Department: Public Works Building and maintaining our provincial infrastructure is no small job.

The Fleet Services

Division of the Department of Public Works supports the backbone of our provincial highway infrastructure. We are located at Miller Lake, the Central Fleet Services hub of the province. The team at Miller Lake is pivotal in ensuring the equipment used to maintain, repair, and build Nova Scotia’s 23,000 kilometers of roads and highways, and 4,100 bridges, is always safe and ready to go.

We have an opportunity available for a Clerk to join our team and support our payroll and accounting operations. As a Clerk, you are one of our key team players who supports the overall efficiency of our operations. As the Payroll and Accounting Clerk, you are the backbone to supporting our department operations.

You have the significant responsibility of processing a broad range of payroll and accounting documents, while ensuring accurate data is processed and completed within tight deadlines. enter hours for CUPE payroll, verify time entry reports, and enter travel expenses and reimbursements for employees; process vendor invoices and credit memos; enter journal vouchers, inventory issues and reconcile reports; provide backup coverage for the payroll and accounting team as needed and provide rotating relief for the Secretary. You have four (4) years of related experience in a computerized payroll and accounting environment. An equivalent combination of training and experience will be considered. accounting and payroll principles; spreadsheet software and creation, word processing, and email applications.

Though not required, experience with different SAP modules and S4/Hana,



as well as knowledge and familiarity with various Nova Scotia Government Policies are desirable qualities to be considered. You are a self-motivated individual who works both independently with minimal supervision and participates fully as an effective team player. You are accurate in your work and have well-developed time management and organizational skills to meet established payroll deadlines and priorities.

Your exceptional interpersonal and communication skills will assist you when liaising with staff and responding to staff and vendor inquiries, both verbally and in writing. You consistently maintain a professional and courteous disposition and hold a high standard for client and customer service. We will assess all qualifications and competencies using one or more of the following tools: written examination, standardized tests, oral presentations, interview(s), and reference checks.

An equivalent combination of relevant training and experience will be considered. A completed related bachelors degree Based on the employment status and union agreement, the Government of Nova Scotia offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Health, Dental, Life Insurance, General illness, Short and Long Term Disability,



Vacation and Employee and Family Assistance Programs. Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 4:30pm.

May be required to work overtime on occasion. Typically located in a comfortable office environment. Regularly reads and interprets multiple sources of information, regular requirement to type, read and work on a computer.

The appointment status (Term, Temporary or Casual) is dependent on the start date of the successful candidate.

Career

Development where you have access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your career. We have forward-thinking policies and strategies. 1,848.39 - $2,068.11 Bi-Weekly Employment Equity Statement The Government of Nova Scotia has an Employment Equity Policy, and we welcome applications from Indigenous People, African Nova Scotians, Persons of African Descent, Racialized Persons, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ Persons and Women in occupations or positions where they are under-represented. If you are a member of one of these equity groups, you are encouraged to self-identify on your electronic application.

This is a Bargaining Unit Position Initially Restricted To Current Civil Service Employees Represented By The Nova Scotia Government Employees Union (NSGEU). If you are receiving a pension from the Nova Scotia Public Service Superannuation Plan (PSSP) or any related plans, you cannot receive pension payments while contributing to the same plan. If you accept a position that requires PSSP contributions, your pension payments must be stopped.

Please contact the Nova Scotia Pension Services Corporation for more information. #

📌 Payroll specialist and accounting support (Miller Lake)
🏢 Government of Nova Scotia
📍 Miller Lake