Accountant
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- Corporate Professionals
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- COV00052598 Requisition #
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- 3 days ago Post Date
Your Opportunity:
Reporting to the Manager, Treasury & Capital Assets and in keeping with Covenant Health’s Missions, Visions and Values, the Corporate Accountant is responsible for the accuracy and completeness of accounting information related to cash and investments, long-term debt, and capital assets, while ensuring compliance with internal and external financial reporting. This includes but is not limited to preparing and analyzing Covenant Health’s cash flows, bank reconciliation, and recording of cash and investment, long-term debt and capital asset transactions. This role ensures accurate and timely execution of key tasks, including investment analysis and reconciliation, cash forecasting, bank reconciliations and creating and reconciling monthly invoices to Covenant Foundation and Alberta Health Services for externally funded assets, facilitating physical asset verifications and maintaining the software system used to track capital assets.
Description:
Prepares bank reconciliations for all Covenant Health accounts (operating, AP, payroll, resident trust, US funds). Provides cross-coverage for banking tasks: account transfers, wire payments, payroll deposits/remittances, physician/contract payments, preauthorized withdrawals, cheque reconciliation, and centralized inbox maintenance. Liaises with banking personnel and ensures signing authorities are current. Monitors balances and recommends fund transfers. Supports corporate credit card setup and maintenance. Identifies process improvements and efficiency opportunities with external banking providers. Handles accounting for stale-dated cheques, investments, bank charges/interest, debt payments, and transfers. Uploads journal entries into Oracle. Prepares monthly reconciliations: debt continuity, investment revenue, income receivable, interest payable, and updates long-term debt and cash flow lead sheets. Maintains short/long-term cash flow forecasts to support investment decisions. Supports capital asset accounting: reviews GL accounts, prepares adjusting entries, monthly asset schedules/reconciliations, and facilitates annual equipment inventory count. Prepares invoices and reconciliations for government and foundation-funded capital projects. Creates adjusting entries for externally funded contributions. Manages Covenant Foundation billings and reconciliations. Assists Manager with ad hoc projects and audit requests.
- Classification: Accountant
- Union: COV OUT OF SCOPE
- Unit and Program: Treasury & Capital Assets
- Primary Location: One Twelve Campus
- Location Details: Eligible to work hybrid (on/off site) within Alberta
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 19-SEP-2025
- Date Available: 01-OCT-2025
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Hourly Salary: $32.22
- Maximum Hourly Salary: $48.33
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
University degree with a major in Commerce/Business. A minimum of 3 years’ experience in an accounting setting.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Understanding of healthcare funding models, regulatory compliance, and internal controls specific to healthcare finance. Knowledge of Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for not-for-profit organizations. Prior experience in bank reconciliation preparation. Prior experience in financial statement disclosure preparation and presentation. Strong understanding of financial instruments, cash flow forecasting, and bank reconciliation. Thorough knowledge of computer software applications including: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook). Aptitude to acquire additional software skills if required. Excellent organizational skills with demonstrated ability to prioritize. Ability to work independently and to meet deadlines. Ability to compose ad hoc reports; summarized and/or detailed from numerous types of internal and external inquiries for review. Ability to distinguish independent decisions from decisions that should be referred upward. Excellent interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills. Team-oriented approach to work and the ability to respond and communicate with all levels of staff and external personnel. Ability to maintain strict confidentiality of all sensitive information.
Preferred Qualifications:
Accounting Designation (CPA). Experience in treasury or capital asset accounting functions. Experience in health care section. Thorough knowledge of ORACLE financial system.
Hiring Requirements
The following must be provided prior to your first day of work:
Security Screening: Satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search (as applicable based on position). Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions with Covenant Health.
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