Senior Financial Officer
University of Toronto
Senior Financial Officer
Date Posted: 01/13/2025
Req ID: 41188
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: Budget, Planning & Finance
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
Position Number: 00031613
Description:
About us:
U of T Mississauga—the second largest campus of Canada’s top-ranked university and the only research university in Ontario’s booming Peel Region—is one of the world’s great catalysts of human potential.
Our employee community hums with the energy of 3,400 faculty, librarians and staff, who power our campus with curiosity, connection and care. We work together to spark life-changing research and innovation, make an indelible mark on the world by building equitable cities and societies, enable healthy lives, create a sustainable future and ignite entrepreneurship. Above all, we prioritize student success, and seek to give our 16,500 students the lift of a lifetime through learning and discovery. We love to open opportunities available nowhere else for our community to achieve their ambitions and make their unique contributions to Canada and the world.
This work all comes together on a spectacularly green campus, along side theMissinihe-ziibi (Trusting Creek or Credit River), where we seek to honour truth, reciprocity and reconciliation on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We’re thrilled to welcome those who want to learn more about us and to be part of what we do.
Your opportunity:
As a Senior Financial Officer, you will be working closely with various departments across UTM to ensure that business transactions are aligned with general accepted accounting principles and the University's financial policies. You will also be involved in complex financial analysis. You will be bring a strong understanding of accounting principles and be able to apply them to various issues. You will also possess superior verbal and written communication skills and a high level of professionalism.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Overseeing the financial management of budgets that include strategic planning, analysis and forecasting
- Advising staff on accounting practices and University financial policies and procedures
- Interpreting and applying policies and procedures when making independent decisions
- Forecasting and planning financial activities incorporating budgets with multiple sources of revenue and/or recoveries
- Implementing plans and process improvements for financial administration activities
- Analyzing complex statistical reports and/or financial information for management decision-making
- Identifying and analyzing data discrepancies and taking necessary actions to correct errors
- Keeping well-informed on changes to policies, procedures, collective agreements, and applicable legislated requirements
Essential Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree with emphasis in accounting, financial management or acceptable combination of equivalent experience. Accounting designation an asset.
- Minimum five years relevant financial budget and accounting experience
- Demonstrated experience with budgets, forecasts and variance analysis
- Experience performing complex financial data modeling and analysis
- Strong ability to identify critical issues and problem solve independently
- Experience dealing with various levels in the organization
- Excellent attention to detail
- Advanced computer skills: Microsoft Office: Excel (Advanced formula & functions, pivot tables), Word, Power point
- Excellent organization and time management skills and ability to prioritize tasks
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Assets (Nonessential):
- SAP experience an asset eg. FIS & HRIS
- Demonstrated cost accounting experience an asset
To be successful in this role you will be:
- Accountable
- Goal oriented
- Motivated self-learner
- Organized
- Problem solver
- Team player
Closing Date: 01/24/2025, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Continuing
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 15 -- $95,627. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $122,290. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Finance/Budget/Planning/Audit
Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
Diversity Statement
The University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission.
As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http://uoft.me/UP.
Accessibility Statement
The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.
The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.
If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca.
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