Accounting Assistant

Job Type: Part-time (21 hours/week), in-office position, May 2024 March 31, 2025, with the possibility of extension

Reports to: Finance Manager

Salary: $25.00/hour. Plus a comprehensive benefits package

Immigrant Women Services Ottawa (IWSO) is a community-based agency serving immigrant women. IWSO’s mandate is to:

• Empower immigrant and racialized women to participate in the elimination of all forms of abuse against women and their children.
• Provide culturally responsive services to facilitate immigrant womens access to community and mainstream services.
• Deliver programs to assist immigrant women in their journey to attain their full potential.

• Maintain the accounting filing system.
• General bookkeeping duties including data entry, accounts payables, accounts receivables, cheque preparation, invoice review, and preparation.
• Maintain/update the subsidiary ledgers for prepaid expenses and processing the payroll (as deemed necessary).
• Record the transactions to Simply Accounting. Prepare the annual audit requirements.
• Prepare the semi-annual application for GST/HST PSB.
• Prepare the Annual Charity Return and the required subsidiary ledgers related to its preparation.
• Perform other tasks that may be assigned by the Finance Manager or by the Executive Director.

• Bachelors Degree in Accounting or College Diploma in Accounting.
• Previous bookkeeping experience in a not-for-profit/charitable status organization environment.
• Ability to analyze transactions.
• Ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, work under pressure, and adapt to a fast-paced changing environment while maintaining attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to learn quickly, self‑motivate while working independently and/or collaborating as part of a team.
• Proficient in using Simply Accounting or SAGE and Microsoft Excel.
• Proficiency in English.

Search Committee:
Accounting Assistant Position, Immigrant Women Services Ottawa. Email:

IWSO welcomes and encourages applications from members of equity‑seeking groups, including but not limited to, candidates who are racialized, indigenous, LGBTQ+, and people with disabilities. We thank you in advance for your interest. Only those candidates with the minimum qualifications will be contacted and considered for an interview.