Build Your Accounting Career While Making a Meaningful Impact
- Are you detail-oriented and interested in building hands-on experience in accounting, financial reporting, reconciliations, and day-to-day financial operations?
- Do you enjoy working with numbers, maintaining accurate financial records, resolving discrepancies, and supporting month-end and year-end processes?
- Are you interested in strengthening your accounting skills while supporting financial controls, audits, reporting, and an organization's overall financial health?
Glooscap First Nation and Glooscap Ventures are seeking a Staff Accountant to join our Finance Department.
This is a hands-on opportunity for an early-career accounting professional who wants practical experience with accounts payable and receivable, invoice and expense processing, bank and credit card reconciliations, payroll documentation, financial record keeping, basic reporting, month-end and year-end support, and audit preparation.
About Glooscap First Nation & Glooscap Ventures
Glooscap First Nation is a proud Mi’kmaw community focused on community well-being, cultural strength, self-determination, and building a sustainable future for generations to come.
The Nation delivers programs and services that support its members while continuing to strengthen its workforce, governance, operations, and organizational capacity.
Glooscap Ventures is the economic development and business arm of Glooscap First Nation. Through business development, partnerships, investments, and a growing portfolio of enterprises, Glooscap Ventures supports employment, economic opportunity, and long-term prosperity for the Nation.
Together, Glooscap First Nation and Glooscap Ventures provide a unique and diverse working environment. Our Human Resources team supports employees across community services, administration, health, education, operations, fisheries, retail, economic development, and other areas of the organization. Your work in HR will directly support employees, managers, organizational growth, and the broader success of the Glooscap community and its enterprises.
The Opportunity
Glooscap Ventures is seeking a Staff Accountant to join the team at the Market at Kluskap Landing. This is a full-time, 1-year term, salaried position responsible for supporting the day-to-day financial and administrative operations of the seafood market.
Working closely with Market Management and the Glooscap Ventures Finance team, the Staff Accountant will support accounts payable and receivable, invoice and expense processing, bank and credit card reconciliations, payroll documentation, financial record keeping, reporting, and month-end and year-end activities.
The role will also provide support with audits, financial documentation, internal inquiries, and the maintenance of accurate and organized records in accordance with organizational policies and internal financial controls.
Key Responsibilities
Accounting Operations
- Process accounts payable and accounts receivable transactions, including invoices, payments, receipts, and supporting documentation.
- Prepare and post journal entries, including accruals, prepayments, corrections, and other adjusting entries.
- Perform bank, credit card, cash, and general ledger reconciliations and investigate and resolve discrepancies.
- Reconcile daily sales, point-of-sale transactions, deposits, and payment settlements to accounting records.
- Support payroll-related accounting, reconciliations, and reporting as required.
- Review financial transactions for accurate coding, appropriate authorization, and complete supporting documentation.
Inventory, Reporting & Financial Close
- Support inventory accounting, including adjustments, spoilage, shrinkage, and reconciliation of inventory records.
- Monitor sales, cost of goods sold, gross margins, expenses, and other key financial results.
- Prepare account schedules and working papers and support month-end and year-end closing processes.
- Prepare financial reports and summaries for Market Management and the Glooscap Ventures Finance team.
- Assist with budget monitoring, variance analysis, and investigation of significant financial variances.
Financial Controls, Compliance & Audit
- Support compliance with established purchasing, payment, expense, cash-handling, and financial approval procedures.
- Assist with internal and external audits, financial reviews, and related information requests.
- Maintain accurate and organized financial records in accordance with confidentiality, privacy, and records-retention requirements.
- Identify accounting, control, or process weaknesses and recommend practical improvements.
Operational & General Support
- Work with Market Management and the Finance team to address financial matters relating to sales, inventory, invoices, payments, deposits, and expenses.
- Respond to internal financial inquiries and provide supporting accounting information as required.
- Participate in staff meetings, training, and other organizational activities as required.
- Perform other related accounting and financial duties as assigned by the Manager or supervisor.
Qualifications & Experience
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Bookkeeping from a recognized institution
- Minimum two years of progressive experience in bookkeeping or accounting support, preferably within a retail, sales-driven, or multi-revenue environment
- Demonstrated proficiency with accounting software such as QuickBooks, Sage, Intacct (Sage Intacct), or other modern accounting and financial management systems
- Solid working knowledge of retail financial operations, including cash handling controls, daily sales reconciliation, and inventory-related accounting processes
- Experience supporting payroll processing, accounts payable and receivable, and monthly bank reconciliations
- Exceptional attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy and numerical competency
- Proven ability to handle confidential financial and payroll information with discretion, integrity, and professionalism
- Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
Assets
- Experience working in a public sector, Indigenous organization, or not-for-profit environment
- Seafood market, food-based retail, or fresh-goods market experience
- Familiarity with point-of-sale (POS) systems and daily cash handling
Who Will Succeed in This Role?
You may be a strong fit if you naturally keep things organized and enjoy helping people. You follow up when information is outstanding. You communicate clearly and respectfully. You are comfortable speaking with candidates and managers, but you are equally comfortable working behind the scenes to ensure documentation, schedules, systems, and employee records are accurate and complete.
Why Work With Us?
At Glooscap, your work has purpose.
You will be part of a Finance team that supports strong financial operations, accurate reporting, effective internal controls, and informed decision-making across Glooscap First Nation and Glooscap Ventures.
This role offers an opportunity to build broad, hands-on accounting experience across accounts payable and receivable, reconciliations, inventory accounting, financial reporting, month-end and year-end processes, and audit support, rather than working within only one area of accounting.
We Also Value Time Away From Work
Glooscap offers a generous paid holiday calendar that extends beyond many traditional workplace schedules. In addition to statutory holidays, Glooscap recognizes additional approved days that reflect the importance of community, culture, Indigenous observances, family, and meaningful time away from work.
Depending on the annual holiday calendar, paid days may include occasions such as National Indigenous Peoples Day, St. Anne’s Day, Treaty Day, Easter Monday, Natal Day, and other Glooscap-approved holidays and closures.
Additional Requirements
Successful completion of a Criminal Record Check and Reference Check is required
Physical Demands
- Ability to sit, stand, and walk for extended periods
- Ability to perform repetitive office tasks such as typing and filing
- Occasional lifting of office supplies or materials
Working Conditions
- Term, full-time salaried position
- Standard business hours, Monday to Friday (Friday’s Remote)
- Regular interaction with management and staff.
- Exposure to confidential and sensitive employee information
- Structured office environment requiring accuracy, professionalism, and discretion
Work Schedule: 37.5 hours per week, primarily Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Some flexibility required to meet operational demands.
Ready to Join Glooscap?
If you are detail-oriented, organized, comfortable working with financial information, and ready to continue building your accounting career, we would be pleased to hear from you.
Glooscap First Nation and Glooscap Ventures value different experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds. Candidates who meet the qualifications are encouraged to apply.
Bring your accounting skills, curiosity, professionalism, and commitment to accuracy, and build your career while contributing to work that matters.
To Apply:
Please apply online at https://www.gfn-gvcareerpage.ca/jobs or submit your resume by email to [email protected].
We want to thank all candidates for their application; however, only those invited for an interview will be contacted. Preference will be given to Indigenous candidates where all other things are equal.
Pay: $51,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Extended health care
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Hantsport, NS
