Accounting Technician I

at  Macewan University

ABOUT US

MacEwan University is where caring faculty help people connect their passions to their future paths. Located in the heart of Edmonton’s diverse and dynamic downtown community, and on the traditional lands of Treaty 6 First Nations and homelands of the Métis people, MacEwan is known for exceptional undergraduate learning. With its dedication to teaching excellence, informed by scholarly research, innovation, and creative activity, MacEwan provides an exceptional collaborative and supportive learning environment with a commitment to human rights, environmental sustainability, and opportunities for community engagement. We are committed to creating an equitable, diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community for all peoples, cultures, and identities.
Our comprehensive undergraduate university offers 59 programs to more than 18,000 full- and part-time students in business, communications, community and human services, design, fine and performing arts, health, humanities, natural science, nursing, public safety, and social science. Through a wide array of experiential learning opportunities, and strategic relationships in the community, we partner with others to produce graduates of stature. Along with a robust grounding in their chosen disciplines, MacEwan students are given durable life skills that prepare them to take on the world.

OPPORTUNITY

MacEwan University is seeking an Accounting Technician I for a full-time continuing opportunity with the Facilities Administration department.
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Planning and Finance, the Accounting Technician I provides a range of support services to ensure the needs of the facilities requisitions and invoices processes are met. The position is responsible for tracking, reporting, and reconciling financial reporting information, assisting with billing, reporting preparation, and assisting with other processes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing transactional support and managing the day-to-day finance and accounting inquiries.
• Creating and submitting requisitions for purchase orders (PO), open service requisitions, and change requests.
• Ensuring contract ID is linked to purchase requisitions.
• Reviewing invoices for distribution, receiving invoices against PO, and forwarding to Accounts Payable to process payments.
• Preparing journal entries and conducting account reconciliations.
• Preparing accounting adjustments and corrections.
• Performing monthly P-card reconciliations and receipt verifications to ensure expenditures comply with university policy.
• Assisting with computer deployment process.
• Maintaining and updating computer/ equipment inventory tracking lists and record asset transfers as needed.

SKILLS

You will have:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with keen attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to multi-task and adapt to changing priorities.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• The capability of managing multiple priorities to meet various deadlines.
• Knowledge of accounting principles and accounts receivables processes.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, particularly with Excel, and Teams.
• The ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise discretion and tact.
• Strong initiative (self-starter) and the ability to be a team player.
• The ability to learn new responsibilities quickly.
• The ability to work independently, with minimum supervision.

QUALIFICATIONS

• A minimum of a diploma in Accounting or a related discipline.
• A minimum of two (2) years of work experience in accounting functions.
• Experience working with PeopleSoft would be considered an asset.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

• Providing transactional support and managing the day-to-day finance and accounting inquiries.
• Creating and submitting requisitions for purchase orders (PO), open service requisitions, and change requests.
• Ensuring contract ID is linked to purchase requisitions.
• Reviewing invoices for distribution, receiving invoices against PO, and forwarding to Accounts Payable to process payments.
• Preparing journal entries and conducting account reconciliations.
• Preparing accounting adjustments and corrections.
• Performing monthly P-card reconciliations and receipt verifications to ensure expenditures comply with university policy.
• Assisting with computer deployment process.
• Maintaining and updating computer/ equipment inventory tracking lists and record asset transfers as needed