Accounting Clerk - Accounts Payable

​Req ID: 193496
Location: Western Zone, Kentville
Department: FI Accounts Payable & Banking
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100%) x 1 
NSGEU Admin Professionals Position
Posting Closing Date: 31-Dec-24

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

About the Opportunity

Reporting to the Assistant Manager – Accounts Payable, the Accounts Payable Clerk is responsible for carrying out assigned functional accounting and maintaining the integrity of information within the accounting subsystems in Financial Services. The Accounts Payable Clerk responds to and serves as a point of contact for customers and vendors.
The Accounts Payable Clerk ensures that the principles and practices that guide Nova Scotia Health such as the vision, mission, values, strategic directions, ethics, safety, quality, partnerships and interprofessional collaboration are integrated within the support that is provided by the work that they do and through the messages they deliver.
 

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
 
•    Graduate of a recognized post-secondary business program with an emphasis in Accounting
•    Minimum one (1) year recent and related experience in a computerized Accounting environment in the past three (3) years
•    Work experience in Accounts Payable preferred 
•    Ability to use MS Office (Word, Outlook and Excel), Accounting software and willingness to learn new programs
•    Ability to use general office equipment
•    Knowledge of Accounts Payable and General Accounting
•    Demonstrated accountability
•    Demonstrated judgment and decision making skills
•    Demonstrated commitment to customer service
•    Demonstrated communication and conflict resolution skills
•    Demonstrated collaboration and teamwork skills
•    Commitment to continuous improvement and innovation
•    Demonstrated leadership abilities
•    Demonstrated planning, organization and time management skills
•    Commitment to promoting a culture that supports safety, ethical practices and organizational health
•    Exemplary work history as demonstrated in current and past employment
•    Physical capabilities to perform the duties of the position
•    Experience working within the functional area of Accounts Payable an asset 
•    Experience working within SAP an asset 
•    Experience in a health care environment an asset 
•    Competencies in other languages preferred; French an asset
 
Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.
 

Hours

•    Permanent, full-time position, 70 hrs bi-weekly
 

Compensation and Benefits

$25.27 - $28.17 Hourly
 
Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.

Once You've Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. 

​This is a Admin Professionals bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units, or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.