Job Description
External Posting - applications from casual and term ESP members and external applicants. If you are a Regular (Permanent) ESP employee, please apply to the Internal Posting.
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario and offers students and parents a world of choice for learning. Our nearly 150 schools offer a wide range of programs to promote learning excellence and meet the individual needs of students, parents, and the community at large. Our schools are teaching communities where principals, vice-principals, teachers and support staff nurture student well-being and challenge students to achieve their best.
We are seeking a creative, dynamic, committed professional to join our team:
Accounting Assistant
Regular, Full time (100%), 12 month work year
Monday - Friday, 35 hours per week *Hybrid Model
ESP, Level 4 - $34,882 to $44,561 per year
Under the direction of the Finance Officer,, the Accounting Assistant provides clerical support to Financial Services in the areas of accounts payable, accounts receivable, and general accounting. This position will process payments to vendors and schools/sites; receives and records revenue from federal, provincial, corporate and public sources; provides a high degree of service/support to schools/departments and the public; responds to written, electronic, telephone, in-person, school/departmental and external queries in a knowledgeable, professional and courteous manner; files and records electronic payments and receipts; provides support and assistance to Accounting Administrators.
Qualifications
High school diploma, and an additional year of post secondary accounting courses (Accounting I and II), and a minimum of 1 year related accounting experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may also be considered.
- Familiarity with relevant OCDSB policies and procedures;
- Knowledge of financial and accounting procedures and practices;
- Working knowledge of the OCDSB financial systems, including applicable accounting software, budget inquiry, facility booking and invoicing systems is preferred.
- Good Keyboarding skills for data entry activities;
- Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet and database applications;
- Ability to learn and adapt quickly to new financial applications in a rapidly changing data processing environment.
- Ability to reconcile general ledger accounts and vender statements;
- Interpersonal and (oral and written) communication skills for providing customer service support/assistance, responding to inquiries, and providing explanations and clarification to OCDSB personnel and external clients in a friendly, courteous and efficient manner, and for which tact, diplomacy and discretion is required.
- Organization and time management skills to organize tasks and meet established deadlines;
- Ability to adapt to changes in technology (ie. electronic methods of paying/receiving) while reconciling accounts and reports.
Ability to work independently, with minimum supervision and as part of a team.
Note: as part of the selection process, a basic bookkeeping test may be administered prior to the interview.
Application Process
Applications will be considered in accordance with the ESP Collective Agreement, in the following order:
1. Applications from Regular full-time and part-time employees within ESP bargaining unit are given first consideration. (Internal Posting)2. Applications from term and casual employees within ESP bargaining unit are given 2nd consideration. (External Posting)3. Applications from External candidates (including Board employees that do not belong to this bargaining unit) will be considered only if applications from 1 & 2 have been exhausted.The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board uses Apply to Education (ATE) to manage applications for job competitions. OCDSB employees can apply to this job posting using their existing ATE account. Please ensure your resume is in the Board approved format before submitting your application.If you are not a Board employee and do not have an existing ATE account , you will be asked to create one at https://ocdsb.simplication.com . Choose Job Category 'ECE, EA and Support Staff'. Once you have created your account, you must then search for the job posting at OCDSB, Hit Apply, and upload your resume.Personal information is collected pursuant to the Education Act and will be used to determine the eligibility for employment with the OCDSB. Questions about this collection should be directed to the Manager, Human Resources, 133 Greenbank Road, Nepean, Ontario K2H 6L3.
OCDSB employees serve students, colleagues, families and community partners. We invite people of all abilities, orientations, faiths, ethnicities, races, genders and ages to join us as we create learning and working spaces that honour the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Algonquin people, and respect, value and increasingly reflect the diversity of Ottawa. Your lived experience is an essential contribution to deliver the education every student deserves with dignity.
If you require accommodations at any point in the selection process, please send an email to hrcompetitions@ocdsb.ca at any time.
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