Junior Accountant

Position:Junior Accountant

Location: Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia location, (Open to Remote work)

About the Organization:

For more than fifty years RPS Composites has been supplying engineered composite solutions into industrial facilities that process corrosive and often hazardous fluids. Hundreds of piping, tank, and vessel installations in 45+ countries around the world speak to our experience providing composite solutions for corrosive fluid handling, processing, storage, and infrastructure challenges.

Today we provide key corporate services to a group of companies operating across Canada and US. This is an opportunity to work in diverse business sectors.

Why Join RPS?

· Great place to grow as a professional – we’re diverse and growing, big but not too big

· Great team culture

· Challenging and interesting work in a welcoming and professional culture

The Position:

As a member of the Finance Team this role performs general accounting functions, including reconciliation of various accounts and weekly AR report for Canada and US. In addition, this role will also perform general payroll processes, including managing payroll submission for RPS and companies. If you are looking for a team environment that challenges you, while being focused on your growth and learning, we would love to hear from you!

What You Will Do:

Accounting

· Reconciliation of various accounts, reports (monthly benefits etc.)

· Collect and manage data for fixed assets

· Complete tax filings, and other report filings

· Support Inventory counts

· Support sales invoicing for various companies as required

· Report on collection status of overdue accounts

· Gather data, create the weekly Enterprise Tracking report for key performance indicators

· Maintain the Purchase Order log

· Payment support

· General accounting administration

· Weekly AR report for Canada & US; Weekly reports to all companies on account accounts, collecting information and providing collection support (calling customers, sending invoices etc.)

· Maintain Schedule of Exchange Rate (monthly report); change rate in ERP, Upload report weekly in departs drawer

· Perform month end closing out entries,

· EFT updates, completing documentation

· Perform standard journal entries

· Sales orders, ensuring credit limit is set up to approved amounts

· Posting entries in ERP (Syspro); weekly hours

· Sales invoices: print, mail, fax, email as per instructions, upload to customer websites, obtain lien waivers, packing orders, etc. sending copies to project managers

Payroll

· Manage payroll submission for sub companies/groups

· Gather hours for payroll processing

· Set up new employees in HRIS,

· Manage parts of onboarding process through setting up benefits, medical and RRSP, etc.

· Maintain and update employee records in HRIS

· Receive bank files for payroll submissions

· Prepare reports from payroll register (details to prep reports into ERP (Syspro, WCB, Taxes, etc.) Enter data into cashbook, WCB, WSIB, RRSP, taxes for various companies and jurisdictions

· Prepare payroll reports, including head counts, ROEs

· Maintain medical benefits website, prepare documents, submit medical forms, print monthly reports

· Maintain RRSP vendor website, adding/deleting employees, uploading remittances

· Input benefit data into ERP

· Maintain data on LTD, Optional Life and AD&D

· Year end entries in HRIS; extend payroll calendars in HRIS, prepare reports for T4s, process off cycle payrolls, releasing T4s, reporting on year end negative wage details and correct errors

· Vacation tracking

· Supports employee tenure, recognition program, ordering awards etc. an

· Manages key annual communication (holiday schedule etc.)

· Provides payroll back up when necessary

General Administrative

· Document management, ensure financial records are managed through lifecycle (boxing up, storage, destruction)

· Manage third party travel platform (Egencia)

· Track Safety Shoe purchases

· Gather data for annual travel for insurance, reporting,

· Organize annual fu clinic, support other team events as appropriate

· Manages company promotional products, inventory and vendor accounts

· Other tasks as required, participate in special projects

What You Bring:

· A bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, preferred, related education and/or demonstrated experience will be considered

· Financial experience in a multi company environment an asset

· Strong computer skills, ability to learn new software, manage multiple databases, including MS Office Suite,

· Strong interpersonal skills and effective communication style

· Excellent organizational and time management skills; needs to meet deadlines regularly

· Excellent problem solving and analytical skills including anticipating, preventing, identifying and solving issues as they arise

· Great work ethic, takes pride in work done well, highly accurate

· Embraces continuous improvement

· Great team player, flexible and willing to support others or tasks if required

If you are a forward looking, action-oriented team player that works well with distributed, cross functional teams and meets the above qualifications, please forward your resume and cover letter directly to HR@rpscomposites.com.

RPS offers an exciting, collaborative work environment within a growing company, a competitive group benefits program and matching retirement savings (RRSP) program. Learn more about RPS Composites by visiting rpscomposites.com

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: From $53,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Paid time off
• RRSP match
• Vision care

Flexible Language Requirement:

• French not required

Education:

• DCS / DEC (preferred)

Experience:

• Accounting: 1 year (preferred)

Language:

• English (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Chartered Professional Accountant (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Mahone Bay, NS