Accounting Manager - Edmonton or Calgary Position: Business Professional Closing Date: Closes February 10, 2025 Location: Calgary, Edmonton
Our firm is seeking an accounting professional to join our team based in one of our Alberta office locations (Calgary or Edmonton). This is an in-office role; please indicate your preferred location when applying. Reporting to the Director of Finance, the Accounting Manager will be responsible for managing a team of finance professionals and ensuring accurate and timely processing of financial transactions, primarily for our Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver offices.
The successful candidate will provide oversight in a number of areas, including funds held in trust, banking, taxation, and accounts payable. They will maintain regular communication with internal customers including lawyers, management, peers and team members.
Responsibilities include:
- Trust and Banking:
- Reviewing monthly trust and operating bank reconciliations
- Reviewing daily cheques, wires and deposits for operating and trust bank accounts
- Reviewing and approving electronic wire transactions
- Assisting with bank account user administration
- Providing back-up coverage for trust accounting desk
- Preparing B.C. and Alberta trust filings and Law Society reporting
- Preparing periodic internal trust reporting requirements
- Assisting with onboarding of new lawyers
- Responding to stop payments, void cheques and payment inquiries
- Responding to trust inquiries
- Accounts Payable:
- Assisting with general ledger coding inquiries
- Reviewing and approving invoices and expense reimbursements
- Reviewing statements and providing guidance regarding reconciliation of deposit accounts
- Maintaining vendor relationships
- System Administration:
- Maintaining users in certain third-party systems used by the firm
- Taxation:
- Reviewing and remitting government tax remittances
Qualifications include:
- Completion of a degree in accounting or business or equivalent preferred
- Minimum of five years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Experience supervising a team of professionals
- Ability to deal with highly confidential material
- Strong organizational and administrative skills and attention to detail
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook)
- Working knowledge of trust accounting rules in accordance with the Law Society of Alberta and British Columbia considered an asset
- Working knowledge of an integrated accounting system considered an asset
- Experience in a professional services firm considered an asset
- Experience with electronic payment methods for accounts payable considered an asset
- Experience with accounting system implementations or upgrades considered an asset
We offer:
- A competitive salary
- Comprehensive coverage for health and wellness benefits
- Access to group savings plans and investment options
- Options for flexible work agreements and vacation coverage
- Growth and development opportunities
- Mentorship and support
- Ongoing job-specific training
- A positive and inclusive work environment
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MLT Aikins is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to building an inclusive and diverse work environment. Our principles of diversity, equity and inclusion create a space for everyone to collaborate, allowing us to deliver excellent and increasingly innovative legal service to our clients. We encourage individuals of a diverse group to apply to our job postings.
If this sounds like you, please submit your resumé and cover letter using the form below. Please note that only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.