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Title:  Financial Clerk-C0747

Job Close Date:  Mar 28, 2025

File Number:

2307 Employee Group: Local 101

Service Area:

Finance Supports Division: Financial Planning and Business Support

Job Type:

Full-Time Permanent # of Openings:

1

 

Summary of Duties:

Reports to the Manager, Accounting & Reporting, completes subsidy claims and consolidates City of London and County of Middlesex claims for Social Assistance and Child Care Programs, prepares monthly budget monitoring reports, processes accounts payable vouchers for approved expenditures; processes accounts receivable invoices.

Work Performed:

  • Prepares Provincial and Federal subsidy claims for Social and Community Support Services and Neighbourhood and Children’s Services in accordance with applicable guidelines. Consolidates Social Assistance and Child Care claims for the City of London and County of Middlesex under the Consolidated Municipal Service Management arrangement.
  • Performs all steps in issuing Child Care subsidy for wage subsidy, fee subsidy, resource centre and special needs resource subsidy, including the issuance and tracking of Child Care agreements, monthly advance payments, tracking Child Care quarterly performance reports, and maintaining records of approved Child Care per diem.
  • Prepares monthly budget monitoring reports for Social and Community Support Services and Neighbourhood and Children’s Services.
  • Receives and verifies invoices, processes accounts payable vouchers and distributes cheques.
  • Performs monthly account analyses, reconciliation and prepares adjusting journal entries as required and submits to the Financial Services Division in the Finance and Corporate Services Department.
  • Prepares monthly reconciliation of corporate financial accounts to Provincial data base; processes expenditure and revenue journal entries and submits to the Financial Services Division in the Finance and Corporate Services Department.
  • Reconciles cheque registers and prepares journals to initiate bank transfers.
  • Prepares quarterly and miscellaneous accounts receivable invoices for Social and Community Support Services and Neighbourhood and Children’s Services.
  • Liaises with Federal and Provincial staff, auditors, community agencies, suppliers and other internal departments.
  • Performs related duties as required.

Qualifications:

One year of a two year Community College Business Accounting Program.

Experience:

One to two years' related experience.

Specialized Training & Licenses:

Skills and abilities in the following areas are necessary:

  • Demonstrated proficiency in word processing, spreadsheets and various software.
  • Working knowledge of the General Ledger system.

Compensation & Other Information:

$42,504 - $62,227 (Level 7)

This posting is for one (1) permanent full-time position.

Current hours of Work: Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Work Arrangement: On-site in office. Subject to change in accordance with business requirements.

These hours of work are subject to change in accordance with the Collective Agreement and may include evening hours and Saturdays.


NOTE: Applicants may be required to complete a job related test.

Police Record Check:

The successful candidate will be required to complete a Criminal Record Check.

 

As an inclusive employer, we are committed to providing a fully accessible recruitment process.  Please contact us at any time during the recruitment process and let us know what accessible supports you may need. 

Phone: 519-661-4930, TTY: 519-661-4889, Email: mycareer@london.ca.