assistant accountant
Free Spirit Botanicals Ltd · Victoria, BC · $38.50 to $40.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
Posted 2026-07-22 · Reviewed on 2026-07-29 · What do these ratings mean?
Verdict
The employer, Free Spirit Botanicals, is a genuine and well-established Victoria skincare boutique and spa, so the business itself is not in doubt. This particular posting is weaker than the employer's other listing: it advertises a finance and insurance office supervisor role at $38.50-$40.00 hourly, the exact same rate quoted for its reflexologist vacancy, with a five-line generic duty list and contact through a gmail address rather than the company domain. A small retail spa needing a supervisory accountant on those terms, with the wage copied verbatim from an unrelated posting, is a pattern worth flagging even though nothing here asks applicants for money or personal financial details.
- Free-email contact despite the business owning its own domain+16
flag generic_email_domain: freespiritvictoriabotanicals@gmail.com.
- Identical wage to an unrelated vacancy from the same employer+14
$38.50 to $40.00 hourly, the same range quoted for the reflexologist posting (workbcId 49949506) in the same batch.
- Generic, boilerplate duty list for a supervisory finance role+12
Tasks limited to 'Prepare and submit reports', 'Resolve work problems', 'Ensure accuracy of financial transactions', 'Co-ordinate activities with other work units', 'Establish work schedules'.
- Role scale sits oddly with the size of the business+8
NOC 12011 supervisor of finance and insurance office workers at a small independent skincare boutique and spa.
- Employer is a real, long-established local business-16
freespiritbotanicals.com; storefronts at 549 Johnson St and 321 Belleville St, Victoria; listed by Downtown Victoria Business Association and Tourism Victoria.
Application flags (1)
freespiritvictoriabotanicals@gmail.com
Employer checks
| Website found | https://www.freespiritbotanicals.com/ |
|---|---|
| Website reachable | yes |
| Business identity | matches the posting |
| Location | matches the posting |
| Job listings on its site | not checked |
| Mail-application address | none - the posting has no mailing address |
| How it was verified | web search |
| Confidence | 0.80 |
| Summary | Free Spirit Botanicals is a verifiable Victoria BC natural skincare and spa business with two storefronts and an active website. The employer is genuine; the concern is specific to this posting's generic duties, gmail contact and wage duplicated from the company's unrelated reflexologist vacancy. |
| Checked on | 2026-07-29 |
Full description
Occupation (NOC): Supervisors, finance and insurance office workers (12011) Location: Victoria, BC Salary: $38.50 to $40.00 hourly (to be negotiated) Hours: Full-time Term: Permanent Workplace: [object Object] Education: College/CEGEP, or equivalent experience Tasks: Prepare and submit reports, Resolve work problems, provide technical advice and recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality, Ensure accuracy of financial transactions, Co-ordinate activities with other work units or departments, Establish work schedules and procedures Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years How to apply: By email: freespiritvictoriabotanicals@gmail.com