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Senior Financial Administrator

Corporate Office
Division Finance Division, Ontario Clean Water Agency
Locations 2085 Hurontario Street, Mississauga, ON
Job Term 1 Permanent
Job Code Office Administration 10 (10OAD
Salary $29.53 – $34.75 per hour
Posting Status OPEN
File No. OCWA-60-25-FIN
Job ID 230097
Job Closing May 23, 2025

 

The Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA) believes in Our Communities, Our Environment and Our People. As a trusted partner to municipalities, First Nations communities, businesses, governments and institutions across Ontario, we provide our clients with total solutions in water and wastewater. We are dedicated to working closely with our clients to help them build healthy sustainable communities and organizations and provide safe and reliable drinking water to thousands of Ontarians each day.

In this role you will:

  • Verify and input new vendor or change requests into the GP system.
  • Provide training to management and other staff on vendor setup or change request.
  • Prepare correspondences with employees and suppliers regarding status of accounts payable, resolution of discrepancies and the reporting of financial information.
  • Validate payables documents, contracts and agreements to ensure appropriate supporting documentation are available and approvals are valid.
  • Reconcile the monthly PAP bank statement and resolve items that are outstanding or not reconciled.
  • Compile and prepare various regular and ad/hoc financial reports (e.g. year-end financial reports, vendor maintenance report, reconciliation report, etc.).
  • Advise on and explain accounting and financial administration procedures related to accounts payable to employees, managers and suppliers.
  • Assist with the preparation and issuance of annual billing statements, and year-end billing reconciliations.
  • Other duties as assigned.
  • Flexible learning and development opportunities.
  • Opportunities for career advancement and specialization with the largest provider of water and wastewater services in Ontario.
  • Work with the partner of choice for more communities than any other water and wastewater service organization in Ontario for over 30 years.
  • Work with an organization committed to innovation and advanced technology.
  • A defined benefit pension plan; Comprehensive Health Plan; Life and Disability Insurance.
  • Maternity and parental leave top-up benefits including for adoptive parents.
  • Knowledge
    • Knowledge of accounting principles in order to complete reconciliations and perform month-end duties.
    • Knowledge of Microsoft Great Plains (GP) to issue invoices, reconcile and analyze customer accounts and to respond to client account inquiries.
    • In depth knowledge of accounts payable processing ensuring accuracy and compliance.
    • Knowledge of arithmetic to calculate, balance and reconcile accounts, including reviewing documents and resolving discrepancies with clients.
    • Operation of word-processing, spreadsheet software and power point presentation software to prepare correspondence, reconciliation reports and presentations.
  • Skills and Ability include
    • Job requires analytical skills to be able to review payment patterns and identify high-risk accounts; to investigate and resolve client account inquiries.
    • Job requires attention to detail, ability to drill –down, investigate and analyze detail to determine root cause of transaction /issue, to resolve client account issues and to perform month-end duties.
    • Job requires judgment skills to determine the most progressive collection action and at what point collection activities have been exhausted and when to recommend, for review and approval by manager, that client account be written off. Interpersonal skills are required to deal with collections as it relates to the sensitivity of client’s account due to political issues or renegotiation of contracts.
    • Job requires organizational skills are required to prioritize work activities to deal with a diverse array of work situations.
    • Job requires use of tactful telephone manner and negotiation skills to deal with difficult situations and to persuade and influence Business Development Managers in the collection of overdue accounts
  • OPS commitment to diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and anti-racism:

    We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.

    We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.

    Visit the OPS Anti-Racism Policy and the OPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint pages to learn more about the OPS commitment to advance racial equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the public service.

    We offer employment accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario’s Human Rights Code. Refer to the application instructions below if you require a disability-related accommodation.

  1. You must apply by e-mail and the job competition quoted in the subject line.
  2. You must show how you meet what we are looking for clearly, completely and concisely; we rely on the information you provide to us.
  3. OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number when applying.

Send application/resume with covering letter (PDF format preferred) saved as JOB ID – First Last Name to:
Ontario Clean Water Agency
Hiring Manager: Ingrid Zhang
Attention: Natasha Sirianni
Email: nsirianni@ocwa.com

Ontario Clean Water Agency is an inclusive employer.
We will accommodate your needs under the Ontario Human Rights Code.

The Ontario Clean Water Agency is an agency of the Province of Ontario, reporting to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. In 2023, OCWA staff treat water and wastewater, and provide other technical services for 318 clients in the province including 169 municipalities, 16 First Nations, 108 commercial and industrial clients and 25 government and institutional clients. Municipal clients range in size from populations as large as 1.5 million in the Region of Peel to as small as 2,400 in Moose Factory. This broad scope of experience ensures OCWA has the expertise to solve any issues that may arise, in any size or type of treatment process in the province. Our Agency has grown its municipal client base every year over the past 30 years is proof of this value. We continue to focus on our people and strategies to attract and retain competent staff.

Note: Thank you for your interest, we will contact you only if we choose you for further screening or an interview.

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