Financial Officer

Date Posted: 10/24/2025

Req ID: 45723

Faculty/Division: Woodsworth College

Department: Woodsworth College

Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Position Number:

Description:

About us:

The Faculty of Arts & Science is the heart of Canada's leading university and one of the most comprehensive and diverse academic divisions in the world. The strength of Arts & Science derives from our combined teaching and research excellence in the humanities, sciences and social sciences across 29 departments, seven colleges and 46 interdisciplinary centres, institutes and programs.

We can only realize our mission with the dedication and excellence of engaged staff and faculty. The diversity of opportunities and perspectives within the Faculty reflect the local and global landscape and the need for curiosity, innovative thinking and collaboration. At Arts & Science, we take pride in our legacy of innovation and discovery that has changed the way we think about the world.

Founded in 1974, Woodsworth College has become a thriving community of more than 5,500 students. We celebrate excellence in a collegial setting and commit to promoting accessibility and equity. Our mission is to provide the best educational experience for a diverse student body, which includes a large number of part-time and non-traditional students. In addition to being a locus of student life, we sponsor a varietyof academic programs.

Your opportunity:

Under the general supervision of the Business Support Officer, the incumbent is part of a collaborative team in the Chief Administrative Officer's office. With a specific focus on forecasting and planning financial activities, financial processing, financial management, and financial analysis, the incumbent supports the College's very diverse group of clients, including those in academic program areas, administration, support services, and those engaged in intrapreneurial efforts, such as the College's residence ancillary services.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Forecasting and planning financial activities incorporating budgets with multiple sources of revenue and/or recoveries
• Monitoring department budget to ensure expenditures remain within budgeted allocations
• Preparing financial summary reports and generating standard financial reports Processing payroll and reconciling payroll distribution
• Identifying and analyzing data discrepancies and taking necessary actions to correct errors
• Verifying that provisions of applicable collective agreements and/or policies are applied appropriately
• Verifying that HRIS transactions are processed according to applicable policies, procedures, collective agreements, and applicable legislated requirements
• Liaising with internal contacts to resolve accounting, payroll and/or HRIS processing issues

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in a recognized accounting program and/or an acceptable combination of education and experience.
• Minimum three years of recent and related experience with financial management, including forecasting, managing, analyzing, and preparing complex budgets, preferably in post-secondary education or research-intensive institutions.
• Experience reporting, monitoring, and reconciling financial activity and payroll distribution, including preparing financial statements.
• Experience analyzing financial information and producing statistical reports.
• Experience with processing and reconciling financial and payroll transactions.
• Experience working with operating and ancillary budgets, and trust and research accounts.
• Advanced skills working in AMS including FIS and HRIS, or similar administrative systems.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office (e.g. Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Teams).
• Strong aptitude for numbers and analyses.
• Sound judgement, excellent decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent and effective interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational, multi-tasking, planning, and time-management skills.
• Demonstrated strong client service orientation and commitment to fostering equity, diversity and inclusion in a professional environment.

Assets (Nonessential):

• Knowledge and experience with Woodsworth College or the Faculty of Arts and Science.
• Knowledge and experience with University ancillary operations.
• Experience applying the University's Guide to Financial Management.

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Adaptable
• Diligent
• Diplomatic
• Efficient
• Resourceful
• Team player

This role may be eligible for an Alternative Work Arrangement in accordance with the University of Toronto's Alternative Work Arrangements Guideline.

Closing Date: 11/04/2025, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW 
Appointment Type: Budget - Continuing 
Schedule:
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:  
USW Pay Band $76,577. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $97,928. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol. 
Job Category: Administrative / Managerial

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.