Accounts Payable Clerk

The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is the largest labour organization in Canada, bringing together dozens of national and international unions, provincial and territorial federations of labour, and community-based labour councils to represent more than 3 million workers across the country.

The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is seeking a temporary Accounts Payable Clerk (Grade 2) within our Accounting Department. This position is for 6 months with possibility of extension.

This position is based at our Headquarters office in Ottawa, Ontario. Full-time presence in the office is expected, with some remote work permitted from time to time as per the collective agreement.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Processing bi-weekly expense reports according to established policies and procedures, following up as required.
• Identifying discrepancies with expenses and reporting these to the Director, Accounting or the Executive Director, Finance & Operations and to the Secretary-Treasurer, where appropriate.
• Reconciling all corporate credit card expenses and processing payments.
• Processing monthly recurring expense entries for vehicle allowance and per diem.
• Providing information for financial reports, as needed.
• Ensuring electronic and print documents are filed in compliance with records management policies.
• Processing accounts payable for the CLC, other funds, and the Labour College, verifying receipts, preparing summaries, arranging for international bank transfers.
• Issuing monthly recurring payments.
• Reconciling month-end accounts payable balances, printing, and filing reports.
• Producing correspondence, reports, and other documents for the accounting department including formatting documents, manipulating charts and graphs.
• Editing and proofreading documents reviewing for grammar, spelling, and re-phrasing.
• Providing relief for the Accounts Receivable/Payroll Clerk, as required.
• Assisting with overflow work within the accounting department, as required.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Post-secondary education in Accounting Administration and three to five years of experience in administration and accounting. Equivalencies will be considered.
• Demonstrated experience with payroll and other basic accounting procedures.
• Proficiency with MS Office and computerized accounting systems (e.g. SAGE / ACCPAC or similar).
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team as well as independently.
• Professional written and verbal communication skills.
• English required. Proficiency in French considered an asset.

The starting salary for this position is $70,979.71 plus benefits under the COPE 225 collective agreement. This includes a four (4) day work week (30 hours), generous health, vision, and dental benefits, group life insurance and LTD coverage, pension, as well as fitness allowance, free parking, and other staff perks.

Please submit your application to the attention of Lori McCarthy, Director of Human Resources, via email: careers@clcctc.ca by October 8, 2026, for internal candidates and by October 23, 2026, for external candidates. Please quote Bulletin No. 290 in your application.

Note: The CLC will complete its internal hiring process prior to proceeding with external candidates. While we appreciate all applications received, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not used as part of the hiring process at the CLC.

The CLC is an equal opportunity employer. Members of equity seeking groups are encouraged to self-identify. Women, workers of colour, workers with disabilities, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit, intersex and Indigenous workers are encouraged to apply for
this position.

The CLC is dedicated to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities during the hiring process as needed. Please inform us if you require any accommodation.