Finance Clerk (1) FULL

The Finance Clerk is responsible for performing financial, administrative, and clerical services for the agency’s day-to-day operations under the direct supervision of the Finance Supervisor. The Finance Clerk will be trained to perform various tasks within Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Benefits, and Electronic Filing Systems. All KGCFS employees are expected to participate and respect the Anishinaabe culture and be committed to helping First Nation families strengthen and achieve a healthy level of well-being as part of adhering to the agency’s mission statement, vision statement, and service principles.

QUALIFICATIONS

A combination of any 3 or more of the following:

1. Bachelor’s in Business Administration in Accounting
2. Business Administration Accounting Diploma from recognized/accredited College
3. 3 Year Business Administration/Accounting Diploma: Office Administration & Management from recognized/accredited College
4. 2 Year Accounting Diploma from recognized/accredited College
5. Office and Payroll Administrator Diploma (non-accredited College)
6. Business Administration Certificate
7. Canadian Payroll Association Training: Payroll I & II, Employment Standards, Year-End Procedures, and Terminations
8. Computerized Accounting Software Training: Accounts Payable, Payroll, and Purchase Orders
9. Microsoft Office Training – Word, Excel, and Access

EXPERIENCE

A combination of any 3 or more of the following:

1. Minimum 6 years’ AR/AP Clerk experience.
2. Minimum 1 year Finance/Accounting Clerk/Finance Assistant experience
3. Minimum 3 years’ Payroll Clerk experience
4. Minimum 2 years’ Office Management/Business Purchasing experience
5. Minimum 3 years’ Receptionist experience
6. Minimum 3.5 years’ KGCFS experience
7. Minimum 1 year Bookkeeping experience

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Given the traditional practices of the Anishinabek, from time to time exposure to wood smoke and the burning of sacred medicines, including tobacco, sweet grass, sage, or cedar, may occur within the work setting. Candidates must live within the service area.

Finance Clerk (1) FULL-TIME POSITION

Deadline: March 21st, 2025, at 4pm

Applicants are encouraged to visit our website at www.kgcfs.org/employment to review the job description. KGCFS offers competitive wages, a generous benefit package, and OMERS pension plan.

Please submit your application marked “Confidential – Finance Clerk”. Include in your application a cover letter, resume, and (3) three reference letters – two (2) employment-related from recent employers. Please also detail in your application: education, employment experience, and cultural participation.

Applications are accepted in the following order of preference: by website, email, or mail at:

Human Resources – Confidential
FINANCE CLERK
Kina Gbezhgomi Child and Family Services
Main Office – 98 Pottawatomi Avenue,
Wikwemikong, Ontario P0P 2J0

Email: applications@kgcfs.org

KGCFS is committed to providing a barrier-free work environment following the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in the recruitment process. Miigwetch for applying, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

As a condition of employment, the successful candidates are required to submit the following: a satisfactory Criminal Reference Check (within 3 months of the application date), a Vulnerable Sector Check, and a Driver’s Abstract.