Accounting Associate

About Us:

Quest Brands Inc. is a proud, family owned Canadian company. We are a leading North American manufacturer of quality Construction & Safety, Home & Garden, and Winter Preparation products. Over 75% of our products are manufactured in Canada.

About the Job:

Quest Brands Inc. is located in London Ontario and is seeking an enthusiastic and fast learning Accounting Associate who will work collaboratively under the leadership of the Manager, Finance and Administration.

About You:

You are an independent, hands-on worker with solid personal values that wants to build on success, you have a positive attitude, are organized, detailed oriented and have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Major Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be accountable for the following:

• Accounts Receivable: daily processing of sales invoices, processing of customer payments (EDI, credit card, cheques), maintaining customer account records, follow up with outstanding payments, assisting sales and customer service teams with customer inquiries and resolution of issues, maintaining filing systems for customers
• Back-up and support Accounts Payable: daily receipt of invoices, expense account coding, seeking approval and processing of payments (on-line payments, EFT, cheques), monitoring for discount opportunities, reconciling vendor statements, maintaining vendor account records, follow-up with invoice discrepancies, employee expense report reconciliations, assisting supply chain team with inquiries and resolution of issues, maintaining filing systems for vendors
• Office Administration: providing support to the Office team with answering inbound telephone and email inquiries, managing inbound/outbound mail and courier services, creating and updating records to ensure accuracy and validity of information, organizing and maintaining office supplies and common areas

Qualifications and Requirements:

· 2+ years of relevant experience

· Post-Secondary Education (College)

· Extremely organized, detail oriented and able to multi-task

· Ability to maintain confidentiality

· Experience with Sage accounting software preferred

· Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)

· Must be a reliable team player who can work without supervision

· Excellent interpersonal, problem solving, written and verbal communication skills

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: $21.00-$25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Dental care
• Disability insurance
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Paid time off
• Vision care

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable: 2 years (preferred)

Work Location: In person