Financial Services
CUPE, Regular, Full-time
Internal applicants from CUPE Local 3799 will be given priority consideration.
Reporting to the Controller, Financial Services, the Accounts Payable (AP) Officer is a key member of the Financial Services team. The role is responsible for providing accurate, timely, and customer-focused accounts payable support while contributing to the continuous improvement of financial processes and services.
Responsibilities
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Communicating with University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) employees and vendors through a lens of customer service to ensure understanding, compliance and positive relationships;
- Participating in special projects and identifying opportunities to achieve continuous improvement and optimization of processes, including leveraging system enhancements and implementing automation solutions;
- Processing invoices, travel claims, and cheque requisitions accurately and in a timely manner for internal and external, domestic and international vendors;
- Reviewing incoming invoices and claims for completeness and accuracy, validating amounts, coding, approvals, and ensuring appropriate supporting documentation;
- Ensuring compliance with purchase orders, contracts, research requirements, and internal UNBC policies, including coordinating with the research accounting office for exceptions;
- Reconciling UNBC purchase cards and vendor statements, coordinating with vendors to ensure timely payments and maintain strong relationships;
- Applying, reconciling, and remitting applicable provincial and federal taxes in compliance with legislation;
- Preparing journal vouchers to correct coding errors, clear advances, and resolve clearing account transactions;
- Maintaining the integrity of the general ledger by ensuring accurate coding, proper fiscal period reporting, and identifying prepaid expenses and accruals;
- Completing reconciliations, preparing working papers, and meeting all quarterly and annual reporting deadlines;
- Responding to auditor requests during year-end and special audits; and
- Serving as a subject matter expert for finance policies and acting as a gatekeeper for purchasing compliance.
Qualifications
The successful candidate will possess a two-year Business Administration Certificate together with a minimum of two years of directly related work experience in a computerized accounting environment. You are proficient in word processing and spreadsheet software, (i.e. MS Word and Excel) and demonstrate accuracy in data entry. Comprehensive knowledge of provincial and federal sales taxes is essential. Excellent oral and written communication skills are required as part of a customer service approach, as well as organizational skills and an ability to cope with high volumes of work. Knowledge of the Banner system will be considered an asset.
An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
Salary
This position has been classified at a Grade 8. The annual salary range for this position is $66,411.80 to $69,160.00 and the normal starting salary will be $66,411.80.
UNBC offers employee tuition waivers (including spouse and dependents), excellent benefit and pension packages, employee training and development opportunities, as well as relocation assistance. For more details please see:
http://www.unbc.ca/human-resources/employee-benefits
http://www.unbc.ca/human-resources/unbc-pension-plan
Normal hours of work will be 8:30am – 4:30pm, Monday through Friday.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Employment Equity
The University of Northern British Columbia is fully committed to creating and maintaining an equitable, diverse, and inclusive environment that is accessible to all. We are devoted to ensuring a welcoming, safe, and inclusive campus free from harassment, bullying, and discrimination. This commitment is woven into our motto and mission. In the Dakelh language, UNBC’s motto ‘En Cha Huná translates to “they also live” and means respect for all living things. Through the respect for all living things, we are able to grow and learn better together, each bringing our own unique individual differences and contributions to inspire leaders for tomorrow by influencing the world today.
Employment equity requires that we remove barriers and overcome both direct and indirect discrimination. In this way, the pool of excellent candidates increases substantially. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.
About UNBC
Since its founding in 1990, the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) has emerged as one of Canada’s best small research-intensive universities, with a passion for teaching, discovery, people, and the North. UNBC’s excellence is derived from community-inspired research, hands-on learning, and alumni who are leading change around the world.
Since time immemorial, Indigenous peoples have walked gently on the diverse traditional territories where the University of Northern British Columbia community is grateful to live, work, learn, and play. We are committed to building and nurturing relationships with Indigenous peoples, we acknowledge their traditional lands, and we thank them for their hospitality. UNBC’s largest campus in Prince George is located on the traditional unceded territory of the Lheidli T’enneh, in the spectacular landscape near the geographic centre of beautiful British Columbia.
UNBC consistently ranks in the top three in its category in the annual Maclean’s university rankings. UNBC also recently placed among the top five per cent of higher education institutions worldwide by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
With a diverse student population, the University is friendly, inclusive, and supportive. Prince George is a city of ~80,000 people with impressive cultural, educational, and recreational amenities. For more information about living and working in Prince George, please refer to http://www.unbc.ca/experience and https://moveupprincegeorge.ca. Make your mark with this leading post-secondary institution.
To Apply
Applicants should create an applicant profile and apply on this position by uploading and submitting a cover letter and resume. This position is part of CUPE Local 3799 and is an on-campus position, based at the Prince George campus.
The University of Northern British Columbia is committed to employment equity and encourages applications from the four designated groups (women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and members of visible minorities) as well as the 2SLGBTQ+ communities and individuals with intersectional identities.
Persons with disabilities, who anticipate needing accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, may contact UNBC Health & Wellbeing at [email protected]. Any personal information provided will be maintained in confidence.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. We thank all applicants for their interest in UNBC however, only those applicants selected for further consideration will be contacted.
UNBC does not use artificial intelligence to screen candidate applications.
Applications will be accepted until 4:30PM on June 21, 2026.
