Accounting Technician – Retail Accounting Support

Job title: Accounting Technician – Retail Accounting Support

Job description: Description :

Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) is hiring an Accounting Technician – Retail Accounting Support on a permanent basis at our Home Office in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Who we are:

As a co-operative, we do business differently. We believe in working together to serve Western Canadians, delivering profits back to our communities and investing in sustainable growth. Our work is guided by our values of integrity, excellence and responsibility and driven by our vision of building sustainable communities together. To learn more about who we are, visit .

What you’ll do:

You will provide patronage, equity, accounts receivable, and EFT support to retails. This includes balancing and preparing equity statements, preparing withholding tax, PST, GST, and corporate tax payments, modifying procedures to accommodate program enhancements, and maintaining patronage and equity files.

• You will monitor, maintain and provide support for patronage/equity systems through the Retail Member Master (RMM), files, and reports.
• You will balance, prepare and mail equity statements, cheques, T4As and charge-outs.
• You will organize, schedule and submit edit & actual T4A statement runs for assigned local Co-ops. You will coordinate CRA responses regarding T4A statements.
• You will submit edit & actual runs for equity statements, cheques and check output as requested.
• You will manually reconcile the clearing codes.
• You will create and balance patronage/equity runs and audit processed data. You will follow up on errors and provide support to assist the retails in the correction of patronage/equity data errors. You will review exception reports and follow up with the local Co-op to ensure the allocation is as accurate as possible in order to identify potential errors which could have a financial impact on the retail as well as FCL’s relationship with the local Co-ops.
• You will prepare and submit annual Retail Member Master (RMM) purges for local Co-ops and complete Customer Master File (CMF) updates.
• You will modify procedures to accommodate program enhancements and update manuals as required. You will also assist in the testing of program changes.
• You will provide support to retails on ongoing and year end patronage/equity instructions. You will provide general inquiry support for patronage/equity systems, programs and enhancements, reports and procedures to local Co-ops and department employees. Strong communication skills are vital to effectively provide this service.
• You will provide support in Accounts Receivable inquiries. This may include but is not limited to, assisting retails and FCL staff with questions relating to the on-line Accounts Receivable system, coordinating with ISM to correct errors in programs, equity cheques, EFT queries. Completing EFT inquiries/corrections/rejections and balancing equity checks daily.
• You will be responsible for Withholding taxes, PST, GST, and corporate taxes remittances to government within required deadline to mitigate the risk of financial penalty to the department.
• Other duties as assigned.

Why it matters:

We help local Co-ops grow and thrive by offering a range of professional services, including marketing, market research, information technology, human resources, accounting, risk management and business development.

Who you are:

You are looking for a career in Finance and:

• You have a High School diploma and two post-secondary courses in financial accounting (from an accredited post-secondary institution).
• You have a minimum of Two (2) years of relevant accounting experience.
• You’re familiar with Microsoft Excel, JDE, and Mainframe. TSO and related systems experience are considered an asset.
• You’re honest and trustworthy, are results oriented and strive to be the best in what you do.
• You believe in collaboration, building relationships and value the perspectives of others.

Our Team Members receive competitive salaries, short-term incentives, a comprehensive benefits package and an employer-contributed pension plan. We encourage our Team Members to take advantage of learning opportunities, to grow and develop, and to foster a culture of teamwork and innovation.

FCL embraces diversity and inclusion and we’re working to create a workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We support and provide an environment that allows every person to bring their whole self to work.

We take the health and well-being of our team members and customers very seriously. We continue to take steps across all areas of our business and locations to keep our team members and customers safe and healthy.

If this opportunity speaks to you, we invite you to apply by July 26, 2022.

We thank all candidates for their interest, however only those selected to continue in the recruitment process will be contacted. If you require support to apply for this opportunity, please contact us at .

Please note you may be required to undergo a background check and substance test in accordance with FCL policies. FCLLP

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