Accountant

Monark Group is committed to helping great ideas live up to their fullest potential. Our diverse team delivers world-class solutions across a diverse array of emerging & established lines of business.
At Monark, you will do work that matters with people that are committed to helping our vision become a reality. Projects at Monark have an impact on the communities that our team members live, work & play in.
As our Accountant, you will spend a significant amount of your time focused on processing invoices, reconciling key accounts, and completing weekly and month-end accounting tasks. Additional duties will include reviewing GL entries, following up with internal and external parties for supporting documents, and supporting the Finance Team with month end and year end reporting requirements. Our ideal candidate has 1-2 years of hands-on working experience in a fast-paced environment and has intermediate level Excel skills (pivot tables and v-lookups). You can work independently and have a keen desire to learn and grow.
Responsibilities & Duties:

• Perform monthly account reconciliations, ensuring accuracy and completeness of account balances and subledger reports
• Participate in the preparation of financial statements, variance analysis and month-end reviews
• Assist in the preparation of cash-flow statements, cash analysis and bank reconciliations
• Post journal entries and prepare backup for entries
• Process Accounts Payable and reconcile key vendor accounts
• Process expense reports for staff as required
• Correspond with supervisors on accounting issues as they arise
• Assist with other accounting and administrative duties and projects as assigned
• Address external audit queries and ensure that monthly reconciliations are accurate and up to date
• Provide support to Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable teams
• Other ad hoc tasks as required/requested by the Finance Department

Qualifications:

• Post-secondary education in Accounting
• 2 years relevant work experience
• Pursuing or looking to pursue CPA Designation
• Experience with accounting software, QuickBooks Online is an asset
• An analytical thinker with strong problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products and comfortable with learning new software
• Organization, high attention to detail, productivity, and dependability
• Exceptional customer service abilities
• Effective communication skills to establish good relationships with internal and external contacts
• You are adaptable and tend to embrace change