Accounting Co-op Student

Your potential is here!

Division: ATCO Gas

Location: Edmonton

Duration: 4, months

Salary: $24 - $31/hour, dependent upon previous work-term experience

Start Date: September 2024

Relocation: Relocation assistance will be provided

What We Offer:

• Working environment that prepares you to become a future accounting professional by providing supervision and guidance through on-the-job training
• Invaluable experience and exposure across a wide variety of functional groups
• Structured training, which provide a sufficient range of progressively complex assignments and increasing responsibility
• Mentoring by an experienced professional to assist you with your career development
• Well-Being@ATCO Health & Wellness Program
• So much more!

ATCO Gas has an exciting employment opportunity for an Accounting Co-op Student to join our Edmonton office for a four- month co-op term. This role provides the unique opportunity of gaining valuable accounting work experience in industry. We are looking for an enthusiastic, dedicated, and technology adept Co-op Student to join our team.

The successful Accounting Co-op Student will join the ATCO Gas Regulatory team in Edmonton. Here, they will serve the regulatory needs of ATCO’s natural gas distribution utility by collecting, analyzing and preparing information that will be used in the compilation of regulatory filings with the Alberta Utilities Commission.

Who you are:

• Enrolled in an accounting co-op program at a recognized Canadian University.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills with a demonstrated ability to work independently and in a team environment, strong attention to detail, exercising discretion, judgment, diplomacy, and confidentiality
• Solid verbal and written communication skills that enable you to present identified problems and facilitate problem resolution
• Strong problem-solving, creative thinking, and analytical skills
• Particularly good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word
• In progress for a bachelor’s degree in accounting
• Ability to produce results with accuracy and quality
• Work well under pressure in a rapidly changing environment

To apply:

• Please indicate on your resume how many months you are available for and that you are applying for the September 2024 Co-op Term.
• Include your most recent transcript in your application (required***)

***Applications without academic records, as noted above, will not be considered. University transcripts are required on all applications (unofficial transcripts are acceptable).

What you get to do:

The Accounting Co-op Student will explore the benefits of an industry-based CPA designation. The Co-op Student will also receive focused support and mentorship throughout the duration of their work term.

Responsibilities:

The successful Accounting Co-op Student will primarily assist in performing a Lead Lag Study to determine the lag between billing and payment dates of revenues and expenses. A sample of responsibilities during the co-op term could include the following:

• Tracking:
  • retailer billings by cycle, read dates, billing dates and payment dates
• Tallying and summarizing:
  • various payroll components (earnings, deductions and taxes)
• Calculating:
  • Lag Days
  • Net Lag Pay
• Work with various internal teams to obtain data relating to:
  • Revenues
  • Payroll
  • Insurance
  • Intercompany O&M transactions
  • O&M transactions

We would like to thank everyone for their application; however, only those under consideration for an interview will be contacted.

At ATCO, we support a diverse and inclusive environment that values the contributions and perspectives of everyone on the ATCO team. We believe the ATCO team is the foundation of our business and our most valuable asset across our global operations. Without each team members’ unique skills, strengths, and knowledge, we simply wouldn’t be able to achieve our fundamental vision of delivering life’s essential services to our customers around the world.

ATCO is an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.