Status: Temporary, Full-time
Location: Head Office
Salary: Hourly Wage: $22.00
Schedule: Mondays to Fridays - 8am to 4pm
Start Date: As soon as possible.
Job Summary:
Under the direction of the Controller, this position is responsible for reviewing and updating accounting and payroll processes and procedures.
Typical Duties:
- Compile all accounting and payroll related procedures and highlight them for review and updates.
- Assist and review the accounts receivable process and update the process manuals.
- Assist and review the rent collection process and update the process manuals.
- Assist and review the trust disbursements, account opening/closing, fees collection and bank reconciliation processes and update the process manuals.
- Assist and review the accounts payable process and update the process manuals.
- Assist and review the cash and cheques deposits process and update the process manuals.
- Assist, review and update the accounting standard operating procedures.
- Assists in ad-hoc tasks when assigned.
Job Qualifications:
Ideally, you have completed the 1st year of a recognized Accounting Program.
Ability to provide or obtain:
-WHIMIS certification
-Ministry of Justice Criminal Record Clearance
About Coast
Coast Mental Health (Coast) is one of the largest mental health non-profit societies in Canada and operates a large array of innovative housing and community-based rehabilitation services for people with a mental illness living in and around Vancouver. Coast operates in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia providing approximately 1000 people with supportive housing and 4000 clients living in the community with a wide variety of programs and services.
Coast fosters a client-driven, recovery-oriented environment that promotes restoring health, personal growth and a return to society for individuals with a mental illness through advocacy and providing direct programs and services. Coast is deeply invested in cultural safety, reconciliation, and anti-racism. Our employees receive training on cultural humility, trauma-informed practice, and inclusive leadership. We strive to reflect the communities we serve and value lived experience alongside professional qualifications.
Why Coast
- We recognize safety as a top priority for the organization.
- We believe in our people and recognize hard work.
- We operate client-centered care under the principles of psychosocial rehabilitation.
- We offer a variety of work placement opportunities within the organization.
- We strive to be the best that we can be.
- We hold Exemplary Standingwith Accreditation Canada.
- We have been recognized with numerous awards for our innovative programming.
- We care about our employees, and believe in living our values and culture throughout the organization
Some of the Benefits we Offer
- 100% employer-paid benefits for employees and their families.
- Vision Care, Dental Care, Prescription Drugs, Naturopath, Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Group Life, Massage therapy, Physiotherapy, and Unlimited Out-of-Province and Out-of-Country Emergencies.
- General sick-leave accruals.
- Long-term disability programs. Short-term disability programs available to exempt positions only.
- 5 days of paid leave for Indigenous Employees for Ceremonial, Cultural, and Spiritual events per year.
- 8 weeks of paid leave for gender affirming care for medical procedures for transgender and gender diverse employees, cumulative total.
- Employee and Family Assistance Program, which includes personal counselling, Life Coaching, Financial Coaching, Legal Referral and Advisory Services, and Health Coaching. In addition, Coast provides a cognitive behavioural therapy program (CBT abilities program) and Headversity for managing a variety of life issues and includes self-paced therapeutic support.
- Municipal Pension Plan with guaranteed lifetime monthly pension when you retire. More information can be found at: https://mpp.pensionsbc.ca.
***For any unionized positions, current/internal Coast employees must apply within seven (7) days of the posting date with their internal UKG account (using their Coast email address), in order to be considered as an internal applicant. Current/internal Coast employees who apply to a unionized position using an external account (or email), or after the seven (7) day deadline will be considered an external candidate. In this case, seniority will not be considered.***
