Financial Shared Services Representative

Financial Shared Services Representative

Markham, ON, Canada

BGIS is a leading provider of customized facility management and real estate services, managing over 320 million square feet of client portfolios across 30,000+ locations worldwide. We seek a Financial Shared Services Representative to ensure accurate and timely processing of accounts payable payments.

• Process accounts payable payments in accordance with established procedures.
• Communicate with suppliers and stakeholders to follow up, clarify information, or resolve disputes; escalates to management where required.
• Liaise with business unit leaders to obtain approval for payments.
• Handle scanned documentation with low data recognition and enter missing data.
• Review documents for compliance and completeness against established requirements; identify non‑compliant items and missing information and obtain data to ensure compliance.
• Determine appropriate accounting codes for the documents according to business unit and expense/cost element type.
• Perform mathematical calculations (additions, subtractions, multiplication, divisions) to verify accuracy; identify errors and liaise with appropriate stakeholders for resolution; escalates where required.
• Validate accounts payable documentation against supporting documentation to ensure accuracy and completeness; identify and resolve issues and discrepancies in transactional accounting; liaise with stakeholders and management for resolution.
• Handle validation, matching, coding and approval exceptions; liaise with business unit leaders to obtain approval exceptions.
• Prepare electronic fund transfers and cheques for payments.
• Enter accounts payable transactions into accounting systems.
• Complete vendor set‑up requisitions and work with Supply Chain Administration to complete vendor set‑up.

• Audit support: file, maintain and retrieve documentation for audit purposes.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Community college diploma, preferably in accounting.
• 1–3 years of clerical accounting or accounts payable experience.
• Understanding of sales tax rules.
• Ability to execute work according to established procedures.
• Ability to identify and resolve accounts payable issues and discrepancies.
• Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) and identify inaccuracies in data.
• Ability to process a high volume of data with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others for data exchange, clarification, and dispute resolution.
• Ability to exercise judgment.
• Proficient with accounting systems, MS Office Excel, and other MS Office applications; ability to learn new information systems and software quickly.
• Desire to attain professional accreditation such as Certified Accounts Payable Professional (CAPA) or Certified General Accounting.

Contract, full‑time position. Salary range: $44,303 – $52,121 per annum, based on competencies and experience.

BGIS is an equal opportunity employer. Accommodations may be provided upon request during the recruitment process. Please contact  for accommodation requests.