Finance Data Assistant - Jobs in Guelph, ON

Job Description

About Our Organization:When you join the City of Guelph, you join a team of 2000 full and part-time employees who deliver services the community relies on every day. Together, we are bringing to life Guelph’s vision of an inclusive, connected, and prosperous city where we look after each other and our environment.As a regional top employer, the City of Guelph values its employees and offers competitive salaries, excellent benefit packages, opportunities for professional development, a healthy work-life balance, and many roles with flexible work options. Our corporate values are integrity, service, inclusion, wellness, and learning. Guelph is consistently ranked as one of the best places in Canada to live, work, and play—all good reasons to consider a career in this beautiful city.Job Summary:The City of Guelph is looking to hire an eager, motivated, and hard-working individual who will assist with the compilation, maintenance, and processing of digital records management in our Finance department. This will include data validation of our legacy property tax software system data as we embark on the implementation of new property tax software. Guided by the goals and objectives of the City of Guelph Corporate Strategic Plan and committed to the Corporate Values of integrity, service, inclusion, wellness and learning, the candidate will aid in the achievement of the Community Vision for an inclusive, connected, prosperous city.Your role

• Assist in the data validation of Vailtech and Central Square Technologies through manual and imported data procedures
• Run regular reports and queries and verify results
• Ensure data follows a standardized process and correct any inconsistencies
• Communicate with internal stakeholders to report on progress and observations
• Identify creative solutions to motivate consistent use of document and records control systems
• Develop Standardized Operating Procedures related to data standardization for new property tax software
• Maintaining an up-to-date data validation spreadsheet
• Assist with finance related projects as they arise
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Experience related to the duties listed above, normally acquired through the completion of a high school diploma and 1-year post-secondary education in finance, accounting, records and data management, business, computer science or a related program, and 6-12 months experience performing data entry and analysis.
• Excellent communication skills and project planning skills
• A self-starter and able to work with limited supervision
• Must have excellent organizational skills, including prioritizing work and attention to detail
• Must be customer-service oriented and be able to work with different people to achieve the goals of the project
• Advanced data management and computer skills, including Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Outlook
• Must have analytical, reasoning, and problem-solving skills to verify accurate information and correct discrepancies in accordance with The City of Guelph’s requirements Experience using SQL to perform data extraction would be an asset.

Rate$24.20 - $29.72 per hourHow to applyQualified applicants are invited to apply using our online application system by Tuesday, October 4, 2022. Please note all applicants must complete the online questionnaire specific to this position at the time they submit their resume and cover letter in order to be considered. Proof of qualifications will be requested at the interview stage.The City of Guelph is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity in the workplace. We are therefore happy to accommodate any individual needs in keeping with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. If you require an accommodation in order to participate in the hiring process, please contact us to make your needs known in advance.Personal information collected through the recruitment process will be used solely to determine eligibility for employment. We thank all candidates in advance; however, only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.Quick Apply

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