Accounting and bookkeeping Assistant

About us

Our Company’s name Viva Pharmaceutical Inc. Since its inception in April 1994, Viva Pharmaceutical Inc. has built a reputation as a leading manufacturer committed to the production of custom-made pharmaceutical and natural health food products for its customers worldwide.

Viva Pharmaceutical Inc. creates natural products and ingredients aimed at helping consumers get and stay healthy. Those products are offered in a variety of popular forms – including softgel and hard-shell capsules, as well as traditional tablets. The company also offers custom manufacturing, private labeling, and testing services for retailers, resellers and manufacturers.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Assist in creating, coordinating, and evaluating the financial programs and supporting information systems of the company to include budgeting, tax planning, real estate, and conservation of assets.
• Data entry for records systems in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.
• Prepares journal entries to correct accounts and sub-accounts. Performs calculations and makes corrections where necessary.
• Codes, totals, batches entry, verifies and reconciles transactions such as accounts payable and receivable, cheques, invoices, cheque requisitions, and bank statements in a ledger or computer system.
• Assisting in ensuring compliance with local, provincial, and federal budgetary reporting requirements.
• Assisting in the preparation of financial statements, financial reports, special analyses, and information reports.
• Familiarity in using developed finance, accounting, billing, and auditing procedures.
• Assist other managers to provide consultative support to planning initiatives through financial and management information analyses, reports, and recommendations.
• Performs administration duties as requested by senior management.

Preferred Qualifications and/or Experiences:

• An appropriate level of post-secondary education in Finance or Accounting.
• Excellent communication skills and a familiarity with electronic presentation/report formats (e.g. Word,Excel and PowerPoint) and accounting software (e.g. Quickbooks)
• At least 2 years of local experience in bookkeeping, AP, AR,
• Previous industry experience in pharmaceutical or nutraceutical manufacturing would be considered an asset.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Dental care
• Extended health care
• On-site parking
• Paid time off

Flexible Language Requirement:

• French not required

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

• Are you legally entitled to work in Canada?
• What are your salary expectations?

Experience:

• QuickBooks: 2 years (preferred)
• Bookkeeping: 2 years (preferred)

Language:

• Mandarin or Cantonese (preferred)

Work Location: In person