Senior Accounting Clerk - Accounts Payable

Req ID : 187220

Location : Western Zone, Kentville

Department : FI Accounts Payable & Banking

Type of Employment : Permanent Hourly FT (100%) x 1

NSGEU Admin Professionals Position

Posting Closing Date : 20-Sep-24

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada.

We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province.

Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions.

Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails.

The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle.

About the Opportunity

Reporting to the Assistant Manager Accounts Payable, the Senior Accounts Payable Clerk is responsible for carrying out assigned functional accounting and maintaining the integrity of information within the accounting subsystem in Accounts Payable.

The Senior Accounts Payable Clerk responds to and serves as a point of contact for customers and vendors.

The Senior Accounts Payable Clerk ensures that the principles and practices that guide Nova Scotia Health such as the vision, mission, values, strategic directions, ethics, safety, quality, partnerships and interprofessional collaboration are integrated within the support that is provided by the work that they do and through the messages they deliver.

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following :

• Graduate of a recognized post-secondary business program with an emphasis in Accounting
• Minimum three (3) years recent and related experience in a computerized SAP Accounts Payable environment
• Ability to use Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook and Excel), with strong skill set in Microsoft Excel
• Ability to use Accounting software and willingness to learn new programs
• Ability to use general office equipment
• Expert knowledge of Accounts Payable, knowledge of Supply Chain Operations (Materials Management) and strong technical Accounting skills
• Demonstrated accountability
• Demonstrated judgment and decision making skills
• Demonstrated commitment to customer service
• Demonstrated communication and conflict resolution skills
• Demonstrated collaboration and teamwork skills
• Commitment to continuous improvement and innovation
• Demonstrated leadership abilities
• Demonstrated planning, organization and time management skills
• Commitment to promoting a culture that supports safety, ethical practices and organizational health
• Demonstrated good attendance in current and past employment
• Exemplary work history as demonstrated in current and past employment
• Competencies in other languages preferred; French an asset

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

Hours

Permanent, full-time position, 70 hours bi-weekly

Compensation and Benefits

$28.24 - $31.15 Hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.

Once You've Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

This is an Admin Professionals bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions.

Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units, or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and / or usage, prior to accepting the position.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve.

We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black / African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals / Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.

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