Bookkeeper

Essential Functions / Job Duties

• Review and process all financial transactions (invoices, bank deposits and payroll cheques, etc.) on a timely basis, ensuring accuracy, completeness and compliance with government policies and procedures and regulatory requirement; follow up and resolve any and all issues, seeking direction where required.
• Calculate and submit HST returns, Corporate Tax Returns and Payroll remittances for corporate clients to CRA on monthly, quarterly and annually basis.
• Reconciliation of accounts receivables and payables with bank account transactions and maintain general ledgers.
• Record and maintain client’s paperwork in accounting software and complete the posting process.
• Prepare financial statements in accordance with government policies and procedures and regulatory requirements while meeting monthly deadlines.
• Process standard weekly and biweekly payrolls for different clients,
• Complete worker’s compensation forms, employer health tax forms and process personal tax returns and other government documents.

Desired Skills

• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence 
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions
• Proficiency in QuickBooks, MS Excel, MS Word, MS Outlook and general accounting software
• MS Office including Excel, Word, and Outlook

Education and Experience Requirements

• Minimum 1-2 years’ experience in accounting/bookkeeping field is required
• Completion of secondary school is required
• College level education in the field of accounting/bookkeeping OR courses in accounting or bookkeeping combined with experience in accounting/bookkeeping field is desired.