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Senior Financial Administrator : Job ID :

- 244872

Posting status :

- Open

Organization :

- Ontario Clean Water Agency

Division :

- Finance Division, Ontario Clean Water Agency

City :

- Mississauga

Position(s) language :

- English

Job term :

- 1 Temporary assignment/contract for up to 12-months

Job code :

- 10OAD - Office Administration 10

Salary :

- $29.53 - $34.75 Per hour - Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement.
- The Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA) believes in Our Communities, Our Environment and Our People. As a trusted partner to municipalities, First Nations communities, businesses, governments and institutions across Ontario, we provide our clients with total solutions in water and wastewater. We are dedicated to working closely with our clients to help them build healthy sustainable communities and organizations and provide safe and reliable drinking water to thousands of Ontarians each day.
- Join our team as a Senior Financial Administrator with OCWA

About the job : In this role you will :

- Maintain accurate and controlled records of client billings and accounts investigate and resolve billing and overdue account issues.
- Perform analysis of aged receivable balances and pursue collection of overdue accounts.
- Prepare monthly billings to clients, analyze customer overdue accounts and identify high-risk customers.
- Investigate and resolve overdue account problems; analyze accounts receivable control account and reconcile to account receivable sub-ledger.
- Support financial analysts in monthly analysis of Hub margins, investigate variances and research causes of variances.
- Provide training to management and other staff on billing and conducting inquiries and the collection module in Microsoft Great Plains.




- Assist with the preparation and issuance of annual billing statements, and year-end billing reconciliations.
- Other duties as assigned.

What you bring to the team : - Knowledge :

- Knowledge of accounting principles in order to complete reconciliations and perform month-end duties.
- Revenue policies, procedures, billing and collection practices are required to enforce compliance and collect delinquent accounts.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Outstanding Plains (GP) to issue invoices, reconcile and analyze customer accounts and to respond to client account inquiries.
- In depth knowledge of accounts receivable processing ensuring accuracy and completeness of monthly Operation & Maintenance (O&M;) billings, to prepare reports and client account reconciliations.
- Knowledge of arithmetic to calculate, balance and reconcile accounts, including reviewing documents and resolving discrepancies with clients.
- Operation of word-processing, spreadsheet software and power point presentation software to prepare correspondence, reconciliation reports and presentations.

Skills and Ability include :

- Job requires analytical skills to be able to review payment patterns and identify high-risk accounts; to investigate and resolve client account inquiries.

- Job requires attention to detail, ability to drill -down, investigate and analyze detail to determine root cause of transaction /issue,



to resolve client account issues and to perform month-end duties.

- Job requires judgment skills to determine the most progressive collection action and at what point collection activities have been exhausted and when to recommend, for review and approval by manager, that client account be written off. Interpersonal skills are required to deal with collections as it relates to the sensitivity of client's account due to political issues or renegotiation of contracts.

- Organizational skills are required to prioritize work activities to deal with a diverse array of work situations.

- Job requires use of tactful telephone manners and negotiation skills to deal with difficult situations and to persuade and influence Business Development Managers in the collection of overdue accounts- **

- When applying, please ensure the following:- Ontario Clean Water Agency is an inclusive employer. We will accommodate your needs under the Ontario Human Rights Code

- The Ontario Clean Water Agency is an agency of the Province of Ontario, reporting to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. As the largest provider of water and wastewater services in Canada, we manage over 800 facilities from small well systems and lagoons to large water and wastewater treatment plants. Consider this opportunity if you are a motivated, team oriented individual seeking a career in the water and wastewater industry._

- Note: Thank you for your interest, we will contact you only if you are selected for further screening or an interview. How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility :** OCWA/OPS Commitment to diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and anti

- racism**:

- We are committed to build a workforce

📌 Senior Financial Administrator (Mississauga)
🏢 Ontario Clean Water Agency
📍 Mississauga