Robert Half Looking for Accounting Assistant at Oakville, Ontario Full Time

Robert Half is actively looking for an experienced Accounting Assistant. In this position, your responsibilities will include matching invoices to purchase orders and/or vouchers, performing data entry tasks and supporting the process of Accounts Payable (A/P) and Accounts Receivable (A/R). With a dynamic team environment, this space/office is a great place to work, and you will be offered excellent benefits and great career advancement opportunity. This permanent role is for an Accounting Clerk in the Oakville, Ontario, area.

Your responsibilities

– Assist Accounts Receivable with processing daily invoices/credit, applying cash receipts, and collecting past due balances

– Assist accounts payable with vendor invoices and disbursement filing and with A/P invoice matching & filing

– Prepare statements and reports that require utilization of a variety of sources

– Assist with other related duties and special projects as assigned

– Perform general accounting tasks, such as G/L account reconciliation and month-end closing, and other ad hoc projects

– Code documents that require knowledge in determining proper classification of expenditure codes and accounting codes

– Use various methods to add financial information to journals and ledgers

– Reconcile discrepancies by checking all possible sources of disagreement, reconstructing probable actions, and recognizing the effect on other accounts; prepare correction documents as required
– AA or BS/BA in Accounting or related field preferred

– Excellent data entry skills

– Spreadsheet and ERP system experience suggested

– Ability to multitask and meet deadlines

– Command of Accounts Payable (AP)

– Deep understanding of Enter Vendor Invoices

– Accounts Receivable (AR) experience desired

– 2+ years of accounting experience required

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