Description:
Summary of Key Responsibilities (job functions include but are not limited to):
- Ensure that communications are timely, informative and appropriately represent Finance and the University.
- Foster and build collaborative, supportive relationships with University departments, faculties, and stakeholders.
- Oversee and assist in performing daily, weekly, and monthly routine processes and procedures.
- Compile and perform accurate, timely and meaningful analysis for various ad hoc financial reports.
- Continuously seek to improve financial processes and procedures within the University.
- Ability to initiate, implement, and support new or modified approaches, practices, and processes in the organization.
- Perform and review monthly reconciliations.
- Preparation and submission of monthly investment entries.
- Preparation and review of bank and investment account reconciliations.
- Identifying, investigating, and resolving anomalies in transactional information.
- Documentation of reporting systems and processes.
- Adequate documentation is maintained to support special projects and reporting. This often requires preparation of working papers and schedules, activity summaries, variance and comparative analysis and reconciliations.
- Provide explanation of documents, provide information and support as required by management and auditors both internal and external
- Stay current on trends and approaches to financial reporting and processes through continued professional development.
Qualifications / Requirements:
- Recent graduate or near completion of CPA professional accounting designation with a related University degree in business, finance accounting or a related field.
- Three or more years of extensive work experience in progressively more responsible role accounting functions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills and are capable of building and maintaining productive and supportive working relationships.
- Required to have a high attention to detail and meticulous documentation standards.
- Proficient user of computer software applications, including, but not limited to, Excel, SAGE 300, PeopleSoft, Cognos, and CaseWare.
- Previous experience in auditing and/or a public practicing accounting firm would be an asset
- Knowledge of University culture and stakeholders would be an asset