Accounting Clerk - Public Works

Division: Infrastructure and Development Services 
Job Status: Temporary Full Time (Approximately 5 months) 
Number of Positions: 1
Hours of Work: 35 hours/week 
Wage Rate: $30.93 - $37.13/ hour 
Posting Date: Monday, September 21, 2026
Closing Date: Sunday, October 4, 2026

About Us
The County of Lambton is located in Southwestern Ontario, nestled along Lake Huron and the St. Clair River, next to the state of Michigan and is home to a diverse and welcoming population of approximately 128,000 residents. 

The Corporation of the County of Lambton is one of the area’s largest employers with approximately 1,300 employees. The County’s seven divisions deliver hundreds of services and programs to our residents, such as emergency medical services, provincial offences court, three long-term care homes, 25 library branches, three museums, an art gallery, archives, public works, public health services, social services, planning and building services. 

We are committed to sustainability, economic growth, environmental stewardship and an enhanced quality of life through the provision of responsive and efficient services and collaborative efforts with our municipal and community partners.

About the Role
Perform accounting by processing accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash receipting and journal entries.  Issue permits and maintain equipment files.  Provide clerical duties including walk-in traffic, receiving and directing phone calls.

Job Duties and Responsibilities
AP/AR:

• AP - Match, code and data entry of all invoices for the Roads Operating and Capital expenditures after ensuring billing is correct

• Address Vendor inquiries and handle monthly customer statements

• AR – Cost recovery invoicing for Services and Material supplied to Lower Tier Municipalities

• Prepare bank deposits

• Maintain yearly spreadsheet for the tracking of sand, salt, gasoline and diesel quantities

• Assemble all necessary documents (copies of sand, salt, and fuel invoices, winter operation's records, vehicle purchases and deletions to fleet) for the recovery of the Fuel Tax Rebate

Permitting:

• Assist applicants with inquiries in filling out forms, advise of preferred route and make sure all By-Law requirements are met

• Monitor outstanding fees

• Issue final permits for signature of Manager

Fleet of Equipment:

• Maintain an accurate equipment card file of all vehicle and equipment units

• Inform Clerk’s department when unit is purchased or sold for insurance purposes

• Process/post diesel (clear and dyed) and gasoline fuels for Petrolia and Forest Depots each month.  Issue purchase order, receive fuel into inventory and post quantities of fuel to the respective units

• Receive licence renewals for County vehicles and disperse to related departments to renew their vehicle licence

• Ensure that the yearly insurance and licensing is cost to proper unit

Other Duties:

• Prepare Excel Schedules to support Financial Statements during audit for Contractors Holdbacks, Pipeline Agreement Deposits; Moving Permit Deposits amount of Road Salt purchased each year and yearly fuel quantities

• Co-ordinate filing storage and destruction of old files

• Journal entries to correct coding errors, deposit of US exchange to Roads Revenue Account from Bank Deposit and record postage, phone and office expenses to job costing system from the Finance Dept.

• Back-up for input of bi-weekly payroll for Waste Management Secretary

General:

• Incumbents must keep up-to-date on all relevant legislation, collective bargaining agreements, County Policies and Procedures, etc. ensuring that these are implemented as prescribed

• Incumbents must possess the physical ability to meet the duties and responsibilities of the job description and/or the requirements identified within the position's Physical Demands Analysis

These describe the general nature and level of work being performed by incumbents in this classification.  They are not an exhaustive list of all job duties in the classification.  Other duties may be assigned.

Supervision Requirements

Direct Supervision: Not applicable

Indirect Supervision: Not applicable

Functional Authority: Not applicable

What We Are Looking For
Minimum Formal Education

• Completion of secondary school (grade 12) or equivalent and graduation from a two year community college program in accounting or equivalent

Experience

• 1 year related work experience

Personal information required by County of Lambton job postings is collected under the authority of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 1990, CHAPTER M.56, as amended. The treatment, storage and handling of personal information is governed by the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER M.56, as amended and will be used in reviewing applications. Questions about this collection should be directed to the Corporate Manager, Human Resources, County of Lambton, 789 Broadway Street, Box 3000, Wyoming, Ontario N0N 1T0. Phone 519-845-0801 or Toll-free at 1-866-324-6912.