Are you an office administrator with accounting knowledge and a personality?

I know you’ll tell me accounting people have plenty of personality. Good — prove it. I need someone who can handle both the numbers and the customers, and most people are genuinely comfortable with only one of those.

Here’s what a real day looks like around here. You’ll update pricing and print tags. Receive incoming trucks into our computer system and enter the vendor and freight invoices. Answer the phone, take down any customer’s concerns , and actually do something about it.

Phone customers to schedule deliveries and collect the balance owing. Create the paperwork for an outgoing shipment and a bill of lading. Check with the warehouse on what’s ready to go. Generate a purchase order, cost it out, send it to the supplier, and check the acknowledgement against what you ordered.

Keep our CRM up to date. Check a supplier statement against what we show we owe, help out a salesperson track an order and more!.

That was one day. It’s a lot, and I’d rather you know that going in than find out in week three. Your position is the hub of our organization.

Two things I want to be straight about

This job is busy with lots of interruptions. This is a very broad role and you’ll have to jump back and forth between different tasks all day long.

It takes a long time to get good at. Six months to a year before it feels comfortable. That isn’t a knock on you — it’s just how broad this role is. Which is why I’m not handing you all of it on day one. We’ll start you on one part of the process, get it solid, and add the next piece. You’ll be useful in week two and fully up to speed a lot later, and both of those things are fine with me.

What I’m actually looking for

- Someone who can think things through,



make suggestions on how to improve but also follow the way we do it. There are conventions here for how things get named, filed, and entered. They matter, and a lot of them won’t be obvious at first, but you’ve got time a great group of people who will help you until it’s second nature.
- Someone who notices when a number doesn’t add up and goes digging instead of shrugging.
- Someone who can talk to a customer with a problem and leave them feeling better than when they called.
- Comfortable with Microsoft Office, and not spooked by current software. We use Profit Systems, HubSpot, Shopify, and AI tools — all trainable, but you need to be willing.
- Some accounting exposure is useful — entering payables, matching invoices, basic reconciling. You do not need to be a full-cycle accountant.
- Reliable. This is a small team, and when you’re not here, it’s noticed.

What’s in it for you You’ll work in a family business that actually cares, with competitive pay and benefits, alongside some of the best people around, surrounded by beautiful things. You’ll be trained properly instead of thrown in. And you’ll have real ownership of your work — nobody is going to stand behind you telling you what to do next.

To apply

Send your resume, and answer these two questions in a few paragraphs.
1. Tell me about a time you were told to do something a certain way and didn’t understand why. What did you do?
2. What caught your eye about this posting?

Short and honest beats long and polished. We’re more interested in how you think than how you write. Benefits: Dental care · Extended health care · On-site parking Work location: In person

Pay: From $50,000.00 per year

Benefits

- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Store discount

Work Location: In person

📌 Office Administrator with accounting knowledge (Edmonton)
🏢 McElheran's Fine Furniture
📍 Edmonton