Accounting Clerk - 78882

Role Title: Accounting Clerk

Line of Business: Finance

Contract duration: 3 months (possible extension or conversion)

Working hours: 7am-3pm EST

Location: Downtown Toronto - Hybrid: 1x a week in office

Role Mandate:

Applies accounting and control frameworks to financial data, source documents and records for transactions being reconciled in accordance with Bank and industry standards. Ensures the correctness, completeness and overall integrity of financial and operational data, for internal and external books of record. Performs analysis to resolve internal and external inquiries, requests and issues, for an assigned portfolio ranging from routine transactions to complex portfolio management.

Team Structure:

Team of 10 peers, but work is highly individual/independent.

Role Responsibilities:

• Provides advice to internal business partners and peers to support the completion of a reconciliations within established procedures.

• Perform manual matching via Reconciliation Platform (i.e. IMATCH)

• Monitors production logs and schedules to ensure key controls are followed and exceptions are actively pursued; escalates to the manager as appropriate.

• Monitors service delivery performance, production processes and quality, providing reports to the manager for the purpose of optimizing operational effectiveness.

• Delivers exceptional customer service to build trust through responsive, accurate, consistent, knowledgeable and available services and support.

• Supports change management of varying scope and type; tasks typically focused on execution and sustainment activities.

• Recommends and implements process improvements.

• Processes timely and accurate transactions, audit/reconciliation transactions and resolves discrepancies according to established standards and guidelines.

• Records and verifies data for fulfillment and/or further processing.

• Ensures adherence to all aspects of First Principles, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Corporate policies, procedures and applicable regulatory requirements.

• Reviews transactions and requests for compliance with regulatory and Bank requirements. Communicates with internal partners and external customers to respond to inquiries according to guidelines; Follows-up with business units to ensure issues are resolved.

• Supports the testing and implementation of projects and onboarding of new/revised products, services or processes.

• Completes complex & diverse tasks within given rules/limits and may include handling escalations from other employees.

• Analyzes issues and determines next steps.

• Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.

Must Have Skills:

• 1 - 2 years of relevant experience

• Postsecondary degree

• Knowledge of standard desktop applications used by the business unit

• Outlook, Excel, Adobe

• Prioritization skills. Good.

• Organizational skills - Good.

• Customer service skills. - Good.

• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.

• Basic specialized knowledge.

• Verbal & written communication skills - Good.

• Organization skills - Good.

• Collaboration & team skills - Good.

• Analytical and problem solving skills - Good.

Nice to Have Skills:

• Financial industry experience

• Capital markets experience

• Degree in related field (accounting/finance/etc)

Interviews:

• 1 round HM and/or member of the team, 30 minutes over teams.