Finance Specialist

Who We Are

Envirosearch Operations was created in 2001 to specialize in providing water and wastewater operations services to non-municipal owners of water and wastewater treatment facilities in the Province of Ontario. At our heart, we believe in teamwork between Owners, Regulators, and our team to support the protection of both the public and the environment. Envirosearch Operations Inc. specializes in providing professional and operational services to industrial, commercial, institutional, and private sector owners.

Why Work for Us?

• Challenging work opportunities and a varied routine – we never have the same day twice!
• The opportunity to expand your skills and develop your role
• Competitive compensation and benefit package

The Finance Specialist is responsible to execute accounting tasks, ensuring integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of the financial and accounting processes.  The successful candidate will work closely with other members of the Finance department and it is an expectation that the successful candidate will learn about existing procedures within the Envirosearch Accounting Team.

This role is in-person, Monday through Friday, at the Guelph office. This role is a new position within our team, representing growth of our company.

What You Will Be Doing

• Oversee the work product produced by the Finance Administrator including processing of accounts payable, credit card management, financial aspects of procurement, employee expense receipts, fleet expenses, and accounting requests. Validate and process monthly routine AP payments, including reporting.
• Oversee the accounts receivable process including validation of charges, documenting invoice details in accounting software and preparation and finalization of deposits.
• Complete daily, weekly, and monthly reconciliation of various accounts, including organization of associated documentation.
• Coordinate with accounts receivable to verify invoices through accounting software.
• Oversee processing of Expense Reports and verifying packages for payment.
• Finalize account payables and account receivables, including processing incoming cheques and EFTs and production of associated financial reports.
• Establish routine budget system including reporting to the Director of Finance and the Executive Management Team.
• Understand and implement directions provided by the Corporate CPA in coordination with the Director of Finance.
• Coordinate with the Asset and Inventory Logistics Specialist to execute requested credit applications and to further develop the procurement program within the Company.
• In coordination with the Director of Finance, establish monthly and quarterly closing procedures for the purpose of submitting government reports. 
• Coordinate monthly and quarterly closing procedures to support the completion of the year-end submissions with the Director of Finance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Who We Are Looking For

• Post-secondary education with a focus on Accounting/Bookkeeping or equivalent experience.
• Minimum two (2) years of experience in a related role.
• Strong working knowledge of using accounting principles, including AP, AR and payroll.
• Experience with QuickBooks or similar platform is required.
• High level of skills with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Work).
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) is an asset.
• Positive, responsible, and self-motivated individual with demonstrated exceptional attention to detail, organizational skills and integrity.

• Must be able to work independently with little supervision and be able to work quickly with high accuracy to manage high volumes of paper processing and repetitive tasks.
• A desire to learn and take initiative to always improve.

• The ability to efficiently multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, along with active listening.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively and diligently with individuals, and as a team.
• Supervisory experience is an asset.
• Future interest in CPA designation is an asset.

We appreciate all who express interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code, Envirosearch will provide accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process. Please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require.