Financial Assistant TERM

Job Responsibility:

Date Posted: 03/10/2025 Req ID: 42080 Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga Department: Budget, Planning & Finance Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) Position Number: 00047959

Description:

About us: The university's second largest division, U of T Mississauga has 17 academic departments and offers 156 programs in 92 areas of study. Home to approximately 15,000 students and over 1,000 faculty and staff, the campus houses the Mississauga Academy of Medicine, Centre for Medicinal Chemistry and Institute for Management and Innovation. With its distinctive interdisciplinary programs such as forensic sciences and biomedical communications, U of T Mississauga offers a broad array of continuing education programs and professional masters programs. Established in 1967, the campus features award-winning architecture, robust community partnerships and a dynamic student environment set amongst 225 acres along the Credit River in Mississauga. Your opportunity: As a Financial Assistant, you will be working closely with the various departments across UTM to ensure business transactions are aligned with the general accepted accounting principles, the University's financial and purchasing guidelines as well as funding policies. You will bring a strong understanding of financial management, analysis and auditing, and a high degree of professionalism and customer service to facilitate the achievement of these goals. Your responsibilities will include:

• Preparing and/or processing journal entries
• Generating standard financial reports
• Processing expense reimbursements
• Identifying and resolving individual financial discrepancies
• Analyzing and recommending improvements to financial processes and procedures
• Responding to enquiries within the defined scope of the role and redirecting as appropriate

Essential Qualifications:

• Advanced College Diploma (3 years) or acceptable combination of equivalent experience in commerce or related field with a specialization in accounting or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• A minimum of three (3) years of experience including recording financial transactions (accounts payable, accounts receivable, journal entries) using a computerized information system.
• Experience dealing with a large volume of transactions, customer service, and responding to inquiries in a professional manner
• Demonstrated high level of attention to detail and ability to maintain accuracy under pressure of deadlines.
• Solid understanding of accounting, purchasing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, internal controls, and HST.
• Good understanding of the concepts involved in forecasting and variance analysis, and internal recoveries.
• Demonstrated knowledge of financial accounting, management accounting, accounting software applications, and finance & business communications.
• Ability to quickly master system skills, including ability to quickly gain a good understanding of systems.
• Substantial working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite required. Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel is essential, including the ability to consolidate and link multiple spreadsheets and to use advanced functions and formulas.
• Ability to effectively prioritize tasks and manage deadlines.
• Highly professional approach, use of tact, superior organizational skills, ability to work with minimal error under pressure, good judgment, initiative, flexibility, ability to deal in an effective and cooperative manner with a variety of people.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively work independently and also collaboratively in a team environment.

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Accountable
• Adaptable
• Communicator
• Diplomatic
• Problem solver
• Team player

Closing Date: 03/24/2025, 11:59PM ET Employee Group: USW Appointment Type : Budget - Term Schedule: Full-Time Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone: USW Pay Band 09 - $66,715. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $85,319. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol. Job Category: Finance/Budget/Planning/Audit

This a TERM opportunity until April 2026

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.