Financial Officer

Date Posted: 10/25/2022
Req ID: 28126
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
Department: School of the Environment
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00048112

Description:

About us:

The Faculty of Arts & Science is the heart of Canada’s leading university and one of the most comprehensive and diverse academic divisions in the world. The strength of Arts & Science derives from our combined teaching and research excellence in the humanities, sciences and social sciences across 29 departments, seven colleges and 46 interdisciplinary centres, institutes and programs.

We can only realize our mission with the dedication and excellence of engaged staff and faculty. The diversity of opportunities and perspectives within the Faculty reflect the local and global landscape and the need for curiosity, innovative thinking and collaboration. At Arts & Science, we take pride in our legacy of innovation and discovery that has changed the way we think about the world.

Your opportunity:

The School of the Environment serves as an interdisciplinary centre for environment and sustainability education, creating new knowledge, training future leaders, and contributing to positive environmental and social change from the local to the global scale. As an extra-departmental unit within the Faculty of Arts & Science, our faculty are commonly cross-appointed with other departments and units at the University of Toronto. We offer undergraduate programs in Environmental Science and Environmental Studies, several joint undergraduate programs, and graduate programs in interdisciplinary Collaborative Specializations in Environmental Studies and Environment & Health. Our goal is to foster positive change for a sustainable future through transdisciplinary research, teaching, and collaboration.

Under the general direction of the Department Manager, the Financial Officer provides financial support to the School of the Environment.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Preparing budget variance reports and generating standard financial reports
• Processing accounts receivable and accounts payable according to the University Guide to Financial Management
• Recording detailed transactions for many accounts
• Monitoring department budget to ensure expenditures remain within budgeted allocations
• Collecting supporting documentation required for accounting, payroll and/or HRIS processing
• Processing payroll, and troubleshooting and resolving payroll discrepancies
• Applying the University Guide to Financial Management and other applicable policies, agency and regulatory requirements
• Implementing plans and process improvements for financial administration activities

Essential Qualifications:

• Advanced College Diploma (3 years) in Accounting or Finance or acceptable combination of equivalent experience. Professional accounting designation or working towards a designation preferred.
• Minimum three years of recent and related financial and administrative experience in a post-secondary environment.
• Experience monitoring and reconciling budgets to ensure expenditures remain within budgeted allocations.
• Experience reporting, monitoring, and reconciling financial activity and payroll distribution, including preparing financial statements.
• Experience monitoring, recording, reconciling and/or reporting on funding accounts for grants and contracts.
• Experience with processing payroll and troubleshooting and resolving payroll discrepancies.
• Experience verifying and processing accounts payable and receivable activities.
• Experience identifying process improvements for financial administration workflows.
• Experience analyzing financial information and producing statistical reports.
• Demonstrated experience using and applying general accounting principles and procedures.
• Advanced skills working in FIS and HRIS, or similar SAP administrative systems.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office (e.g. Word,Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access).
• Demonstrated analytical skills, accuracy with figures, and detail-oriented.
• Sound judgment, excellent decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent and effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational, multi-tasking, planning, and time-management skills.

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Proactive
• Problem solver
• Self-directed
• Team player

Note : this is a term position to October 2023. 

Closing Date: 11/03/2022, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget – Term
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 10 — $63,720 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $81,485. 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.