About Our Client
Our client is a large, reputable law firm located in Toronto. To support the continued growth of their business, they're recruiting for an Accounts Payable Accountant to join their team on a permanent basis.
Responsibilities
- Communicating with internal and external clients in a prompt and professional manner
- Paying invoices by verifying transaction information, scheduling and preparing disbursements, and obtaining authorization of payment
- Coordinating payment of LPIC and various legal memberships
- Maintaining accounting ledgers by posting account transactions
- Verifying accounts by reconciling statements and transactions, properly coding GLs on invoices before management sign-off; and ensuring proper documentation and approvals are submitted with invoices
- Resolving account discrepancies by investigating documentation, issuing stop payments, reversing stale-dated cheques and making necessary adjustments
- Maintaining financial security by following internal accounting controls
- Maintaining financial historical records by filing accounting documents
- Contributing to team effort by accomplishing related results and providing coverage for employee vacations
Qualifications
Education/Experience:
- A university degree or college diploma in accounting or related field
- One to three years of related experience
Skills/Abilities
- 2+ years of full cycle accounts payable experience, asset if using COUPA or Concur
- Experience with high volume invoicing experience
- Strong client-service orientation combined with excellent communication skills
- Knowledge of the difference between capital versus expense
- Strong Excel skills (pivots and v-lookups)
- Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to effectively prioritize and meet deadlines with minimal supervision
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Sound judgment, with the ability to deal with confidential information
