Financial Analyst, Financial Operations (Term)
About The Position
The Financial Analyst, Financial Operations, is responsible for supporting the university’s financial operations. The role combines independent analysis with processing large volumes of transactional data. The role focuses on accurate and timely recording of journal entries, processing bank and credit card deposits, managing non-student accounts receivable and coordinating financial communications through a centralized mailbox. This role plays a critical part in ensuring the integrity of financial data and maintaining efficient communication between finance and internal stakeholders. The Financial Analyst will be the primary point of contact for recording and reconciling advancement donations. The role also maintains and strengthens the financial control environment by reviewing, reconciling, and resolving issues, assisting with financial year and quarter-end close procedures and the financial audit.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field
- Strong understanding of accounting principles, with experience in accounting, bookkeeping, finance and reconciliation.
- 5–7 years of relevant accounting or financial operations experience (preferably in a public sector or higher education environment).
- Strong MS Office, including proficiency in Microsoft Excel (e.g., pivot tables, VLOOKUP, reconciliations, data analysis).
- Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities autonomously, large transaction volumes, and meet deadlines.
- High level of integrity and accountability.
- Service-oriented mindset with a commitment to supporting the university community.
Responsibilities
- Manage primary intake of financial operations communications.
- Responsible for performing the bank deposit and accountable for its completeness, accuracy, and classification.
- Evaluate information submitted for recurring Journal entries, and record via upload or data entry.
- Responsible for autonomous tracking and follow-up of any late submissions to ensure accounting information is recorded on a timely basis.
- Understand how other teams regularly interact with the Financial Services function across campus (StFX Hotel, FAST, Box Office, Liquor Services, Keating Centre, Registrar, Admissions, University Housing, STFX Store, etc.), to provide advice on a transactional basis, and provide training during turnover of key campus positions for deposit process, journal entry guidance, credit card terminal usage, etc.
- Perform key internal control procedures such as monthly reconciliations. Investigate discrepancies and determine resolution to validate the integrity of StFX accounting records. Evaluate recurring issues to determine possible causes or improvements.
- Ownership of reconciliations and is expected to troubleshoot extensively with the other stakeholders involved for each reconciliation in efforts to balance and explain differences. Responsible for understanding the nature of differences and isolating what they are related to.
- Responsible for investigating and resolving issues on a timely basis. They will use their own discretion as to when to consult with supervisors.
- Participate in the financial audits process and the financial year-end & quarterly close process.
- Responsible for non-student accounts receivable management.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
