Description: About us: Your opportunity: Your responsibilities will include:
- Applying the University Guide to Financial Management and other applicable policies, agency and regulatory requirements
- Implementing compliance monitoring functions and/or plans
- Processing payroll
- Monitoring department budget to ensure expenditures remain within budgeted allocations
- Analyzing financial trends and preparing analytical reports and forecasts for management decision making
- Performing complex financial data modeling and analysis
- Verifying that all accounts payable and receivable activities have been accurately processed
Essential Qualifications:
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Bachelor's Degree in accounting/finance or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
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Minimum of four (4) years of recent financial analysis and processing experience with operating budgets, including at least one (1) year of recent full-cycle payroll processing (hourly, salaried, off-cycle, adjustments, and discrepancy resolution).
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Experience monitoring large operational budgets including reviewing of expenditures and preparing a variety of analytical reports, financial models and forecasts for management decision making.
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Experience performing complex financial data modeling and analysis.
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Experience communicating financial information to non-financial staff at all levels.
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Experience with procurement policies and procedures; including setting up and adjusting purchase orders.
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Experience applying general accounting principles and/or other related financial policies and procedures.
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Experience working with and expert knowledge of the University's Financial Information System (FIS) and Human Resources Information System (HRIS), and/or other equivalent financial and HRIS systems.
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Advanced skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, SharePoint, Teams).
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Sound analytical and problem solving skills.
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Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
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Proven ability to work under pressure and manage competing deadlines and/or priorities.
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Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
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Experience performing complex data modelling and financial analysis.
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Experience with the financial administration of research grants/restricted funds.
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Working towards accounting designation such as CPA, CGA.
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Accountable
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Diligent
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Meticulous
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Multi-tasker
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Organized
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Problem solver
Diversity Statement
University of Toronto
