Wakefield Canada Inc. is an industry leading Canadian company that manufactures, distributes and markets category-leading products for the automotive, commercial heavy-duty, and industrial markets including Castrol, the #1 brand of passenger car motor oil in Canada, and the “Super Clean” cleaner-degreaser brand.

Wakefield Canada has an excellent opportunity for an Accounts Payable & Trade Investment Coordinator. This role will be relied upon to analyze, recommend, and process all loan applications for Canadian customers; and to process invoices and cash in a centralized A/P environment.

In this role you will:

• Be partnering with Sales, Marketing and Finance to ensure positive trade program operation.
• Analyze loan applications and to ensure the approved policies and guidelines have been met as well as submitting loans requiring senior management authorization.
• Ensure equipment proposed is within guidelines and meets the customers’ requirements.
• Monitor performance of contracted customers; partner with Sales where early warning
  indicators loans may be at risk.
• Post entries, reconcile, and analyze the Trade Investments general ledger accounts and
  reconcile the general ledger to the Loans Completed Report.
• Complete Pay Back Analysis Report for all Trade Investments across Canada.
• Address and resolve service and pricing issues with equipment suppliers.
• Continuously review and provide recommendations to improve policies and procedures within the Trade Investments area.
• Prepare and complete monthly reports to the Sales and General Accounting Departments.
• Continually evaluate and improve policies and procedures within the Trade Investments
  Department to enhance Loan Program.
• Participate in special projects as required.
• Perform the day-to-day processing of accounts payable transactions to ensure that Company payables are maintained in an effective, up to date and accurate manner.
• Prepare and disburse cheques as per cheque requisition instructions as well as preparing monthly cheque requisitions for recurring payments.
• Partner with vendors and the procurement team to resolve quantity and pricing issues and investigate and respond to vendor invoice discrepancies.
• Prepare A/P monthly accrual and close A/P vendor files at year end, filing all paperwork as per company protocols/process.
• Prepare cash application as required.
• As required prepare vendor reconciliations, support variance investigation and analysis process, participate in project work, and conduct ad-hoc analysis.

What we’re looking for:

• Someone who has the highest level of accuracy and attention to detail with unbelievable math and analytical skills.
• Someone who constantly produces high quality work to meet time sensitive deadlines and fluctuating work demands.
• An individual who has a high aptitude for learning new concepts and staying current in an ever-changing environment.
• A professional who drives to get things done through collaboration and teamwork.
• A problem solver that can anticipate problems and proactively resolve situations before they become larger scale issues.

Now the real important stuff… What’s in it for you?

• A full-time, permanent position with a very competitive total compensation package.
• Amazing group benefit coverage available to you on the first day on the job, with an additional $1000/year for mental wellness.
• 6% bi-weekly employer contribution to company pension plan.
• $400 annual fitness/wellness reimbursement for things like gym memberships, a personal trainer, weight loss programs, running clinics, golf lessons etc.
• FREE high quality Castrol Motor Oil for your personal vehicle.
• Covered cost of professional dues in support of continued personal development.
• Vacation, floater and community days.
• A fun, exciting work environment that loves to celebrate our amazing team. We have BBQs, ticket giveaways for sporting events, Holiday parties and other celebrations, food and ice cream trucks, lunch and learns and much, much more.

At Wakefield Canada Inc., we are dedicated to inclusion and collaborative work. It’s important to us that we have a diverse team with a variety of skills and abilities from the top down. Everyone’s diversity inspires creativity and drives innovation in our organization. We are committed to building a team that is representative of different backgrounds and perspectives, and we encourage applications from all candidates who represent the full diversity of communities across Canada.

Reasonable accommodations are available during the hiring process. If you require special assistance or accommodation, please contact Human Resources at 416.252.5511