The Kindred team is at the heart of our cooperative, bringing our values to life everyday. In fact, they are woven into everything we do. More than financial professionals, we care deeply about our members, and our communities. With integrity, stewardship, and compassion, we help ensure every member’s experience feels welcoming and grounded in purpose. Whether offering thoughtful financial guidance or strengthening community connections, we strive to connect values and faith with finances, inspiring peaceful, just, and prosperous communities.

We are currently recruiting an Accounting Representative for a full time contract opportunity on our Finance team in our Kitchener Head Office.

This is a contract position until September 2027.

In this role, you will join a team dedicated to providing exemplary professional accounting services. Reporting to the Manager, Accounting and Payments, Accounting Representatives participate in job rotation, collectively responsible for daily accounting operations; financial reporting; processing accuracy and compliance with established accounting principles and practices; effective collaboration with other departments to ensure smooth processes; and excellence in service to internal staff members, Kindred members, and vendors about payables, receivables, foreign exchange, and other related accounting matters.

Specific responsibilities of this position include:

• Provide effective cash management by monitoring daily cash activities
• Prepare and post journal entries
• Monitor and perform scheduled account analysis

What to bring:

As the ideal candidate, you are self-confident and have a passion for customer service. You are methodical, organized, have an ability to handle detail work with accuracy and precision. You're comfortable with data and technology and easily adapt to systems and applications. You show initiative and are comfortable contributing to the organization both as part of a collaborative team and working independently. Finally, you demonstrate an active commitment to Kindred's shared values and purpose.

Plus, you bring your qualifications and experience:

• College or University graduate, ideally in business, accounting or finance
• 2-3 years related work experience
• Familiarity with financial services would be an asset
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Why Kindred

We believe that your life is bigger than any job, so we’ll work together to achieve work-life quality and to care for your overall wellness. For many roles, we offer flexible and hybrid options that we can discuss with you. And of course, your total rewards package includes competitive cash compensation plus an array of wellness benefits and financial products and services at preferred rates for employees.

Our comprehensive total rewards package includes:

• Starting salary $42,500 - $53,000
• Performance based target incentives (5%), tied to individual, team and organizational results
• Group benefits plan & wellness programs
• Three weeks of vacation and generous paid time off provisions
• Career growth opportunities, training & development support
• Comprehensive employee benefits on financial products & services

When you choose Kindred to further your career, you’re joining an engaged workforce at a certified that is committed to using business as a force for good™ and acting as an advocate for a Living Wage.

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Ready to choose Kindred? Visit us at www.kindredcu.com/careers to learn more about why people enjoy working with us. If this role sounds like a good fit, please apply.

At Kindred, we value genuine connection. We don’t use AI to screen applications—every resume is reviewed by a real person. If selected, you’ll hear from a Kindred team member by phone, and when possible, we prefer to meet candidates in person. If you choose to use AI to support your application materials, we encourage you to ensure your own voice and personality still come through. Kindred will acknowledge all applications received and advise all candidates when the position is filled.

As a team of people who, with compassion, integrity, and stewardship, care deeply about each other, our members, our communities, and our world, Kindred is committed to building an equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace. Kindred’s values-centered and faith-inspired, warmly professional, expressly invitational characteristics compel us to be a place that understands, respects, and values, and treats equitably all people of every race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, and disability.