly Administration and Finance & Audit Committee forecast working papers with actual expenses incurred. Support preparation of audit sample requests
Prepare routine government remittances
Assist with preparation of T4s for committee members and councillors
Review interface transactions between internal databases and accounting system to ensure accuracy and follow-up on errors identified
Provide back-up to the Accounting Assistant when required

Prepare and enter journal entries, including credit card transactions, and ensure appropriate documentation for credit card expense forms. Reconcile credit card statement details.
Prepare committee honorariums with appropriate with holdings applied and maintain corresponding database
In support of continuous quality improvement, review and make recommendations to update process or procedures within the program and assist with testing transactions and systems.
Other duties as required
QUALIFICA TIONS    Required

Minimum Qualifications:

Post secondary diploma in accounting or equivalent
1 year of related accounting experience

Preferred Qualifications and

Experience:

Good communication skills with a strong customer focus
Intermediate Microsoft Office or Office
365 skills
Strong organizational skills with the ability to multitask and prioritize
Exceptional attention to detail and time management

Experience with Microsoft Dynamics, BI360, and Core Integrator is an asset.

SALARY  The annual salary for this position is $53,816 and includes a comprehensive benefits package and pension plan.
During the 90-day probationary period, the successful candidate will be required to work from CPSA's downtown Edmonton office. At the conclusion of a successful probationary period, a hybrid work arrangement may be considered.
Please note that the successful candidate will be required to provide a Criminal Record Check satisfactory to CPSA.
We thank all candidates for their interest in CPSA. Only those selected to move forward in our selection process will be contacted.
CPSA embraces diversity and equal opportunity. The more inclusive we are, the better we can do our work. All candidates are considered for employment regardless of age, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, veteran or disability status.
CPSA's work of regulating physicians and physician assistants takes place throughout Alberta. Our office is in Treaty 6 Territory, traditional lands of many First Nations including the Cree, Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Dene and Nakota Sioux. We are located within the Métis Homeland and acknowledge the Inuit who call this place home.