Accounting Technician

Location: Drayton, Ontario

Employment Type: Full time

Reports To: Head of Finance

Compensation: $48,000 – $60,000 annually, depending on experience

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We're looking for an Accounting Clerk who's comfortable wearing more than one hat. This is a generalist position supporting compliance, financial reporting, payroll, and a handful of HR administrative tasks. It suits someone who likes variety, keeps meticulous records, and can move between a reconciliation, a payroll run, and an onboarding packet in the same week without losing the thread.

What You'll Do

Compliance

- Maintain organized documentation to support internal controls, audits, and regulatory filings.
- Track filing deadlines and renewal dates, and flag issues before they become late
- Assist with gathering schedules and support for external auditors and tax preparers.

Financial Reporting.

- Perform monthly bank, credit card, and general ledger account reconciliations.
- Prepare journal entries and assist with the month-end and year-end close.
- Produce recurring financial reports and variance summaries for management review.
- Maintain accurate records in widely used Accounting Software.

Payroll

- Review and verify timesheets, Vacation accruals, overtime, and pay adjustments.
- Reconcile payroll registers, tax withholdings, and benefit deductions.
- Coordinate with the payroll provider on tax filings, quarterly returns, and T4s.

Human Resources Support

- Maintain confidential employee files and keep records current and complete.




- Support onboarding and offboarding logistics — paperwork, system access requests.
- Assist with benefits enrollment and act as a first point of contact for routine employee questions.
- Help keep the employee handbook and HR policy documents up to date.

General

- Process accounts payable and accounts receivable transactions as needed.
- Respond to vendor and employee inquiries in a timely, professional way.
- Identify small process improvements and help implement them.

What We're Looking For:

Required

- 2+ years of bookkeeping, accounting, or payroll experience.
- Working knowledge of general accounting principles and the month-end close cycle.
- Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, formulas)
- Demonstrated ability to handle confidential payroll and employee information with discretion.
- Careful attention to detail and a habit of double-checking your own work.
- Clear written and verbal communication — you'll be explaining things to non-accountants.

Preferred

- Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.

Pay: $48,000.00-$60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

- Company events
- Dental care
- Discounted or free food
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Store discount
- Vision care

Ability to commute/relocate:
- Drayton, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:
- Secondary School (preferred)

Experience:
- Accounting: 2 years (preferred)

Work Location: In person

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