Accounts Payable Team Lead

Girl Guides of Canada Guides du Canada (GGC), a national membership-based organization, empowers every girl in Guiding to discover herself and be everything she wants to be.

Our mission is to be a catalyst for girls empowering girls. Together, we’re building our vision of A better world, by girls .

GGC is actively searching for a Team Lead, Accounts Payable

Hybrid work arrangement. Location : Toronto, ON*

About this Opportunity

Reporting to the Manager, Accounting, the Team Lead, Accounts Payable is responsible for the oversight of the Accounts Payable team to ensure efficient payment processes for the organization.

The Team Lead, Accounts Payable will :

• Team leadership for AP team : reviewing, training, coaching, moral building; timely and accurate processes.
• Oversight of vendor set-up : compliance with new vendor internal controls, ensuring accurate set-

up for group set, account set, tax group, payment terms, and banking / payment information.

• Oversight of AP team data entry of invoice information, ensuring invoices appropriately approved, entering into the accounting system, and ensuring appropriate coding, pricing, and compliance to expenditure policies.
• Accurate preparation of invoice batches to be paid, manage payment runs, including cheques,

EFTs, bill payments, wire transfers, and credit cards.

• Record management of AP function : organize retention of documentation for quick reference and audit support.
• Client support : timely and professional follow-up with internal clients and vendors for all queries including late or missing payments.
• Process improvement to streamline activities, improve efficiencies, reduce missed or late payments, complete process documentation.
• Complete month end procedures for accounts payable sub ledger and general ledger reconciliation
• Handling bank transactions : process and prepare bill payment, inter transfer and ACH payment in bank.
• Audit working files : prepare and maintain monthly working files for AP Aging, Accrued Liabilities, AP clearing Account and other Accounts Payable related continuity schedule.
• Apply organizational policies regarding inclusivity to content, member communication and customer service.
• Other duties as assigned.

You are the ideal candidate if you :

• Post secondary education in finance or accounting.
• Working towards CPA is an asset.
• Demonstrated experience in the full procure to pay lifecycle.
• Previous experience managing a team is an asset.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience in the accounts payable function.
• Demonstrated proficiency with MS Office suite.
• Previous experience with SAGE
• Ability to manage time and meet deadlines.
• Attention to detail; accurate work; well organized.
• Comfortable working in a diverse work environment
• You embody the attributes of our core DNA welcoming, imaginative, courageous and enthusiastic

Starting Annual Salary : $67, 789

Salary based location, Greater Toronto Area

If this sounds like a job tailor-made for you, apply today! Send your cover letter and resume (as one file) to the People and Culture team at HR@girlguides.

ca. Reference position title in subject line of email.

This position will remain open until filled. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. Submissions without a cover letter will not be considered.

Please note that GGC accepts all genders for job applications. We encourage all candidates to apply, even if they do not meet all the job requirements.

GGC is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. We value a recruitment and selection process that is inclusive and barrier-free, and we encourage applications from people who are racialized, Indigenous, people from the 2SLGBTQI+ community, people with disabilities and other equity seeking groups.

GGC welcomes girls and women cisgender and transgender as well as non-binary people who are comfortable in spaces that focus on and are driven by the experience of girls.

Upon request, Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada will make available accommodations during the recruitment process. Please note we do not require applicants to identify as a person with disability, or to disclose their disability, to request or access accommodation.

Accommodation requests should be made in advance to People & Culture at [email protected].

We thank all candidates for their interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.