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Apply By: Tuesday, May 26, 2026 11:59 pm EDT

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 Great 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.
• Debt collection protocol and collection techniques to conduct tactful email and mail investigations, to ensure collection of overdue accounts

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

How to Apply

All applications are to be submitted through our recruitment system – Workday.

Click the link below to create an account, upload your resume and cover letter, and submit your application.

When applying, please ensure the following:

1. OPS employees must include their WIN employee ID number on their application.
2. If applicable, indicate the type of water or wastewater certificate you hold, along with the corresponding license/certification number(s) in the appropriate section of the application.

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 that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.

Visit theOPS Anti-Racism Policyand theOPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprintpages to learn more about the OPS commitment to advance racial equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the public service.

We offer employment accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario'sHuman Rights Code. Refer to the application instructions below if you require a disability-related accommodation

What we offer

What's in it for you?

• Flexible learning and development opportunities.
• This position works 36.25 hours per week with a flexible schedule and hybrid work model.
• Opportunities for career advancement and specialization with the largest provider of water and wastewater services in Ontario.
• Work with the partner of choice for more communities than any other water and wastewater service organization in Ontario for over 30 years.
• Work with an organization committed to innovation and advanced technology.
• Work with a dynamic team of engineers delivering technical services to over 200 municipalities within Ontario.
• A defined benefit pension plan; Comprehensive Health Plan; Life and Disability Insurance.
• Maternity and parental leave top-up benefits including for adoptive parents.

Additional information:

Apply by:

Tuesday, May 26, 2026 11:59 pm EDT

Position details:

• 1 English Temporary, duration up to 12 months, 2085, Hurontario St, Mississauga, Central Region

Compensation group:

Ontario Public Service Employees Union

Work hours:

Schedule 3

Category:

Finance and Economics

Posted on:

Monday, May 11, 2026

Note:

• N-AQ-244872/26

How to apply:

• You must submit your application using only one of the methods identified below.

• Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages. For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.

• Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. We rely on the information you provide to us.

• Be sure to quote the Job ID number for this position.

• OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number when applying.

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Language requirements and assessment:
All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.

All external applicants (including former employees of the Ontario Public Service) applying to a competition in a ministry or Commission public body must disclose (either in the cover letter or resume) previous employment with the Ontario Public Service. Disclosure must include positions held, dates of employment and any active restrictions as applicable from being rehired by the Ontario Public Service. Active restrictions can include time and/or ministry-specific restrictions currently in force, and may preclude a former employee from being offered a position with the Ontario Public Service for a specific time period (e.g. one year), or from being offered a position with a specific ministry (either for a pre-determined time period or indefinitely). The circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment.

Information collection notice

We are collecting your personal information to assess how well you meet the qualifications for employment with the Ontario Public Service, and for related recruitment purposes. The collection of personal information is necessary to the proper administration of OPS Careers, which is an authorized common service in accordance with s. 6 of the Ministry of Government Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.25.

Please do not include any more personal information than is needed for your application (for example, do not include your photograph or social insurance number).

If you have any questions about how your information is collected, used, shared or saved, please contact us.

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