Manager, Accounting Information - New Westminster, Canada - Douglas College

Douglas College

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New Westminster, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Work Arrangements

Regular hours of work are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday. Occasional travel to Douglas College's Coquitlam campus as required.
What Douglas Offers

DO what you love. Be good at it. That's how Douglas College defines a great career. It's a philosophy that resonates through our classrooms, our offices and our boardrooms. It inspires our students and drives us to make Douglas College one of BC's Top Employers. We love what we do. And we're looking for passionate, motivated people to join us in making one of Canada's best colleges even better.

The Role

The Manager, Accounting Information & Self-Funded Activities is responsible for the overall financial and enrolment information for selffunded activities. The Manager Accounting Information & Self-Funded Activities plans, develops, implements, administers, maintains and evaluates budgeting, financial, enrolment and training systems required to support selffunded areas. This includes providing leadership, direction and advice to administrators, faculty and staff.
Responsibilities
Under the direction of the Associate Director, Finance, the Manager, Accounting Information & Self-Funded Activities is responsible for:
Manages and coordinates financial and enrolment information for College self-funded activities. This includes planning, designing, developing and evaluating financial, enrolment and budgeting systems as well as costing models;
Represents the College with outside funding agents and external auditors, each of whom have different and customized requirements

This includes:
- ensuring compliance with contracts
- providing information in required formats
- demonstrating presence of and compliance with effective internal controls
- designing and implementing systems and reporting adjustments as required, and building a supportive working relationship engendering trust and confidence

Prepares and integrates the overall budget for all self-funded activity; Identifies, evaluates and monitors the risk and exposure (including legal, financial and corporate) to the College with respect to the selection and ongoing operations of self-funded areas; Develops and implements financial operating procedures for self-funded activities; Provides leadership and guidance to line managers in all financial and enrolment aspects of self-funded activities and ensures managers receive assistance as required to manage their self-funded activities effectively and to ensure College self-funded activities are coordinated smoothly; Plans and develops systems, models and reporting tools to assess and monitor financial viability of self-funded activities; Reviews, analyzes and monitors financial and enrolment activity for all self-funded areas on an ongoing basis to identify major variances, trends, problem areas, etc.

; Prepares or supervises the preparation of financial statements, expenditure reports and related financial, enrolment and customized auditing reports for external organizations and liaise as required with Ministry or partner organization officials concerning this data; Provides leadership, training and mentoring regarding financial, enrolment and budgeting aspects as required to all personnel involved in self-funded activities (administrators, faculty and staff);

Plans and coordinates the external financial audits

This includes:
- liaison with College management, Ministry and partner officials and the external auditors
- ensuring that all financial records adhere to contract guidelines, generally accepted accounting principles, and public sector accounting standards adjusting systems and procedures as required to meet external requirements and ensure funding continuation
Provides management training and guidance to Finance personnel as required.

This includes recruiting, selecting and evaluating staff using methods that are consistent with College policy and the terms of existing collective agreements; Leads and supervises unionized support staff including recruitment and selection, training, performance planning, evaluating and disciplining where appropriate; Provides training, training opportunities and guidance to staff to enable them to perform their job duties and stay current in their position; Directs professional development and continuous improvement in each of their direct reports; Provides input and technical support to the management negotiating team in preparation for bargaining; Represents management in the grievance process, as appropriate; Exercises signing authority on behalf of the College for all expenditures; and Acts as Associate Director, Finance or on behalf of Associate Director, Finance as and when need arises.

Performs other related duties as required.

To Be Successful in this Role You Will Need

EDUCATION,
EXPERIENCE
AND
SKILLS
To be successful in this role you will need:
Completion of a recognized professional accounting designation (CA, CGA, CMA, CPA);
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