General Accountant

Our client, Call2Recycle, is Canada’s largest and most reliable battery recycling Stewardship program. Together with their collection partners and members, they protect their environment and make sure end-of-life batteries are safely diverted from landfills. Call2Recycle’s core values are Customer Focus, Collaboration & Teamwork, Communication, Passion & Initiative, Results-oriented and Celebrate Successes.  

Based in Toronto, the General Accountant is part of the Finance team and will support the growth of a successful, fast paced, and progressive organization. The General Accountant will report to and work closely with the Finance Director and other Team Members.

Responsibilities:

Accounts Receivable

• Ensure accurate and timely invoicing and collection of member and customer accounts
• Stay current and maintain all A/R; work directly with customers and account manager to ensure that all invoicing and receivables are current
• Review and record customer and member payments along with making remote deposit of payments delivered via mail

Accounts Payable

• Support the AP processing cycle; collect and process all invoices and all aspects of business expenses and process payment, including coding invoices, obtaining approvals and entering invoices
• Process weekly EFT/Wire payment and cheque run, send out remittance emails
• Updating cash flow statement for payments such as cheque runs and expense report payments
• Reconciling corporate credit cards
• Back-up for other Accounts Payable tasks including monitoring AP mailbox

Other

• Perform monthly bank and Inventory reconciliation
• Prepare GST/HST, QST Return
• Post and process journal entries to ensure all business transactions are recorded
• Post month end adjusting entries
• Prepare weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly reports as needed
• Assist with audit preparation
• Work closely with other departments and staff members such operations and compliance, customer/members service, account management and program directors

What you bring:

Education and Experience

• University degree in accounting is required and an accredited professional accounting designation is preferrable
• Minimum 3 years of broad and progressively responsible experience in accounting function
• Excellent experience in Excel
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics is a plus and various accounting software
• Bilingual (English/French) is an asset

Expertise

• Strong understanding of business functions such as finance, taxation
• Excellent interpersonal, collaborative, communication and presentation skills and the ability to interpret complex financial information for non-financial audience
• Professional demeanor towards duties and responsibilities, particularly regarding professional ethics and the exercise of professional judgement

Drive and Curiosity

• Action-oriented, results driven, attention to details, innovative and energetic approach to financial management with a dedication to quality
• Proactive in identifying problems & finding solutions

Flexibility

• Quick to adapt when priorities shift and take feedback well
• Comfortable with ambiguity and willing to figure things out when there is no clear process outlined