Location:	London, ON
Date Posted:	Oct 04, 2024

Job Description

Financial Operations Specialist - Contract

Libro is growing – and Libro is hiring.

Our expansion plans include a series of new hires across southwestern Ontario. Take a look.

www.libro.ca

Who We Are

Imagine working for an organization where every employee and customer is an Owner.
No matter whether a customer Owner or employee Owner, everything we do at Libro is about helping people prosper. We recruit and develop experts like you; Epic Humans who are ready to offer the best possible advice, coaching and service, when and how our Owners need it.
Libro is a progressive employer who invests heavily in the development and career ambitions of our staff. Our hiring philosophy is focused finding candidates who carry a positive attitude, a desire to learn, and a passion for helping our Owners grow financial confidence. We commit to teaching and supporting you as you learn the skills you need.
What Opportunity Awaits?
As we continue to grow progressively, Libro is on a mission to find a passionately accountable Financial Operations Specialist supporting our London Administration office.
The Financial Operations Specialist reports directly to the Financial Operations Supervisor and is responsible for fixed asset management, facilitation, preparation and posting of month end entries, branch allocations, and government remittances/correspondence and reporting. This role serves as a backup to the Financial Operations Coordinator and plays a key part in system monitoring to ensure Credit Union financial policies, procedures and controls are in place. This role requires a continuous improvement mindset, strong organizational and communication skills, and a desire to provide excellent owner and employee service.
This is a contract position ending December 2025. This role is eligible for Libro's work from home program.

The Epic Human we are looking for will;

Administer and support month end and quarter end accounting, including preparing and posting journal entries, interdepartmental allocations and accruals.
Analyze the first level of data being inputted into various accounting models, assess impacts and communicate to Financial Operations Supervisor.
Manage, record and set-up fixed assets based on accounting standards to ensure the proper classification and amortization of assets.
Prepare Balance sheet account reconciliations to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the general ledger accounts and financial statements.
Review banking system reports to ensure integrity of owner accounts and general ledger balances, including account balance outages, trial balances outages and suspense outages, investigate and recommend corrections or escalate to subject matter expert when appropriate.
Manage the employee expense claim platform Concur, including the activation/deactivation of users, updating or suggesting new expense types, and review expense claim submissions bi-weekly to ensure expenses are allocated accurately and complies with travel and expense procedures.
Manage Libro’s Corporate Credit Card Program, including tracking staff cards, activation/deactivation of users, processing statements, credit limit changes and monitoring Libro’s consolidated credit limit. Ensure staff compliance with our Corporate Card Policy.
Prepare quarterly HST return and gather supporting documents for review, file and remit payments to CRA in accordance with the Excise Tax Act.
Annually support the T5 and NR4 process by testing owner accounts for accuracy and CRA compliance. Investigate and resolve owner concerns or escalate to Subject Matter Expert, process amendments as needed.
Assist with internal and external audit requests; compile data and provide supporting documentation.

Could this be you? Are you ready to Be Libro??

Do you have a passion for growing prosperity in Southwestern Ontario by transforming banking through developing others and inspiring financial happiness?
Are you an Epic Human; joyful in your work, passionately accountable, a bold explorer and mutually inclusive?
Do you have a post-secondary diploma in administration, business, accounting, or a related field with 3-5 years of related experience in an accounting department or financial institution considered an asset?
Do you have knowledge of fixed assets and accounts payable principles and practices, bookkeeping procedures and reconciliations?
Do you have strong service quality experience with excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) and/or experience in customer service?
Do you have the ability to understand and learn various debit/credit entries and reconcile GL’s?
Do you have a commitment to innovation and continuous improvement; demonstrating a lean champion mindset?

How we bring Joyful in our work:

Competitive salaries and employee pension plans
Comprehensive benefit package, with all premiums paid for by Libro!
Generous vacation time
Employee wellness programs
Staff accounts and staff rates on products and services
Staff appreciation programs and awards
Career development opportunities including tuition assistance
Many great perks and rewards; fitness club discounts, technology offers, travel and entertainment deals, just for being part of our great team!?

If you're passionate about helping your community, interested in being part of a remarkable team, and want to help grow prosperity in Southwestern Ontario - we want to hear from you!

With a purpose beyond profit, Libro Credit Union is proud to be a Certified B Corporation, joining leaders of a global movement of people using business as a force for good. Serving families, farms, and enterprises in southwestern Ontario, Libro offers an inclusive, forward thinking approach to banking – all centered on growing prosperity. Libro pursues its purpose through four key pillars – employment, financial resilience, local food accessibility, and housing.

Libro is committed to fostering a safe, healthy, and inclusive work environment that inspires respect. As an inclusive employer we are committed to providing a fully accessible recruitment process. Email us at careers@libro.ca any time during the recruitment process to let us know what supports you may need to be successful.

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