Internal Control Assistant - Summer Student
Internal Control Assistant - Summer Student
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Job Description
Who We Are
For more than 130 years The Salvation Army has served people in need in communities across Canada and Bermuda. Building on our roots as a worldwide Christian church each year we help more than 2 million people providing necessities such as food clothing and shelter. In addition we support people experiencing unemployment addiction and family challenges. We continually adapt and innovate to meet emerging needs and live out our mission vision and values of hope service dignity and stewardship. As a faith and valuesbased organization we hire and serve people of all backgrounds and walks of life there is a place for everyone to belong here.
Mission Statement
The Salvation Army exists to share the love of Jesus Christ meet human needs and be a transforming influence in the communities of our world.
Job Description:
Job Summary
The Internal Control Assistant (Summer Student) works closely with the Director of Internal Control (Finance) in the monitoring of internal controls through quantitative and qualitative data analysis.
Key Accountabilities
Quantitative and qualitative data analysis
- Leverage the organizations data assets and provide indepth data analysis to help build evidence base to enhance strategic decisionmaking for the finance department.
- Apply data tools (such as MS Excel) to collect cleanse and present data from accounting system for analysis for internal control assessment and implementatin of mitigating measures.
- Perform substantive review/testing over internal controls using data tools under the supervision of Director of Internal Control (Finance) to confirm effectiveness of internal controls.
- Support in the documentation of risks and controls of key internal controls for financial processes to ensure their accuracy and completeness.
- Support in the research of best practices to mitigate risks within financial processes in support of the enhancement of existing internal controls within the finance department.
Preparation and presentation of findings
- Assist with the development of presentation to mission partners on findings through quantitative and qualitative analysis with the objective to improve internal control awareness build support for change and/or highlight weaknesses to existing procedures.
- Assist members of the finance department in operational activities and/or ad hoc projects as necessary as it relates to accounting and/or financial operations.
Education and Experience Qualifications
- Working towards completion of college diploma or university degree in Commerce Business Administration from an accredited program (minimum 2 years completion required).
- An acceptable combination of education skills and experience may be considered.
- Previous experience in an accounting/finance environment would be an asset.
- Advanced proficiency in exploring extracting analyzing and presenting data using MS Excel (pivot tables advanced formulas VBA coding etc.. Familiarity with Power BI SQL and Python is an asset.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong analytical and problemsolving skills.
- Can work independently and as part of a larger team.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to adapt and work in an everchanging environment.
To be eligible the candidate must:
Be between 15 and 30 years of age at the beginningof the employment period and must be a Canadian citizen permanent resident or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (please see CSJ website for further details.
Compensation:
The target hiring range for this position is $42375.18 to $52968.97 with a maximum of $63562.77.Placement in the salary range will be based on factors such as market conditions internal equity and candidate experience skills and qualifications relevant to the role.
The Salvation Army will provide reasonable accommodation upon request. Please email if you have a need for any accommodation and we will be pleased to discuss this with you.
Employment Type
Full-Time
