New Job Financial Assistant In Saskatchewan
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Financial Assistant
Company : Government of Saskatchewan
Salary : $22.32–$27.98 an hour
Location : Saskatchewan
Full Description
The Public Service Commission (PSC) is the central human resource agency for the Government of Saskatchewan. The Commission provides leadership and policy direction to all ministries to enable a high-performing and innovative professional public service.
The Financial and Administrative Services Branch provides financial/procurement/facility/records management, and accounting/IT/administration services to the PSC.
Opportunity
The Financial and Administrative Services Branch has an opportunity available for a permanent part-time (80-100%) Financial Assistant. If you are energetic and have excellent organizational and prioritization skills, consider joining our team!
Your responsibilities will include:
- auditing of invoices, purchase card expenditures, and requests for payments to ensure compliance with applicable legislative authorities, policies, agreements and contracts;
- processing payments, identifying accounting errors and preparing adjustments;
- providing advice, guidance and training to employees with respect to government/ministry policies and procedures;
- gathering and compiling relevant information to produce and/or maintain reference manuals, financial, statistical and other related reports, and to respond to inquiries;
- creating, maintaining and reconciling financial and statistical reports;
- processing cheques and cash received, and preparing deposit information;
- preparing and entering journal vouchers and debit memos in MIDAS;
- assisting with forecasting, budgeting and the year-end financial processes;
- working with computer software applications, spreadsheets, databases, and financial systems; and,
- contributing to the development and maintenance of internal operating procedures as required.
Ideal Candidate
Our candidate of choice will possess:
- knowledge of applicable accounting principles and/or procedures;
- knowledge of applicable computer hardware, software packages and databases (e.g. Excel);
- ability to clearly and concisely compose and/or edit correspondence, reports and manuals to request or provide information;
- ability to verbally provide clear, concise and accurate explanations of policies, procedures, entitlements and other information; and,
- ability to accurately compile, calculate and summarize data to make adjusting entries, complete and/or approve financial statements, amortization, year end schedules, forecasts and the budgets.
Typically, the knowledge and abilities required for this position is obtained through completion of a diploma in accounting or business administration with related work experience. A combination of education and experience may be considered.
What We Offer:
- Dynamic, challenging work for talented individuals.
- A competitive salary.
- Comprehensive benefits package, including pension.
- Vacation, earned days off (EDO) and other types of leave.
- Inclusive work environments.
- Advancement opportunities.
- Flexible work arrangements.