The City of Melville is seeking an Accounting Clerk for utility billing. This role reports to the Finance Manager and is responsible for all duties and related functions of utility billing and any other assigned accounting functions in accordance with Public Sector Accounting Principles.
The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, adaptable, and efficient, with a positive attitude, strong teamwork and independent work skills, and a commitment to maintaining confidentiality.
This is a term position with commencement and end dates to be determined.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Track and maintain deposit records for utility meters.
- Monitor customer consumption and create estimated readings.
- Perform daily account maintenance, including the creation, update, and termination of accounts.
- Prepare and enter utility bill readings after meter reading is completed.
- Ensure all utility accounts have valid readings for billing.
- Schedule account disconnection, connections, transfers, repairs.
- Calculate, print, sort, mail, and email monthly utility bills.
- Respond to customer inquiries and manage collection of overdue accounts.
- Issue delinquent notices and red tags.
- Transfer unpaid utility balances to property taxes or collections.
- Balance and post utility accounts to the general ledger.
- Track and reconcile utility deposits.
- Covering cash receipting duties when required and assists with answering telephones and directing calls appropriately.
- Performs general office tasks including typing, filing and photocopying as required.
- Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Minimum Grade 12 Diploma.
- Graduation from a recognized post-secondary institution with diploma or degree in accounting and/or an equivalent combination of education, training or experience.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to analyze and solve problems.
- Experience working in a Public Sector environment, an asset.
- Experience with Vadim Software and CGIS, an asset.
- High level of integrity, discretion, and confidentiality.
The wage for this position is $27.45 per hour, in accordance with the current CUPE Local 456 agreement. This position follows a 7.5-hour workday, Monday through Friday, totaling 37.5 hours per week for two weeks, and 30 hours in the third week (EDO schedule). Alternatively, a compressed work schedule is available, consisting of four 8.75-hour days, Tuesday through Friday.
Please submit written applications detailing qualification and experience to: Kim Lawrence, Box 1240, Melville, SK, S0A 2P0 or email at klawrence@melville.ca.
The deadline to apply for this position is May 15, 2026, at 12:00pm.