Financial Accountant

Aston Carter's large client in Calgary is seeking a Financial Accountant in Calgary to join their team! This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working with numbers, solving discrepancies, and supporting month-end activities in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform daily sales audit activities for assigned business units, including resolving system exceptions, investigating missing or dropped transactions, and releasing daily sales.
• Identify and escalate sales audit system issues to ensure timely resolution.
• Support month-end sales audit close activities in collaboration with the Supervisor and Finance team.
• Execute key internal controls to ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial data.
• Respond to store inquiries and provide timely support on sales audit-related matters.
• Prepare journal entries and perform high-volume weekly and monthly reconciliations between bank accounts and financial systems.
• Produce ad hoc reports and analysis for departments including Store Operations, Marketing, Tax, and Finance.
• Maintain process documentation and desk procedures to support training, consistency, and cross-functional coverage.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance sales audit efficiency and effectiveness.
• Execute cash management activities related to store openings, closures, and ongoing operations.
• Coordinate annual deposit slip requests for corporate banners and store locations.
• Support special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

MUST HAVES

• 2+ years of experience:
  • Knowledge of accounting principles: Familiarity with accounting principles and practices is important in understanding financial transactions, recording journal entries, understanding balance sheets and performing reconciliations
• High volume transaction experience
• Intermediate to Advanced MS Excel experience
• Strong analytical skills (Analyze and interpret data, identify trends, and investigate exceptions or discrepancies)

NICE TO HAVE

• PeopleSoft, Oracle ARCS, AS400 software experience
• Advanced MS Suite experience
• Retail industry experience
• French speaking

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Calgary, AB.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $24.03 - $26.44/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Calgary, AB.

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Calgary,AB.

À propos d'Aston Carter

Aston Carter fournit des solutions de talent de classe mondiale à des milliers de clients à travers le monde. Spécialisés dans la comptabilité, la finance, les ressources humaines, lacquisition de talents, les achats, la chaine dapprovisionnement, et certaines professions administratives, nous étendons les capacités des entreprises à la pointe de lindustrie. Nous nous appuyons sur notre profonde expertise en matière de recrutement et sur notre vaste réseau pour répondre aux besoins évolutifs de nos clients et de notre communauté de talents avec agilité et excellence. Avec des bureaux aux États-Unis, au Canada, en Asie et en Europe, Aston Carter est au service dun grand nombre dentreprises du classement Fortune 500. Nous sommes fiers davoir remporté la désignation « Prix Platine » dans le cadre des prix Best of Staffing® Client et Talent décernés par ClearlyRated.

Aston Carter est un employeur souscrivant au principe de légalité des chances et accepte toutes les candidatures sans tenir compte de la race, du sexe, de lâge, de la couleur, de la religion, des origines nationales, du statut dancien combattant, dun handicap, de lorientation sexuelle, de lidentité sexuelle, des renseignements génétiques ou de toute autre caractéristique protégée par la loi.

Si vous souhaitez faire une demande daccommodement raisonnable, tel que la modification ou lajustement du processus de demande demploi ou dentrevue à cause dun handicap, veuillez envoyer un courriel à astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com pour connaître dautres options daccommodement.

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About Aston Carter

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com for other accommodation options.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.