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LaSalle College Vancouver is part of the LCI Education Network which is present on 5 continents and has 23 post-secondary campuses and approximately 3,000 employees who support more than 17,000 students worldwide each year. From one country to the next, LCI Education favors the harmonization of its programs, which makes for greater flexibility, better control over the quality of its services, and deeper respect towards the various cultures it works with.

LaSalle College Vancouver offers a variety of design-based programs that respond to professional demands. Thanks to our reputation and continuous industry involvement, our experienced and dynamic teachers are passionate about providing world class instruction – both theoretical and practical – to our students.

Junior Accountant / Financial Services Assistant

LaSalle College Vancouver is part of the LCI Education Network which is present on 5 continents and has 23 post-secondary campuses and approximately 2,000 employees who support more than 12,000 students worldwide each year. From one country to the next, LCI Education favors the harmonization of its programs, which makes for greater flexibility, better control over the quality of its services, and deeper respect towards the various cultures it works with.

LaSalle College Vancouver offers a variety of design-based programs that respond to professional demands. Thanks to our reputation and continuous industry involvement, our experienced and dynamic teachers are passionate about providing world class instruction – both theoretical and practical – to our students.

Position Summary

The ideal candidate profile for this position is someone who is a fast learner, love to help others, thrives in a dynamic, multicultural environment; possesses foundation knowledge of accounting and also a strong customer service focus and a “can do” attitude; this position provide growth opportunities for someone interested in pursuing CPA designation or Financial Planner in their career.

Reporting to the Financial Analyst, the person is responsible for daily accounting duties and customer services for Student Financial Services Department in compliance with the accepted accounting policies and practices of LaSalle College Vancouver.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Participate in all phases of the year-end close and annual audit
• Calculate, process and post tuition and fee charges
• Overseeing or assisting with the Fixed Assets Register
• Support other accounting and finance team members, inventory management, and cost accounting
• Follow up and respond to inquiries and/or questions in a timely manner
• Provide exceptional customer service and build positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders including, but not limited to, the employees and students of LaSalle College Vancouver
• Reconciliations including general Ledger and balance Sheet
• Other ad hoc accounting duties to support the broader team
• Processing of accruals, prepayments and subsequent journals
• Process daily deposits reconciliations for several business entities in Vancouver and Montreal
• Perform reconciliations including supplier statement reconciliations, credit card reconciliations
• Reconciliation of accounts receivable ledger, bank accounts, foreign currency payments etc

Key Relationships

• Employees and students of LaSalle College Vancouver
• Finance team
• Key Managers
• Student Financial Services

Knowledge

Job Requirements:

• Minimum 1 year transactional accounting experience
• Business Degree, with a major in Finance or Accounting
• Previous experience utilizing a variety of financial and/or accounting related software packages such as Sage 300
• Experience in customer services would be an asset

Skills

• Intermediate Excel skills and good knowledge of accounting principles
• Strong customer services skill
• Excellent oral and written communication

Abilities And Attributes

• Team player with a positive attitude and a strong work ethic
• Detailed orientated
• Work independently, and effectively, with minimal supervision
• Listen effectively and respond appropriately
• High level of professionalism, diplomacy and tact
• Understand the importance of confidentiality and demonstrate that proven ability in everything he/she does
• Comfortable interacting with students and employees on site and remotely

All employees at LaSalle College Vancouver are defined by key attributes which we value. These key attributes are: action oriented, innovative/creative, resourceful, respects peoples’ individuality and differences, engaging/effective communicator, committed to sharing knowledge and best practices, have a global perspective, embraces change, client/customer focused, and are resilient.

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