Accounting Assistant 2

Reporting to the Senior Business and Financial Analyst, the Accounting Assistant 2 performs accounting duties pertaining to accounts receivable, payables, purchasing, internal controls and researching, analyzing, and reconciling to general ledger and ensures compliance with established corporate policies, procedures, and practices.  
 

• Performs accounting duties such as reviewing, researching, analyzing, and reconciling ledger accounts, setting up and maintaining expenditures and revenue working papers, spreadsheets and reconciliation to general ledger.
• Prepares financial statements and statistical data reports i.e., divisional capital and current projects.
• Reviews, analyzes and reconciles encumbrances, budget variance reports and cost detail records related to divisional capital and current projects · Reconciles and monitors capital/current projects and recoveries.
• a Cost Control System including subsidiary records relating to divisional capital and current projects, and staff complement.
• Prepares divisional financial statements and other financial information for the Division, Provincial and Federal Governments and third parties.
• Prepares and calculates claims/settlements, ad hoc financial and statistical reports to other municipalities and the Provincial Government.
• Performs and maintains accounts receivable functions including bank deposits and reconciliation, preparing, reviewing, posting, and reconciling journals entries.
• Performs calculations in order to process period end accruals for expenditures.
• Prepares working papers and processes period end and year-end closing entries.
• Reviews financial system reports and takes action as required.
• Analyzes and reconciles account balances. Prepares, reviews, and posts journal entries.
• Reviews General Ledger expenditure and revenue accounts, processes reclassification and reallocation adjustments, and reconciles expenditures · Prepares statements for reporting to management and divisions.
• Analyzes monthly budget variances.
• Provides assistance on accounting and financial related matters (including personnel expenditure projections) to the division as requested.
• Provides financial analysis, claims and other information to the units of the division.
• Creates/executes ad hoc financial system reports for analysis purposes.
• Liaises with Corporate Finance for processing vouchers, retrieving documents, and dealing with other accounting related issues.
• Assists on projects and assignments.
• Monitors Provincial statutes and regulations, City by-laws and/or Council direction, and agreements for any changes.
• Co-ordinates data with the City and Provincial Auditors.