Aston Carter Looking for Merchant Settlement Specialist at Oakville, Ontario, Canada Full Time

• Description:* The Merchant Settlement Specialist is primarily responsible for handling a wide range of store inquiries for credit card, debit card, gift card, and eCTM transactions. The successful candidate will be accountable for performing daily merchant balancing, monthly invoicing & reporting, balance sheet reconciliations, transaction adjustments, and chargeback processing.

Responsibilities:

• Monitor daily electronic funds transfer (EFT) process for credit and debit for merchants (
• Daily reconciliation and balancing of tenders (credit, debit, gift card, and eCTM) and chargebacks for both bricks & mortar and eCommerce environments.
• Investigate and resolve out of balance situations for systems and individual stores
• Monitor reports for financial integrity to the General Ledger (G/L)
• Create and execute month end journal entries, invoices, and balance sheet account reconciliations
• Reconcile and create monthly insurance billing summaries and complete payment to insurance vendors
• Review, investigate, and process chargebacks and document retrieval requests on credit card sales meeting service level timelines
• Interact and negotiate with stores on chargebacks
• Educate store staff on card processing procedures to eliminate chargebacks
• Update, add and delete merchant information in all systems to support Dealer/Franchisee changeover and new store openings
• Verify and reconcile accounts for Dealer/Franchisee changeover
• Respond to store, corporate, and bank inquiries
• Complete processes as documented to maintain Enterprise Risk Management and Accounting controls
• Work with Information Technology (IT), Business Analysts, and Store Systems to help report and resolve issues
• Additional Skills & Qualifications:* MUST HAVE 1: 1+ years of work experience or education in an accounting environment
• Open to experience from school
• Experience or knowledge of balancing, monthly invoicing & reporting, balance sheet reconciliations, transaction adjustments, and chargeback processing.
• Financial acumen ( MUST HAVE 2: Strong Communication Skills
• Bilingual (English & French)

Written & Verbal

• Please French test with French speaking colleagues*

MUST HAVE 3: Intermediate working knowledge of Excel (Pivot tables, H&V look up, formulas/reporting)

• Must send me excel testing results* Soft Skills:
• Exceptional organizational skills
• Accounting acumen
• Detailed/ Analytical Thinker
• Problem Solver & takes initiative
• Team player and Can Do attitude
• Intermediate working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Strong sense of urgency in situations that require immediate attention
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Knowledge of back office cash environment and/or CTC Family of Companies is considered an asset
• Bilingual (English/French); written and verbal is considered an asset
• Experience Level:* Entry Level

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Aston Carter, une division d’Aerotek, est un fournisseur d’envergure mondiale de services de recrutement et de dotation de personnel pour les sociétés à la recherche de professionnels du milieu des affaires hautement spécialisés. Aerotek est une société en exploitation d’Allegis Group, un fournisseur multinational de solutions en matière de talent. Aston Carter s’engage fermement à offrir un service de premier ordre aux clients et aux professionnels du milieu des affaires dans un vaste éventail de disciplines, notamment la comptabilité, la finance, la gouvernance ainsi que la gestion du risque et de la conformité. Avec plus de 60 bureaux en Europe, Asie et Amérique du Nord, Aston Carter offre une expertise locale, régionale et mondiale pour répondre aux besoins uniques de ses clients. Reconnu “best of staffing” par nos clients et le talent que nous recrutons, Aston Carter s’engage à livrer un service hors pair a tous nos partenaires d’affaire.

About Aston Carter:

Please Note: Scammers are posing as Aston Carter. We’ll never contact you via Gmail, Telegram, or WhatsApp and we’ll never solicit money from you. Aston Carter is a distinguished global provider of recruitment and staffing services to companies requiring highly specialized business professionals. As a Best of Staffing® Client and Talent leader, Aston Carter has an unrivaled commitment to delivering first class service to clients and business professionals across a variety of disciplines, including Accounting and Finance as well as Governance, Risk and Compliance. With more than 60 offices across Europe, Asia Pacific and North America, Aston Carter provides local, regional and global expertise to drive value and meet our customers’ unique needs. Aston Carter is a division of Aerotek. Aerotek is an operating company of Allegis Group, a global talent solutions provider. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.