Finance and Payroll Officer

**Date Posted**:09/04/2025
**Req ID**: 45067
**Faculty/Division**: Temerty Faculty of Medicine
**Department**: Finance, Temerty Medicine
**Campus**: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
**Position Number**: 00058116

**Description**:
**About us**:
Home to over 40 departments and institutes, the University of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine lies at the heart of the Toronto Academic Health Science Network and is a global leader in ground-breaking research and education, spanning clinical medicine, basic science and the rehabilitation sciences sectors.

**Your opportunity**:
The Office of the Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer provides financial expertiseto senior leaders required to support the achievement of the Faculty’s strategic goals and objectives. Comprised of an accomplished team of strategic-minded specialists, the office serves as a hub between departments and the University’s central financial portfolios, provides support, guidance and training to departments on financial matters, and oversees revenue sharing distributions.

As Finance & Payroll Officer, you will work in close partnership with the Business Officer to ensure the effective implementation of financial and payroll operations for the Office of the Dean and related Faculty administrative units. Drawing upon your sound knowledge of accounting principles and granting agency policies, you will prepare and process financial and payroll transactions and contribute to financial forecasting and planning activities. Your ability to work independently and as part of a highly cohesive team will allow you take on new projects to ensure and promote optimal function of our office.

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Forecasting, planning and monitoring complex budgets, with multiple sources of revenue and recoveries
- Monitoring, reconciling and reporting on funding accounts for grants and contracts
- Processing financial and payroll transactions
- Conducting salary and cost benefit analysis
- Providing advice and data to support business cases and analytics

**Essential Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance or Accounting or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum three years relevant experience in a responsible financial role, preferably in an academic environment or teaching hospital
- Experience in financial management, operating and program grants, and financial reporting
- Demonstrated knowledge of financial management procedures, accounting principles and policies pertaining to funding agencies and academic institutions
- Demonstrated experience processing financial and payroll transactions
- Experience preparing budgets, financial reconciliations, forecasts and analysis
- Experience providing cost-saving recommendations, and implementing plans and process improvements
- Advanced proficiency with M365, financial information systems (FIS) and human resources information systems (HRIS)
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to exercise good judgment in dealing with faculty, and staff and can work in a team environment
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy, and solid organizational and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and manage competing priorities
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team

**Assets (Nonessential)**:

- Familiarity with the Temerty Faculty of Medicine's organizational framework and its operational policies and procedures

**To be successful in this role you will be**:

- Meticulous
- Organized
- Resourceful
- Team player

**This is a maternity leave term replacement position, ending March 2027.**

**Closing Date**: 09/18/2025, 11:59PM ET
**Employee Group**: USW
**Appointment Type**: Budget - Term
**Schedule**: Full-Time
**Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone**:
**Job Category**: Finance/Budget/Planning/Audit
**Recruiter**: Dinuka Perera

**Lived Experience Statement