Junior Accountant

at  PERI

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

• A post-secondary education
• 1-2 years of relevant accounting experience
• Microsoft Office Skills at a intermediate to advance level
• SAP experience (preferred)

KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Detail-oriented, self-sufficient, resourceful, organized, and proactive.
• The ability to solve problems (or know where to find the answers)
• Self-motivated, team player who is also able to work independently
• General knowledge of Accounting standards
• Self-motivated and proactive, effectively prioritize deliverables and proven workload management skills, recognizes when support is required and plans ahead.
• Excellent attention to detail, strong organizational and multitasking skills with the ability to problem-solve.

• Reconcile bank and credit card statements on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis
• Review of credit card coding and matching of documents (invoice, credit card receipt)
• Update cash receipt information in SAP and Excel accurately and timely (daily)
• Maintenance of Customer accounts through clearings in SAP
• Balance sheet reconciliations and analysis
• General ledger reconciliations, journal entries, and monthly accruals
• Follow up with the Credit and Collections team regarding unapplied payments, cheque application instructions, and unknown payments
• Act as an additional resource for Accounts Payable related functions.
• Support AP cycle: review and enter intercompany invoices.
• Maintains the Emkay account by ensuring the collection and reconciliation of gas receipts to the invoice.
• Preparation of calculations, journal entries, and accruals to support monthly/year-end closing.
• Enters journal entries into SAP.
• Review and correct prior entries, as needed.
• Complete account reconciliations on various general ledger accounts
• Research information to provide accurate and timely reports to internal clients, including site supervisor reports for Engineering.
• Complete full cycle accounting for ACS
• Data Entry and Administrative filing
• Assist in month-end and year-end closing.
• Assist with external review/audit processes as necessary.
• Other tasks as assigned