Join our Antigonish team today!

We are currently accepting applications for a Financial Associate to join our team in Antigonish.

This position requires the candidate to work in Antigonish, Nova Scotia with travel to Baddeck at times.

Responsible to the Controller, Northwoodcare Inc, the ideal candidate will possess the following:

Qualifications:

• Post secondary education in Business, Accounting or related field.
• Payroll Compliance Practitioner Certificate is an asset.
• Two or more years of recent accounting/payroll experience is preferred
• Excellent keyboarding skills
• Must be able to work under minimal supervision
• Valid Drivers license
• Accounting Knowledge
• Customer Service
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (including Excel) and Accounting Software
• NSGEU Collective Agreement Knowledge of Policies and procedures
• Sage Accounting & ADP Payroll
• Demonstrated ability to attend work on a regular and consistent basis.

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for all financial processes, payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable, GL and financial statements.
• Audits and reviews Procura for employees based on the collective agreements with the NSGEU employees; Compares and verifies data and scheduling in Procura for accuracy.
• Monitors staff travel expenses, vacation and sick adjustments.
• Processes payroll for the organization.
• Helps prepare, create and distribute invoices, process payments and yearly tax letters.
• Runs monthly arrears reports following procedure guidelines.
• Maintains accurate record keeping for all transactions.
• Month ends including journal entries to accounting software.
• Demonstrates a high level of confidentiality due to access to client information, employee information, vendor information, and stakeholder transactions.
• Maintains employee group benefits and pension plan.
• Provides excellent customer service in dealing with employee and client billing.
• Maintains, reconciles and replenishes petty cash for entity.
• Supporting work off site/other organizations on a part time basis.
• Maintains all pension reporting and calculations.
• Performs other accounting duties as required

Salary: As per Northwood Scale

Hours of Work: 70 hours bi-weekly

Effective: Immediately

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AAHS is proud to be an inclusive employer who encourages diverse applicants. We thank all applicants however, only selected applicants for an interview will be contacted.