The Ottawa Jewish Community School (OJCS) is an all-day, trilingual elementary school that aims to
develop academic and personal excellence in our students in an inclusive, caring and pluralistic
environment that is based on Jewish religion, culture and values.
The Chief Accountant is critical in maintaining the infrastructure and processes to support meaningful
financial management for the school. The Chief Accountant is a full-time position. We offer competitive
salary and benefits, including flexible working arrangements and flexible summer hours. If you are a
person who wants to shape the best-in-class financial processes, OJCS needs you!
The Opportunity:
The Chief Accountant is responsible for the direct administration of general accounting services at the
OJCS.
What you will be responsible for day to day:
- Guiding and directing accounting operations and bookkeeping for OJCS and the OJCS Board of
Directors, including managing general ledgers and related sub-ledgers, trial balances, payables
and receivables.
- Creating purchase orders and processing invoices (including those related to contracts) by
ensuring that the goods and services have been received, proper authorization has been
obtained and that the invoices are accurate.
- Coding all purchase orders and invoices with the appropriate general ledger codes and entering
transactional information into the accounting system. Managing vendor payment runs.
- Completing the month-end and year-end transactions, bank reconciliations, and producing
regular financial reports for management, the Board of Directors and other stakeholders.
- Supporting the annual budget process and monitoring the budget-to-actual on a regular basis.
- Managing the financial aspects of the annual student enrollment process, including the
administration of tuition assistance, creation of parent agreements/invoices and processing of
tuition payments.
- Issuing and tracking donation receipts for income tax purposes
- Preparing HST filings
- Oversight and administration of employee contracts and payroll (processed directly by a
third-party service provider), with knowledge of Collective Agreements.
- Supporting the external auditors with the financial audit process, ensuring that the files and
records are prepared in accordance with year-end and audit compliance requirements.
- Providing procedural direction and interpretation of financial policies to OJCS employees,
parents, vendors/suppliers and financial stakeholders.
- Recommending changes to procedures, systems, operations and internal controls, to increase
efficiency and accuracy.
- Ensuring financial policies and procedures are documented and current.
Who we are looking for:
Minimum Qualifications
- Post-Secondary diploma or degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field (
- Proficiency in accounting software - QuickBooks
- Minimum five (5) years’ professional bookkeeping or accounting experience, preferably in the
not-for-profit sector
