Clerk Accounting - Accounts Payable - En

Requisition ID: 176043

Career Group: Corporate Office Careers

Job Category: Finance Supply Chain & Backstage

Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%

Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)

Province: Nova Scotia

City: Stellarton

Location: King St. Office

Postal Code: B0K 1S0

Our family of 134,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1500 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

All career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting.

Ready to Make an impact?

We currently have an opening for an Accounts Payable Clerk within our National Accounting Services (Shared Services) team. As the successful candidate, you excel in a deadline driven environment, have excellent organizational skills, and are continuously searching for new and better ways of doing things. You are customer focused and very professional. Additionally, you enjoy metrics and strive to continuously exceed expectations and standards

Here’s Where You’ll Be Focusing

Your primary responsibility will involve managing incoming requests regarding discrepancies from vendors and internal clients. Using defined processes, you will investigate these requests with a result to ensure proper processing, communication, and payment of invoices.

Main Responsibilities Include

• Preparing adjusting entries
• Resolving issues of discrepancies; some tickets may require in-depth investigation
• Making comparisons between the backup issued to the vendor and the complaint at hand
• Investigating requests coming into the National Accounting Services Heat Desk
• Communicating with various departments internally
• Reviewing pending tickets at regular intervals to make sure that all items have been updated

What You Have To Offer

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Bilingualism in English and French (preferred)
• College diploma/University degree or equivalent work experience
• Aptitude for understanding new technologies
• Proven time management, organization and multitasking skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software applications
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Sound knowledge of SAP (preferred)
• Customer focused and committed to exceeding service levels

We offer teammates competitive total compensation packages that will vary by role and location. Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by or monitored for accuracy by our organization. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

Sobeys is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.

While all responses are appreciated only those being considered for interviews will be acknowledged.

We appreciate the interest from the Staffing industry however respectfully request no calls or unsolicited resumes from Agencies.