The Vendor Payables Clerk role at Maritime
Travel works with the team responsible for reviewing and preparing payments to be
made to travel suppliers and reconciling commission received from the travel
supplier for travel bookings. The
Vendor Payables team is part of our corporate support office where we
centralize the accounting function for our 90+ independent retail locations
across Canada.
Key Responsibilities of the Vendor Payables Clerk include:
- Preparing reconciliations between Maritime Travel sales detail and supplier payment details
- Preparing vendor payments and ensuring reconciled to the travel accounting system
- Applying payments received from suppliers to files
- Preparing bank deposits
- Contact sales agents by telephone and email to verify that sales booking information is correct
- Investigating and following up on outstanding commission receivables from suppliers
- Foster and maintain strong relationships with vendors with a focus on improvements that will benefit both companies
- Reconciling group travel files
The ideal candidate will have:
- An intermediate
working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and its various reporting functions;
- Some
experience / comfort working within accounting systems;
- Experience
preparing / working with account reconciliations;
- Effective problem solving, analytical and reconciliation skills;
- Be team oriented but also have the ability to work independently with minimal supervision; and
possess professional communication skills, both written and oral, to interact with our agents and suppliers.
Benefits in addition to salary at fair
market value include:
- Comprehensive health and dental benefits plan (eligible immediately upon hire) including an Employee and Family Assistance Program
- Pension program (3% employer matching)
- Vacation accrual (begins immediately)
- Travel Dollars program and access to discounted travel opportunities
- Opportunities to be part of continuous improvement initiatives