Senior Financial Officer

Date Posted: 01/06/2025
Req ID: 41211
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: Budget, Planning & Finance
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
Position Number: 00053506

Description:

About us:

The university’s second largest division, U of T Mississauga has 17 academic departments and offers 156 programs in 92 areas of study. Home to approximately 15,000 students and over 1,000 faculty and staff, the campus houses the Mississauga Academy of Medicine, Centre for Medicinal Chemistry and Institute for Management and Innovation. With its distinctive interdisciplinary programs such as forensic sciences and biomedical communications, U of T Mississauga offers a broad array of continuing education programs and professional masters programs. Established in 1967, the campus features award-winning architecture, robust community partnerships and a dynamic student environment set amongst 225 acres along the Credit River in Mississauga.

Your opportunity:

As a Senior Financial Officer, you will be joining a team of Finance experts in Budget, Planning and Finance to
provide the U of T Mississauga community with assistance and information on all aspects of accounting, finance,
budgeting, financial systems and project management. The U of T Mississauga community will trust you to be their
true partner in all things Finance. You will also possess superior verbal and written communications skills and a
high level of professionalism

Your responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing the financial management of budgets that include strategic planning, analysis and forecasting
• 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
• Advising staff on accounting practices and University financial policies and procedures
• Fostering cooperative working relationships with a wide variety of internal and external contacts
• Implementing plans and process improvements for financial administration activities
• Monitoring department budget to ensure expenditures remain within budgeted allocations
• Recording detailed transactions for many accounts including payroll

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum five years.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong ability to identify critical issues and problem solve independently.
• Advanced computer skills: MS Excel (advanced formulas & functions, pivot tables), MS Word, MS PowerPoint
• Experience dealing with various levels of the organization, including those without financial background.
• Excellent organization and time management skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, tact and initiative.
• Ability to work well with others and independently.
• Confidentiality is mandatory.

Assets (Nonessential):

• SAP experience is an asset
• Audit experience is an asset

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Accountable
• Approachable
• Communicator
• Insightful
• Resourceful
• Team player

Closing Date: 01/14/2025, 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.