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Financial Specialist - 6 Week Contract (Closed)

ARE YOU A FINANCE SPECIALIST LOOKING TO UTILIZE YOUR EXPERIENCE? Our client is seeking an experienced professional for a 6 week contract, with potential to become permanent.

Financial Specialist - 6  Week Contract

About the Opportunity

• Ensure accurate and timely information is maintained in CRM and integrated into Great Plains
• Ensure all CRM-related month-end reporting deadlines are met
• Perform AR and revenue GL accounts reconciliations and other month-end duties
• Liaise with each department and/or members for any payment issues, questions or concerns
• Some filing and administrative duties
• Assist with other duties when required

Daily and Weekly Duties:

• Verify all daily cash receipts (cheques, lockbox, eTransfer, cash, etc.) and reconcile any discrepancies investigate variances and make adjustments where necessary.
• Prepare and deliver daily bank deposits
• Ensure follow up with staff on outstanding financial transactions and/or registrations to ensure data is current and up-to-date
• Ensure that new product and meeting definitions are set up properly in CRM or verify those created by others staff (ensure that correct pricing, taxation and G/L accounts used)
• Run the credit card payments delayed capture process; reconcile all credit card payments to the bank settlement report
• Review and ensure the transfer clearing account is balanced in each batch on a frequent basis
• Maintain unapplied cash account, and ensure that there is no unapplied cash account balance in any web batch; make adjustments through CRM to ensure that the outstanding balance of this account is accurate and up-to-date
• Process retrievals from global payments for charge backs or member disputes.
• Record NSF cheques in CRM; liaise with each department for the replacement of payment
• Liaise with each department and/or members for any payment issues, questions or concerns
• Maintain schedule for all instalment and post-dated payments received from customers, and secure all post-dated cheques; ensure timely deposit upon cheque dates
• Collection of accounts receivable and maintenance of AR sub-ledger

Monthly Duties:

• Monthly responsibilities include preparation of certain assigned monthly journal entries such as annual conference, hire authority, and royalty revenue, etc.
• Complete CRM month-end duties, including reconciling, closing, and posting of batches and integrating of data from various sources, recognition of revenues, etc.
• Ensure that all earned revenue, including partner revenue, is properly recognized; set up and maintain system for monitoring and tracking partner revenue
• Complete and enter monthly journal entries, including recognizing deferred revenues on a monthly basis, and maintenance of relevant schedules
• Assist with monthly reconciliations for balance sheet accounts (i.e. Credit Card Reconciliation, deferred revenues, various A/R accounts, etc.)
• Manage manual invoices in a timely manner with a high level of accuracy, and follow up on outstanding manual invoices and ensure timely collection

Other Duties:

• Complete various ad-hoc reports/analysis including detailed analysis of certain revenue accounts for management reports and/or forecasting, maintaining aged accounts receivable reports; developing and maintaining documented procedures for the position; recommending changes in current processes in order to improve service levels and/or efficiencies
• In conjunction with IT staff, implement process improvements in the finance area, including streamlining of functions using Microsoft CRM and other technology when appropriate
• Other duties as assigned

About You

• At least three years of accounting experience
• Formal education in accounting is necessary
• Demonstrates experience in analyzing and interpreting financial data and reconciliations
• Demonstrates problem solving skills
• Attention to detail is critical to success
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both oral and written), including fluency in English
• Ability to work well in teams as well as independently; willing to help out others whenever required
• Intermediate working knowledge of Excel.
• Working knowledge of Great Plains/Microsoft Dynamics, CRM, would be an asset

Pay Rate

$20 - $24/hour

How to Apply

Click the “Apply Now” button and follow the instructions to submit your resume. Please note that we only accept documents in MS Word or Rich Text formats. When referencing this job, quote #21386.

You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client’s requirements for this role.

About Lannick

Lannick is the premier professional recruitment and staffing firm in the Greater Toronto Area. Founded in 1985, Lannick provides best-in-class finance, accounting and technology professionals at all roles and levels through its three divisions: Lannick Finance & Accounting, Pro Count Staffing and Lannick Technology. Lannick places more than 1,000 candidates annually and is a preferred vendor for Canada’s most successful organizations. Learn more at www.lannick.com.