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Business: Cook's Ferry Indian Band
Email: acting.manager@cooksferry.ca
Phone: (250) 458-2224
Address: 3691 Deer Lane Spences Bridge, BC V0K 2L0

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$48,000 a year - Permanent, Full-time

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Office Coordinator, Finance will perform the following job functions:

• Serves as the office supervisor for the Band’s Merritt office and in doing so provides administrative support for Chief, Council, and management staff at the Merritt office.

• Serves as the primary point of contact for members, public, and contractors who have business associated with the Cook’s Ferry Band.

• Supports in processing financial information such as payroll (semi-monthly), accounts payable by performing duties such as entering and updating records, posting accounts payable entries to the general ledger, completing trial balances, following up on overdue accounts and making decisions regarding related action. Identifies reasons for discrepancies and takes corrective action.

• Assists with the preparation of financial statements and annual T-4 slips, and collects information required for budgets and audits.

• Works with Human Resources processing new employee benefit enrollments and any status changes. Supports the Housing department with general record keeping and other necessary housing paperwork.

• Performs payroll duties such as reconciling payroll deductions and verifies payroll information. Investigates and resolves discrepancies and follows up on problems.

• Performs cash management duties such as receiving, recording, and balancing cash transactions, making bank deposits, and maintaining and balancing petty cash accounts.

• Maintains the procedures and training manual for the Finance department including the upkeep of the Band’s dashboard on the First Nations Financial Management Board website.

• Ensure contracts, purchase orders, agreements, and requisitions have budget codes and are signed and accompanied by other necessary personnel documents.

• Initiate purchase orders, requisitions, vendor numbers and/or vendor applications using both manual and automated college systems.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum Grade 12 with a minimum one-year post-secondary education in office administration, with additional training in accounting, and a minimum of three years' accounting or bookkeeping experience along with experience in general office administration, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Good working knowledge of accounting systems and procedures, including cost accounting.
• Ability to develop and implement processes for cost control.
• Ability to convey budget information to faculty and staff in a professional, sensitive manner.
• Requires a sound working knowledge of specific duties of other clerical positions.
• Valid Class 5 diver’s license and satisfactory driving record is required.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
Candidates of Aboriginal descent with a preference given to Cooks Ferry Band Members are invited to submit their resume in confidence to:

PLEASE SUBMIT A RESUME BY FRIDAY, March 29, 2024

to: Boyd Clark, Acting Band Manager Cooks Ferry Indian Band
PO Box 130, 3691 Deer Lane Spences Bridge, BC V0K 2L0

E-Mail: acting.manager@cooksferry.ca

This posting may remain open until the position is filled. Preference will be given to persons of Nlaka’pamux or Aboriginal ancestry as per Section 16 (1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act.