Supervisor, Finance - Mississauga, Canada - University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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Mississauga, Canada

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Date Posted:04/12/2023

Req ID: 30709

Faculty/Division:
UofT Mississauga

Department:
Budget, Planning & Finance

Campus:
University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)

Position Number:

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 Finance Supervisor, you will be joining a team of finance experts in Budget, Planning & Finance to provide the U of T Mississauga community with assistance and information on all aspects of accounting, finance, budgeting and financial systems.

The U of T Mississauga community will trust you to be their true partner in all things finance.

Your responsibilities will include:

Overseeing the financial management of budgets that include strategic planning, analysis and forecasting beyond a department level
Forecasting and planning financial activities incorporating budgets with multiple sources of revenueand/or recoveries
Interpreting policies in decisionmaking and providing significant input into local policies, procedures and practices that are referred to in future interpretation questions
Keeping wellinformed on changes to policies,procedures, collective agreements, and applicable legislated requirements
Analyzing financial trends and preparing analytical reports and forecasts for management decision making
Performing complex financial data modeling and analysis
Directing the activities of a group of staff appointed employees all performing a similar function
Building and strengthening relationships with stakeholders and partners of strategic importance

Essential Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree with a specialization in accounting and a Professional Accounting Designation is preferred.
A minimum of 5 years of related seniorlevel budgeting, accounting and financial analysis experience is required. Including experience providing guidance to accounting staff and experience advising senior management on issues, which are new, complex and difficult, or not covered by existing policies.
Experience supervising staff or overseeing a team in a comparable capacity, including: providing assistance and serving as a resource to staff on various matters, communicating deadlines and ensuring the timely completion of tasks and assignments, and providing leadership, mentorship, feed back and training.
Strong leadership skills. Promotes a culture of professionalism and cohesion within the team that leads to staff completing tasks to a high standard and in a timely manner.
Experience in complex budgeting and financial analysis, financial reporting including experience in preparing financial statements (balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements). Experience forecasting, developing longrange plans and profitability/costbenefit analysis and reconciling financial information, generating financial reports from a financial system and process improvements.
Demonstrated ability and experience in successfully liaising with various stakeholders including upper management and internal departments, providing information and insight on various financial and policy matters including budgeting and forecasting, internal and external funding and other matters as they arise.
Demonstrated high degree of aptitude for critical thinking coupled with strong analytical and problemsolving skills and proficiency in written and oral communication.
Strong organizational skills coupled with the ability to handle multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and excel in a fastpaced environment characterized by changing priorities.
Advanced skill level using Microsoft Office suite with an emphasis on advanced Excel skills.
Analytical
Detail oriented
Forecasting & Budgeting

To be successful in this role you will be:

Achievement oriented
Motivated selflearner
Multitasker
Organized
Problem solver
Team player

Closing Date: 04/20/2023, 11:59PM ET

Employee Group:

USW

Appointment Type:
Budget - Term

Schedule:
Full-Time

Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:

Job Category:
Finance/Budget/Planning/Audit

Lived Experience Statement
**This is a one (1) year TERM position.