This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic apparel company that values creativity, quality, and continuous growth, offering a collaborative environment where your skills directly contribute to delivering premium, performance-driven products.
Company Profile:
Our client is a premium sports apparel brand providing on-trend, technically superior, and value-rich apparel to licensed sports markets. Their core strengths include innovation, decoration, and quick response.
The Toronto-based company employs over 200 full-time skilled staff at its Richmond Hill office and manufacturing facility, with products distributed globally. Their apparel is sold in most of the Top 100 Golf Courses across North America. They use only well-tested and functional fabrics and components, combined with exceptional craftsmanship. Over the years, they have built strong partnerships and developed an extensive global supply chain that includes China, India, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, and Cambodia.
They have established enduring business verticals in licensed and team sports, golf apparel, and men’s and women’s lifestyle wear, with a focus on innovation, treatment application, and industry-leading service. The company also holds licensing partnerships with some of the world’s top brands, including the NHL and NHLPA, NBA and NBAPA, 140 U.S. colleges, and Hockey Canada. Their licensed products are available in select retail channels across the USA and Canada.
Overall purpose and responsibilities of the role:
As an Accounts Payable Clerk, you’ll have the opportunity to grow, learn, and contribute across the accounts payable function. This role offers hands-on experience in processing vendor invoices and payments, reconciling accounts, monitoring expenses, and maintaining accurate financial records. You’ll also coordinate with vendors and internal departments to resolve payment discrepancies, process employee and sales representative expenses, verify subcontractor billings, assist with purchasing and asset tracking, and ensure that all accounts payable transactions are properly documented and processed on time.
Requirements
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Completing payments and controlling expenses by receiving processing, verifying, and reconciling invoices
- Reconciling processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances
- Charges expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoice / expense reports; recording entries
- Pays vendors by monitoring discount opportunities, verifying federal id numbers, scheduling and preparing checks, and resolving purchase order, contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation
- Ensures credit is received for outstanding memos
- Verifying vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions
- Maintaining historical records of all invoices, reports, receipts and cheques register by saving documents properly on the network
- Assisting other departments with equipment or product purchases, tracking assets and accounts for acquisition
- Confirming subcontractor billed working hours
- Process Employee and Sales Rep. expenses
- All other duties as assigned
Must-have Skills/Qualification:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting
- 1+ years’ experience is preferred
- Previous bookkeeping experience is an asset
- Experience with an accounting software is an asset
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- High accuracy with attention to detail
- Problem-solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills
- Time management and organizational skills
- Ability to prioritize and multitask
- Ability to learn quickly
Job type: Permanent
Emp type: Full-time
Schedule: Monday to Friday; 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM / 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Eastern time (including a 1-hour break)
Location: Work from home
Industry: Retail