Financial Assistant - Mississauga, Canada - University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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Mississauga, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Date Posted:11/29/2023

Req ID: 35169

Faculty/Division:
UofT Mississauga

Department:

UTM:
Economics

Campus:
University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)

Position Number:

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 humanpotential.

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 gift 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, alongside the Missinihe-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:

The Financial Assistant is an integral member of the department of Economics administrative team.

The functional nature of the responsibilities within the economics admin team will provide the Financial Assistant with exposure to many aspects of financial services and require the Financial Assistant to support other team members as needed to achieve the goals of the Department.

Under supervision of the Department Manager the incumbent assists faculty members, staff and TAs with Financial transactions and responding to general inquiries of the team.

The position provides financial administrative support to faculty and staff membersrelated to teaching and research.

Responsibilities include:

drafting employment contracts; payment and payroll transactions utilizing FIS, HRIS and RIS, preparing monthly reports; resolving discrepancies; expense reports, invoices, purchase orders; and payroll reconciliation.

Your responsibilities will include:

Recording detailed transactions for many accounts and preparing and/or processing journal entries
Checking that proper approvals are obtained prior to processing transactions
Obtaining required authorizations and signatures to process financial documents and expense reimbursements
Responding to enquiries within the defined scope of the role and redirecting as appropriate
Identifying and resolving individual financial discrepancies
Preparing draft employment letters using templates
Coordinating the training and recruitment process for teaching assistants

Essential Qualifications:

Advanced College Diploma (3 years) in accounting or acceptable combination of equivalent experience
Minimum two (2) years' related experience including accounting and recording transactions in a financial system
Demonstrated knowledge of accounting principals and procedures
Demonstrated experience with analyzing data discrepancies
Experience updating databases and generating reports
Experience compiling, sorting and organizing financial data
Intermediate knowledge of MS Office Word and Excel
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Demonstrated initiative, discretion and problem solving skills
Excellent organizational and time management skills in order to meet competing deadlines
Strong accuracy and attention to detail

Assets (Nonessential):

Experience in an educational, public sector setting
Experience in FIS Accounting systems

To be successful in this role you will be:

Diligent
Efficient
Motivated selflearner
Multitasker
Organized
Problem solver
Please note, this is a 6 month term position ending September 8,202
This role is not eligible for a hybrid work arrangement, pursuant to University policies and guidelines, including but not limited to the University of Toronto's Alternative Work Arrangements Guideline.

Closing Date: 12/07/2023, 11:59PM ET

Employee Group:

USW

Appointment Type:
Budget - Term

Schedule:
Full-time. Monday to Friday 8:45 am to 5:00 pm

Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:

Job Category:
Administrative / Managerial

Recruiter:
Jessica Halteh

**Lived Experience Statement