Job Title: Accountant III
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)
Estimated Duration: 12 Months
Job Description:
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
CUSTOMER
- Execute transactions accurately, on time and in line with established guidelines / procedures while adhering to formal or informal Service Level Agreement(s) (SLAs)
- Refer or escalate processing or operational issues as needed based on a solid understanding of the issue, connecting with the appropriate function / partner to facilitate resolution and ensure that service quality is maintained
- Identify opportunities to improve service delivery and support process improvement initiatives
- Support partners with incoming transactions, validating information as needed to perform adjustments within authority levels
- Develop and maintain working relationships with customers, partners and vendors including responding to questions and / or concerns in an effective and timely manner
SHAREHOLDER
- Complete assigned workload to meet SLA requirements for service and productivity
- Understand internal and industry regulations, remain informed of emerging issues and apply appropriate due diligence in adherence with operating policies / procedures
- Consistently exercise discretion in managing correspondence, information and all matters of confidentiality; escalate issues where appropriate
- Support the timely and accurate completion of business processes including completing and recording transactions for either the organization or clients
- Actively review internal processes / activities and provide ideas for process improvement
- Investigate and escalate non-standard or high-risk activities as appropriate
- Adhere to enterprise frameworks and methodologies that relate to operations activities for own area (e.g. Anti-Money Laundering, Business Continuity Management)
- Be knowledgeable of and comply with Bank Code of Conduct
EMPLOYEE / TEAM
- Participate fully as a member of the team, support a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork
- Ensure the timely communication of issues / points of interest
- Support the team by actively building operations knowledge, think critically about processes and opportunities for improvement, share ideas and transfer knowledge within the team and business unit
- Participate in personal performance management and development activities, including cross training within own team
- Keep others informed and up-to-date about the status / progress of projects and / or all relevant or useful information related to day-to-day activities
- Contribute to a fair, positive and equitable environment that supports an inclusive and diverse workforce
- Act as a brand ambassador for the function and the bank, both internally and / or externally
BREADTH & DEPTH
- Works within generally defined guidelines, accountable for completing a range of transactions or activities that involve single to multiple steps and are characterized by low to moderate risk/financial impact
- Completes transactions characterized by a combination of manual and automated processes, drawing information/data from several systems or applications
- Transactions and activities require process knowledge for own area of expertise and could include ad hoc non-routine requests across multiple jurisdictions
- Low to moderate decision-making authority within defined parameters
- Identifies issues and resolves or escalates internally as required (within a prescribed set of parameters/rules)
- Typically has interaction with internal partners and external clients
- Focus of work is on the completion of day to day or weekly processes or activities however may include monthly routine activities
- Requires working level knowledge of the business unit and operational functions for the business area supported as well as regulatory issues/requirements for jurisdictions supported
- Generally reports to a Team Manager
EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION
- Undergraduate degree/ college diploma preferred and/or
- 1+ years relevant experience
MUST-HAVE Hard Skills:
- Attention to detail
- accuracy
- leadership skills
- Tech savy – MS office, excel, confluence, SharePoint
- strong communication – reading, writing, speaking
- knowledge of data privacy
- Professionalism
NICE-TO-HAVE
- Compliance banking understanding KYC,
- Reading of transfers and understanding them
- Prior banking experience
The pay range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for this position is between CA$28.00 and CA$33.00
Our voluntary benefits offering includes medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.
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