Finance Coordinator (City of Kawartha Lakes)
Job Title: Finance Coordinator
Wage: $32.25 - $35.47 per hour (2022)
Department: Corporate Services
Hours: Normal working hours are 35 hours per week
Deadline: September 18, 2022
Essential Duties
- Administer general accounting functions for various City departments in collaboration with staff and Finance supervisors
- General ledger reconciliations including bank and clearing account
- Conduct monthly, quarterly and annual reconciliation of accounts, investigate variances and implement corrective adjustments
- Analyze data, research and forecast trends that may impact future costs; ensuring full entitlements from funding sources
- Support the financial activity of grants including the Municipal Drain program
- Issue monthly billings, including calculations to municipal partners and Provincial and Federal agencies, record and release security deposits and Letters of Credit, balance receipts
- Upload financial information to the City accounting system
- Produce and present financial reports to operating managers, Directors, Agencies, and Boards, ensuring accurate and timely external reporting to funding sources
- Compile year-end working papers and statements, month end closing checklists, journal vouchers and reports; acting as primary contact for all audit queries
- Assist with internal controls and external audits
- Troubleshoot and resolve database software issues in cooperation with Information Technology staff; addressing concerns, testing enhancements / upgrades, recommending improvements, ensuring support and training to all users
- Assist in budget preparation of operating and capital budgets and ministry programs
- Write draft Standard Operating Procedures resulting from continual business process review including documentation of scope and implementation for audit purposes
- Coordinate the work of junior staff as required by the supervisor
Qualifications
- Post-secondary degree in accounting or business administration
- Accounting designation such as Certified General Accountant, Certified Management Accountant or Chartered Accountant or willingness to obtain
- Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office and any other related software
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