Accounting Clerk

Job Title: Accounting Clerk

Reports to: Residential Land Development Controller

Name of Company: Taggart Investments

Location: 3187 Albion Road South, Ottawa, Ontario

Taggart Group of Companies

A family business that's been around for more than 75 years, the Taggart Group of Companies is a full-service construction organization consisting of four major operating companies. Taggart Group delivers expert leadership in real estate development, planning, design, finance, construction, and management. We develop commercial, residential, and industrial property for our own account and for third party developers. We own, manage, and work collaboratively on commercial and residential investment properties. We enjoy a strong reputation for technical expertise, integrity, and cooperation, and offer our clients the many benefits of vertical integration. Taggart Investments acquires land for various types of development opportunities in the Ottawa and Kingston markets on behalf of the Group.

Work Description

As our work on real estate development projects continues to grow, we are looking for a candidate in the role of Accounting Clerk. In this hands-on role, the Accounting Clerk will be responsible to assist the Project Accountants and Residential Land Development Controller by performing various full-cycle accounting tasks in a timely and accurate manner. The Accounting Clerk plays a key role in ensuring that documented processes and controls are followed.

Major Responsibilities:

Accounting Clerk

• Receive, sort, verify, stamp and code vendor invoices, ensuring all necessary approvals have been acquired and documented. Enter approved invoices into the accounting system.
• Liaise with the Development team regarding vendor invoices and payments to ensure job cost coding is accurate, and approvals are received.
• Process all stages of periodic cheque runs and electronic payments.
• Deposit and process incoming cash receipts.
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations, and input journal entries, as necessary.
• Process and submit monthly HST filings, as calculated by the Project Accountants.
• Scan documents as required.
• Maintain all electronic and paper filing systems by ensuring all accounting documents are organized and saved appropriately and on a timely basis.
• Assist with rolling-forward annual spreadsheets and financial statement files by doing spreadsheet revisions and data entry.
• Other duties as required.

Statement of Qualifications:

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Post-Secondary Education in Accounting or Finance is required.
• One to two years of relevant work experience in Accounting or Finance would be preferred.
• Strong ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Basic use of Excel is required.
• Experience using Adobe Acrobat would be considered an asset.
• Experience using an ERP system or other complex accounting system would be an asset.

Physical/Sensory Effort/Work Environment

• Providing service to several people, working under many simultaneous deadlines.
• Sitting or standing for long periods of time at workstation.
• Manual dexterity required to use desktop computer and peripherals.
• Repetitive work.
• Overtime may be required during peak times and/or based on project needs.