Description

(Temporary 6 month term - 3 days a week)

Join our team and what we’ll accomplish together

Accounts Payable Administrators are responsible for supporting all AP activities and ensuring that we optimize the management of accounts for all vendors that help us deliver our services. The ideal candidate will have experience with AP processes and systems and can effectively communicate with our vendors and internal stakeholders. We are looking for an accountable team member that can prioritize incoming requests and vendor payments with the right sense of urgency.

Here's the impact you'll make and what we'll accomplish together

You’re an organized problem solver with a passion for process. You’re comfortable with numbers and financial systems and you have a solid understanding of accounts payable and how to maintain good vendor partnerships. As a key member of our finance team, you will help us run a smooth day-to-day AP operation that pays vendors on time and according to terms. By helping us ensure strong vendor relationships you’ll have a direct impact on customer satisfaction, since our vendors enable us to deliver critical communications services to our customers.

Here's how

• You will work closely with other members of the accounts payable team to ensure accounts and payment processes are managed according to corporate standards
• Work with your assigned vendors to ensure accounts are paid in accordance with payment terms
• Create and update vendor accounts and process vendor invoices
• Reconcile vendor accounts and accounts payable balances and provide the necessary reporting internally
• Manage credit card payment reconciliation
• Ensure accuracy of GL entries, including the allocations of costs
• Process multi-step cancellations of client services, including communicating with vendors to ensure the disconnection of cancelled services
• Build relationships with your vendors and communicate directly with them to resolve payment and other queries, including negotiating credit terms with them when necessary
• Assist the finance team with month-end activities such as accrual entries and cost analysis
• Provide feedback on ways to improve our vendor management in the spirit of continuous improvement

Qualifications

What you bring

• Minimum of two years related AP experience
• Experience working in a services organization (ideally telecom) is an asset
• Working knowledge of accounting principles and processing of accounts payable
• Experience working with business software applications including: accounting / payables systems, MS Excel and Word
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work with minimal supervision

Great-to-haves

• College Dec or University Studies in Accounting
• Strong financial software skills: QuickBooks, SAP, Excel
• Bilingual- English and French speaking and writing

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