Who We Are:
Scarborough Transit Connect (STC) has been awarded the design and early works of the Scarborough Subway Extension project. The Scarborough Subway Extension will bring the TTC's Line 2 subway service nearly eight kilometers farther into Scarborough. It will extend from Kennedy Station to Sheppard Avenue and McCowan Road, providing quick and seamless transit for those heading into and out of the downtown core and those travelling within Scarborough. The extension will replace Line 3 (the Scarborough RT), helping to reduce travel times and improve access to jobs, schools, and other key destinations throughout the city.
As part of the Scarborough Transit Connect project, we are looking for a qualified Project Accountant to join our team.
What You Will Do:
- Work closely with cost control and procurement teams to process Purchase Order Good Receipts in SAP according to invoices approved to ensure project costs are processed accurately and on a timely basis.
- Respond to vendor inquiries, maintain good vendor relations, and solve problems.
- Process payment run and liaise with AP department as required.
- Perform journal entries for company credit card expenses, verify GL accounts and network activity codes for employee reimbursement via Concur and make GL adjustment where necessary
- Prepare monthly back charge invoices working file of staff costs and recoverable expenses.
- Prepare monthly reconciliations related to Balance Sheet accounts.
- Generate trial balances to identify errors and follow up with corrections.
- Monthly credit card reconciliation to ensure costs and payments are recorded properly.
- Assist with month end close \& prepare necessary journal entries.
- Assist with assigning general ledger accounts to new Purchase Orders in Aconex.
- Assist with IFRS 16 lease accounting schedule and transaction preparations and monthly lease related GL accounts reconciliation
- Assist with generating and analyzing project cost reports by cost code to ensure correct cost codes are used.
- Assist with process documentation and ensure continuous process improvements are applied within area of responsibility.
- Assist with audits - financial, Internal control, client audit \& tax.
- Ad-hoc tasks assigned by manager and initiatives as required.
Experience You Will Bring:
- Bachelor's degree in finance, Economics, or Accounting
- 3 years of experience, should be pursuing CPA designation
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Knowledge of Full Cycle Accounting
- Highly analytical and detail oriented
- Significant reconciliation experience
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively collaborate within a highly matrixed organization
- Self-starter with an ability to identify issues and resolve problems independently
- Experience working within highly diverse intercultural environments
- Proficiency in verbal and written English
- Be a champion of inclusion and diversity.
Why Join Us?
- Competitive pay, comprehensive health and dental benefits, and RRSP matching plans.
- The opportunity to work on one of the most exciting rail projects in Toronto.
- A wide array of learning and development opportunities.
- A work environment focused on health and safety.
STC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of citizenship, race, place of origin, ethnic origin, colour, ancestry, disability, age, creed, sex/pregnancy, family status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and record of offences.
When we collect your personal information as part of a job application or offer of employment, we do so in accordance with industry standards and best practices and in compliance with applicable privacy laws.
We are committed to adhering to the objectives and requirements outlined in the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and to meeting the accessibility needs of persons with disabilities in a timely manner through the implementation of the requirements of the AODA and its applicable regulations. If you require accommodation under the AODA during any step of the application process, please email us at careers@stconnect.ca.
