Description
YOUR Essential Functions
Financial Reporting and Analysis:
- Prepare, examine, and analyze financial statements, ensuring accuracy and compliance with Town policies and relevant regulations.
- Generate monthly, quarterly, and annual reports, including variance analyses, budget comparisons, and forecasts.
- Assist with capital asset reconciliation and reporting to ensure that the financial records accurately reflect the Town’s assets.
- Conduct financial analysis to support decision-making processes.
- Assisting in the preparation of reports related to the organization’s investment holdings, preparing performance summaries, and ensuring investment activities comply with policy.
Budget:
- Assist in the preparation of annual budgets and financial plans.
- Monitor and review departmental budgets, providing guidance on expenditure control.
Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable:
- Review vendor invoices and customer invoicing requests to verify financial data for accuracy and compliance with applicable policies and procedures.
- Review employee expense claims to ensure submissions are within budget and compliant with relevant policies.
- Provide backup support for both the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions, performing full-cycle AP and AR duties as required.
- Assist in maintaining accurate and organized financial records to support efficient month-end and year-end processes.
General Ledger and Reconciliation:
- Monitor general ledger activities, ensuring accurate recording of all financial transactions.
- Perform monthly reconciliations for bank accounts and other balance sheet accounts.
Compliance and Audits:
- Ensure compliance with Town policies, financial regulations, and reporting standards.
- Coordinate with internal auditors during audits, providing necessary documentation and resolving queries
Requirements
What YOU Bring
Education & Experience:
- Certificate/Diploma in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
- 2-4 years of experience in finance or accounting roles, ideally in a similar capacity.
- Strong knowledge of accounting processes and financial regulations including public section accounting standards.
- Working knowledge of the Government of the Province of Alberta Municipal Government Act.
- A general knowledge of public relations.
- An equivalent combination of education and experience, sufficient to provide the applicant with the knowledge, skill, and ability to successfully perform the essential functions may be considered.
Skills & Abilities:
- Proficiency in financial management software (e.g. Muniware).
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to effectively organize work and establish priorities.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- High attention to detail and accuracy.
- Good organizational and time management skills.
- Ability to follow written and oral directions effectively.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to establish and maintain a high degree of public relations.
- Strong coordinating skills are critical.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Strong communication skills, both verbally and written.
- Effective negotiating skills are required.
- Effective and creative problem-solving skills are required.
- Ability to effectively represent the interests of the Town.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality in dealing with private and sensitive internal and external information.
- Must provide a current, acceptable Criminal Records Check and drivers abstract upon hire.
Salary & Benefits
What WE Provide
This is a full-time position (35-hour work week) Monday to Friday; some evenings and weekends may be required. The Town of Crossfield offers a competitive wage, pension plan, excellent benefits package, and a supportive team environment.
Contact
Email: hr@crossfieldalberta.com
Other relevant information
Please submit your resume with a cover letter
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16 Dec, 2025
