Accounting Associate Jobs

Overview

Position title: Accounting Associate

Date posted: 2023-06-20

Application deadline: 2023-07-04

Location: Hybrid – two to three days a week in our Calgary office and the other days remote

Salary range: 50,000 to $60,000 per year plus benefits, incentives

Position type: Full-time & permanent

Schedule: Flexible, with expected availability during 9-5 MT

Website: www.highwoodemissions.com

Contact: [email protected]

About Highwood

Are you ready to make a difference? At Highwood, our mission is to collaborate, innovate, and educate our way to a world with effective and affordable emissions management solutions. We believe that working alongside proactive energy companies to understand and lower carbon emissions is key to achieving meaningful and permanent change.

Our team works on the cutting edge of decarbonizing the world’s energy systems. Launched in September 2020, we are a new and dynamic company with massive potential. We pride ourselves on having a strong culture of respect, fun, continuous learning, and hard work. Working at Highwood is not easy – but it can be incredibly rewarding. Join us as we endeavour to overcome some of the world’s biggest challenges and help mitigate the impacts of climate change.

Highwood Emissions Management (Highwood) is an equal opportunity employer working to enable diversity in the workforce. We welcome all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We also value diversity of worldview, experience, and perspective.

Your Mission

As Accounting Associate, your mission is to provide accounting and FP&A support to the Highwood Team.Your duties will include:

·Lead the AR invoice and collection initiative

·Record new sales contracts and generate invoices in Quickbooks

·Assist with the AP cycle.

·General Ledger accounting and reconciliations

·Revenue reconciliations and weekly and monthly reporting

·Communicating with suppliers and clients regarding accounting matters and track cash flows

·Prepare and analyze various reports

·Assist with the Year-end Financial Statements and audit process

The Benefits

At Highwood, we are committed to the physical and mental health of our employees and of their families. Here are some of the reasons why our employees love it here:

·Our benefits package is among the best. Each year it includes $1,500 in dental coverage and more for prescription drugs, vision, massage, physiotherapy, psychotherapy, and much more.

·Our benefits package includes your spouse and all children – and you don’t pay a cent.

·We offer $5,000/year to help cover non-essential educational pursuits of your choice.

·We have an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – and you don’t need to pay to be a partial owner of Highwood – and share in the success we achieve.

·We encourage employees to take breaks – especially vacations.

·If that’s not enough – our core value is ‘People First’. Check out our Team Promise below.

·Finally, you get to work with the brightest and friendliest colleagues in the business!

About You

Here are some of the things we’re looking for. Note that we don’t expect you to have all of these qualifications, experiences, and/or skills. We often choose to train someone with the right attitude over hiring the wrong person with the right skills.

·3 – 5 years of related experience

·Good knowledge of QuickBooks

·Experience with Word, Excel, and SharePoint

·Strong problem-solving skills

·Collaborative, professional, positive attitude, and attention to detail

·Accounting Certificate. Those with CPA designation or pursuing CPA will be preferred

How to Apply

Please send a single pdf of your Resume/CV and cover letter by email to [email protected].

The document naming should follow the format: LastName_FirstName_Accounting_Associate.pdf

Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Thank you for your interest!

Team Promise

Highwood’s promise to staff and contractors is to:

·Treat you with respect, fairness, and honesty.

·Give you a voice. We will encourage you to question the way we do things, and we will empower you to speak your mind.

·Understand your goals, insomuch as you are willing to share, and work to help you achieve them.

·Support your growth, promote you, and provide opportunities to expand your network and foster your professional identity.

·Appreciate, recognize, and reward your contributions and wins.

·Make time to have fun and celebrate success.

·Foster an environment that encourages you to share your concerns, no matter how small they might seem.

Your promise to Highwood is to:

·Treat others with respect, value their contributions, and lift them up, even when they fail. You never know how others might be struggling.

·Be patient with yourself. We work on unsolved challenges. We expect mistakes and see them as learning opportunities.

·Strive to continually learn and grow professionally and personally, regardless of where you started and where you might end up.

·Embrace innovation and change – there is no destination.

·Do your best – only you know what that means. Set boundaries and respect them. Take a break when you need it.