Accounts Payabale Specialist

Original job posting

Manage full-cycle accounts payable, vendor payments, reconciliations, month-end accounting activities, and financial reporting while monitoring transaction accuracy and compliance. Support audits, process improvements, and ERP implementation activities, including testing, data migration, documentation, and end-user training.

Job details

Position: Accounts Payable Specialist Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid) Salary: $32-$36 per hour Job Type: 12-month contract Posting Type: Open vacancy Our government based client is seeking an experienced Accounts Payable Specialist to support financial operations, accounts payable, reporting, compliance, and process improvement. This role is ideal for someone with strong accounting fundamentals who is comfortable working in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment. Responsibilities: - Manage full-cycle accounts payable, including invoice processing, expense reports, credit card reconciliations, approvals, and vendor payments. - Perform month-end activities, including reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, and financial reporting. - Monitor transactions, encumbrances, payment accuracy, and data quality to ensure financial integrity and compliance. - Prepare financial, HST, management, and ad hoc reports while supporting forecasting and financial analysis. - Support audits, internal controls, regulatory requirements, and continuous improvement of Procure-to-Pay processes. - Assist with ERP implementation activities, including UAT, data migration, validation, SOP development, and end-user training. Qualifications: - Degree or diploma in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field - 3+ years of relevant accounts payable, accounting, or financial management experience - Experience within a public-sector, provincial agency, or broader public-sector environment is an asset - Strong knowledge of accounts payable, reconciliations, financial reporting, GAAP, and accounting principles - Experience with ERP/financial systems such as SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, or QuickBooks - Strong Excel, analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage deadlines and competing priorities Please send your resume in Word version to angela.quinlan@quantum.ca. REFER A TEMP HIRE AND EARN A BONUS! For details, click here. All applications are reviewed by our recruitment team, and hiring decisions are made by people. We may also use AI-enabled tools to support parts of the application review process. #tor1

What you’ll do

Manage full-cycle accounts payable, vendor payments, reconciliations, month-end accounting activities, and financial reporting while monitoring transaction accuracy and compliance. Support audits, process improvements, and ERP implementation activities, including testing, data migration, documentation, and end-user training.

Requirements

A degree or diploma in accounting, finance, business, or a related field and at least three years of relevant accounts payable, accounting, or financial management experience are required. Candidates should have strong accounting and GAAP knowledge, experience with ERP or financial systems, strong Excel and analytical skills, and the ability to manage deadlines; public-sector experience is an asset.

Listed skills

• Financial Reporting · Preferred
• Financial analysis · Preferred
• ERP systems · Preferred
• Microsoft Excel · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Accounts Payable
• Invoice Processing
• Expense Reports
• Credit Card Reconciliation
• Month-End Reconciliation
• Journal Entries
• Accruals
• Financial Reporting
• HST Reporting
• Financial Analysis
• GAAP
• ERP Systems
• Microsoft Excel
• Audit Support
• Internal Controls
• Data Migration

Job areas

• Finance & Accounting
• Government & Public Sector