Permanent Full-TimeHours: 37.5 hours per week | Monday to Friday with occasional evenings or weekends to meet deadlinesPay Range: Salary Grade 3 | $60,761.96 - $68,388.12Location: Hybrid | 153 Frederick Street, KitchenerBenefits: Registered Pension Plan (4.5% Employer contribution) | Extended Health and Dental Benefits | Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) | Life insurance | 3 weeks vacation | Employee Assistance Program (EAP) | Paid Sick Time.In this Role, you will contribute to the Community by ...strengthening the organization's financial processes, supporting transparency, accountability and effective service delivery.Day-to-day of this role, you will:Coordinate and track month-end close activities and prepare accurate journal entries to support timely financial reportingSupport bi-weekly payroll processing, including timecard reviews, reporting, and issue resolutionSupport accounts payable and receivable, monitoring aging balances and resolving discrepanciesServe as back-up across payrolll, AP and AR to ensure continuity of finance operationsLead audit coordination and maintain SOPs, identifying opportunities to improve financial processes.Experience in accounting, preferably in the NFP sectorSolid working knowledge of non-profit accounting principles,



including fund accountingExperience with Canadian payroll legislation (an asset)Solid organization skills and ability to manage multiple concurrent deadlinesDemonstrated ability to document and maintain standard operating procedures and support process improvement initiativesStrong commitment to accuracy and integrity.Mandatory QualificationsBachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related fieldCurrent Vulnerable Sector Check or Criminal Record Check document.About YWCA Canada and YWCA K-WWhen you choose to work with the YWCA Kitchener-Waterloo you aren't just joining an organization, you are joining a movement!The YWCA Canada is a secular, registered charity and the country's oldest and largest women's rights organization, driving change for over 150 years. The National Office strengthens the work of 29 independent local member associations across Canada by providing tools, training, national convening, and capacity-building. Through research, governance support, professional development, and advocacy coordination, YWCAs deliver impact in their communities while growing the collective power of the national movement focused on ending gender-based violence; advocating for affordable housing that meets the needs of women and gender-diverse people; challenging systemic barrier to economic equity; championing childcare and women's well-being; empowering diverse young leaders; as well as informing and shaping the feminist future.The YWCA Kitchener-Waterloo is committed to developing an organization that is reflective of and responsive to the diversity of Kitchener-Waterloo, in which all people are respected and valued. A full Diversity & Inclusion Statement can be viewed at https://ywkw.Ca/diversity-inclusion-statement.Accommodation requests can be emailed to [email protected] does not use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants; all resumes submitted are reviewed manually by hiring managers.

📌 Accounting Operations Specialist (Kitchener)
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