Manager, Budget and Finance- TERM

Date Posted: 08/06/2024
Req ID: 39137
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM: Facilities, Management & Planning
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)

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 human potential.

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 lift 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:

Reporting to the Executive Director, Digital & Physical Infrastructure, the Manager is responsible for the overall implementation and coordination of budget and financial management functions within the Facilities. Management & Planning department (FMP). The incumbent makes recommendations of budgets and long-range planning. The incumbent provides leadership with all aspects of budget administration, financial management, managing finance staff, and departmental procurement.

The Manager ensures the units within FMP (Building Operations, Construction & Project Management, Planning & Design, Campus Services, and Utilities & Sustainability) operate in accordance with University policy, procedures and goals in meeting the budget and financial goals and objectives of FMP. The position assists and advises the Executive Director and the FMP management team on financial strategies for the department and its units. The Manager ensures financial processing and reporting for all projects and renovations are in place and managed.

The Manager supervises FMP finance staff and provides advice and support to the FMP management team, ensuring that business objectives are met and best practices are employed.

The Manager assesses the financial systems so that appropriate levels of service are provided and resources are used efficiently. This includes developing new approaches to financial l issues, complex analyses, and challenging choices of priorities to recommend to the Executive Director.

What you will bring to the role:

• University degree in business administration or an acceptable equivalent combination of education and experience. Professional accounting designation is required.

• Demonstrated Minimum of five to seven (5 to 7) years’ relevant and progressive experience in financial management and administration, preferably in a University setting.

• Proven to develop short and long term financial models, plans and priorities objectives through financial projections and operational analysis

• Manages day-to-day financial administration and makes recommendations regarding the annual budgets and long-range plans, i.e. the 3 year operating plan and 5 year project plan.

• Analyses the monthly financial statement of accounts and prepares reports for the Executive Director, Directors and Assistant Directors.

• Able to prepare and distribute variance reports, investigates variances or other issues resulting from the analysis and takes initiative to identify and advises on trends.

• Knowledge of working with and interpreting policies and procedures pertaining to budget, finance, physical and human resources, including payroll and project administration.

• Forecasts departmental expenditures on a quarterly basis by reviewing current and previous year’s actual expenses.

• Ability to manage complex budgets and deal with multiple and competing financial demands. Experience administering policies and procurement matters.

• Provides financial advice to senior management and participating in strategic planning.

• Experience supervising staff, preferably in a unionized environment.

Assets (Nonessential):

• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills including ability to foster confidence and motivation in staff.

• Demonstrated judgment and decision-making employing both tact and negotiation skills.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Ability to manage competing deadlines and a variety of complex projects simultaneously; excellent time management skills; strong organizational skills and a high level of attention to detail and accuracy.

• Demonstrated initiative, diplomacy, tact and discretion

*** This is a term position for six (6) months

Closing Date: 08/14/2024, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: Salaried
Appointment Type: Budget - Term
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone: PM 3 -- Hiring Zone: $91,937 - $107,259 -- Broadband Salary Range: $91,937 - $153,227
Job Category: Administrative / Managerial

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All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Diversity Statement

The University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http://uoft.me/UP.

Accessibility Statement

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.

The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.

If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact uoft.careers@utoronto.ca.

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