Accounts Payable Clerk Jobs in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Accounts Payable Clerk
About the role
JOB DESCRIPTION GENERAL INFORMATION Job Title Accounts Payable Clerk Department Accounting Billing Classification AC1 WCBC compensation reference AC1 Reports to Accounting Manager Direct Reports None Overtime status Overtime Not Eligible Ve Document History rsion 2 (April 2026) PRIMARY FUNCTION The Accounts Payable Clerk will provide support to the accounting team by performing a variety of basic accounting and administrative functions according to standard policies and procedures. The position is responsible for receiving, processing, and verifying invoices related to accounts payables. Accounting activities also include data entry, processing of expenses, or assisting with other clerical duties.
TYPICAL DUTIES
- Answers, directs, and responds to incoming calls relating to Triton’s vendors
- Processes entries and payments for invoices due from Triton to suppliers or subcontractors; includes new AP credit account requests
- Effectively communicates with Project Managers, Operation Managers, and Project Coordinators to obtain invoice and employee expense approvals
- Liaises with administrative staff in other office locations to ensure all expenses are captured so that they may be properly invoiced in a timely manner, critical to timely client invoicing
- Sets up new vendors, General ledger accounts, and activities in accounting software
- Recommends and implements agreed process improvements to the Accounts Payable function
- Ensures all expenses are filed, stored, and archived according to the corporate records management system OTHER ASPECTS OF THE POSITION:
- Performs additional assignments, as directed.
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION, AND EXPERIENCE: Education and Experience
- Grade 12 graduate with minimum of one year of post-secondary education, preferably in a business or accounting program
- 2+ years’ experience in a general accounting and/or Accounts Payable capacity
- Strong understanding of budget and revenue tracking
- Proficient with computers, with a good knowledge of MS Word and Excel
- Must be detail-oriented, with a high degree of accuracy when working with data General
- Ability to work independently, managing time and workload efficiently to ensure projects or tasks are completed on time; well organized
- Builds effective interpersonal relationships and has an ability to work well with others on the team creating a positive and productive work environment
- Respects the confidential nature of the position
- A quick learner, easily adapting to new software applications, systems, and business processes
- Strong desire to work in a team setting
- Strong problem solver able to address challenges with effective solutions that improve efficiency of the Accounting department
About Triton Environmental Consultants
Triton Environmental Consultants knows western Canada. It's where we live and work, and it's always been that way. With offices strategically located across British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, we're always ready to identify opportunities and support our clients on the ground. And we're even more comfortable in the water.
Our partners and clients trust us to provide a wide range of professional services, and our approach is to always offer thoughtful, highly practical environmental solutions and consistent, timely results.
Our team members are knowledgeable, collaborative, trustworthy and professional. Yet our greatest strength has always been our local field experience and the valuable connections we've built in the communities we serve. We don't just know how to find our clients' development projects on a map; we call these places home.
Triton Environmental Consultants has always been mindful of its responsibility to facilitate sustainable use of the environment in the best interests of our clients and their stakeholders. From power projects and mines to interprovincial pipeline projects, clients have relied on us to successfully steward their projects from inception through approval to completion since 1989.