About You:
You are a high achiever looking to thrive in a fast-paced environment. You take pride in your own work but are comfortable collaborating with a team of highly motivated individuals. You can communicate clearly and concisely with teammates and clients, and you enjoy strong company culture and camaraderie. You can navigate multiple corporate functions, including global lines of service and corporate centers of excellence. You possess strong interpersonal skills and are willing to take on diverse tasks to achieve the team’s common goal. You value personal and professional growth and are ready to take the next step in advancing your career.

If this sounds like you, well, then you will love the culture at Avison Young!

About Us:
Avison Young is a global commercial real estate brokerage and advisory firm, offering transaction, management, financial and consulting services. We’ve designed our corporate structure to best serve our clients by enhancing collaboration across our organization.

Real estate can have an enormous positive impact on people’s lives – and we’re in the business of making spaces and places work better for people. Our purpose is to create real economic, social and environmental value as a global real estate advisor, powered by people.

We care about each other and we have each other’s backs. This makes Avison Young a great place to be a client, and a great place to work. We support the whole person and their complete wellness – economic, mental and physical – because what’s best for our business comes from our people bringing their whole selves to work.

Of course we love it here, but outsiders think we’re pretty great too: Avison Young was awarded the prestigious America’s Best Midsize Employers for 2022, presented by Forbes and Statista, Inc. We’re proud to be regularly recognized for our team, services and culture and our team members enjoy comprehensive compensation and benefit programs. Through our customized work options, we give our people the flexibility to create a work environment that puts their overall well-being first. After all, we are powered by people.

The Accounts Payable specialist position supports the day-to-day operations and supporting the procure to pay function of accounts payable for vendors, travel and business expense activities, and master vendor data.  Working under the direction of the Senior Accounts Payable Manager-North America. The ideal candidate will project a positive attitude, eagerness to learn and a sincere desire to become an integral part of our team.

• Process full cycle of accounts payable.
• Maintain accounts payable vendor files.
• Ensure timely payment to vendors.
• Print cheques and obtain appropriate signatures.
• Prepare EFT, ACH and Wire payments.
• Respond to inquiries from offices or vendors and research discrepancies on a timely basis.
• Reconciling, coding, and processing monthly credit card statements.
• Special projects including reporting and audit requests.
• Audit all expense reports in our Concur expense System.
• Other duties as assigned based on accounting department initiatives and priorities.

Desired Skills:

• A highly motivated self‐starter who works well independently.
• Detailed oriented and strong organizational skills with proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and managing multiple tasks.
• Positive attitude and the ability to quickly respond to management and internal clients.
• Strong analytical skills, ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner, both written and verbal form, well-developed presentation skills.
• Takes initiative with demonstrated ability to create new solutions or methods to gain efficiencies for existing issues/processes.
• Proactively looks for projects to broaden the scope of their experience.

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of accounts payable experience
• Highly proficient in Concur Expense Management systems.
• Highly proficient in MS Office applications, most specifically Excel
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong organization and time management skills
• Full cycle accounts payable experience
• Advanced level of computer literacy, including Financial Systems and ERP’s such as Net Suite, SAP Concur.

Avison Young practices as an equal opportunity employer in all services locations around the world.  We are committed to building and maintaining a workforce diverse in experience, skills and knowledge with uniformity in service excellence, commitment and integrity. 

The firm maintains a strict policy to ensure employment opportunities are equal and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership/union status, protected veteran or military service status, or any other elements protected by law.

Avison Young welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates during the recruitment process. For those requiring assistance, information relating to the need for accommodation and accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially. 

Avison Young is committed to employing the best talent with the most fair and equitable recruitment practices. Apply with us TODAY!