Bookkeeper
For 25 years Parastone Developments Ltd. has been a locally owned and operated, people-focused company with a commitment to delivering signature projects and services that make our community a better place to live and work. We are excited to be adding a Bookkeeper to our team. This role is located in Fernie, BC so candidates must be willing to relocate to this world class beautiful location.
At Parastone, it really is the best of both worlds. Live and adventure in the beautiful Elk Valley – Fernie, British Columbia and grow and develop your career as an integral part of our amazing team. We pride ourselves on being a trail blazer with our unique, community enhancing projects and our flexible work environment that ensures work-life balance for our most important asset – our people.
We provide our exceptional customers with a comprehensive range of development and construction services including land servicing, high quality residential new construction and landmark commercial and institutional construction projects. Parastone’s projects range in size from $300,000 to over $30 million.
Reporting to the Controller, the Bookkeeper will ensure the accurate, efficient and timely maintenance of accounting records. Duties will include daily entry of sales from restaurant and retail operations into the accounting system and related reconciliations, entry of accounts payable invoices, reconciliation of vendor accounts to statements, preparation of monthly cheque runs, as well as bi-weekly payroll preparation including related reconciliations and remittances.
As the ideal candidate, you will have 3 or more years of experience as a bookkeeper, working in a fast-paced office environment with an ability to show initiative and proactively resolve problems. You will have a solid understanding of QuickBooks and Microsoft Office. You maintain a high level of accuracy in data entry and manage your time to complete work to deadlines. With a wide variety of operations, an ability to communicate professionally across all areas of the business is essential. You have detailed experience with payroll including hourly and salaried employees, calculating statutory holiday pay, processing benefits, maintaining employee files and a good working knowledge of the Employment Standards Act. You will also assist in scheduling meetings, preparation of correspondence and application forms, managing insurance for all operations, ordering and organizing office supplies.
In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must have completed training in Bookkeeping and Excel and be available to work during regular business hours. This is full time permanent position. Completion of QuickBooks training or equivalent industry experience with the software is necessary. Experience in the restaurant or retail industry and completion of a certificate or courses through the Canadian Payroll Association would be considered an asset.
This position requires completion of a confidentiality agreement, and all applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada (be Canadian citizens or have permanent resident status).