The City of Port Coquitlam is a rapidly growing urban municipality of over 57,000 residents, located in the northeast section of the Lower Mainland.  The City is distinguished by a strong sense of community pride and commitment to responsible municipal management in meeting the needs of the community.

The City is currently seeking a full-time Accounting Clerk II to join the Finance department. This is accounting work of moderate complexity involving a variety of functions in the processing and routine analysis of transactions and verification of various accounts. The incumbent performs account reconciliations and prepares journal entries; prepares and issues invoices; prepares and maintains a variety of records, files and specific year-end accounting working papers; establishes and maintains effective working relationships with a variety of internal and external contacts. An incumbent exercises considerable independent judgment and action within established guidelines and procedures while policy matters and unusual problems are referred to a superior. Work is periodically checked by a superior for accuracy and conformance to established standards.  The CUPE salary range for this position is $50,823.46 – $58,118.20 per year.

Requirements for this position are:

Successful completion of Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) pre-requisite education program modules 1-5 or equivalent education recognized by CPA Canada.
Minimum two (2) years’ experience in an intermediate accounting role.
Intermediate to expert level proficiency in Excel.
Ability to obtain a minimum of 70% on a City administered Financial Exam.