Manager, Accounting and Budgeting

University of Toronto•Toronto, ON

5d•CA$106,705 - CA$177,843•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Toronto Libraries (UTL) system is the largest academic library in Canada and is ranked in the top five among peer institutions in North America. The system comprises 40 libraries located across three university campuses: St.George, Mississauga, and Scarborough. This diverse and extensive network of college libraries, special collections, and specialized information centres plays a pivotal role in supporting the teaching, scholarly, and research needs of nearly 100,000 students enrolled in a wide array of graduate, professional, and undergraduate programs. The library system provides access to millions of resources in various formats, including electronic, print, audio-visual, data and geospatial materials. UTL also boasts impressive holdings of archival material and substantial digital collections, securely preserved in the libraries' data centre. The staff at UTL are integral to the academic and scholarly enterprise, working closely with faculty and students to support their teaching, learning, and research requirements. They are subject matter experts; they are skilled in research data management, collections, statistics, GIS, metadata, digital preservation, scholarly communications, copyright, teaching, knowledge synthesis, open access and much more. Our work is grounded in our commitment to support equity, diversity, and inclusion.UTL continuously evolves to meet the changing academic priorities and pressures at the University and within the broader landscape of higher education.

Requirements

University degree and completion of a recognized accounting program, Chartered Professional Accountant(CPA) designation required.
Equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered.
5-7 years of post accreditation experience is preferred.
Several years of experience in supervision of an operation with cash management.
Experience in use of micro-based and large-scale financial systems.
Supervisory experience in a unionized environment and familiarity with HR policies and collective agreements highly desirable.
High degree of knowledge in accounting, systems, control and procedures and business acumen.
Experience in an academic setting, and understanding of the University’s organizational structure, and an understanding of library operations, desirable.
Advanced knowledge of MS Office, word processing, spreadsheets such as Excel, and databases such as Access, Tableau & Power BI or similar programs
Experience with all aspects of the University’s AMS, specifically FIS, HRIS and RIS.
Aptitude in systems thinking.
Strong working knowledge of data modelling, business intelligence systems, and financial reporting standards.
Demonstrate a strong commitment to the values of inclusivity, diversity, anti-racism, equity and accessibility
Project management and planning skills; effective problem solving.
Highly developed analytical skills, ability to maintain strict standards of confidentiality and discretion
High degree of initiative and self motivation
Superior interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written), including tact and diplomacy, a consultative and collaborative style, and the ability to participate effectively within a team.
High degree of integrity and professionalism.
Excellent judgment and decision-making skills
The ability to direct a number of diverse and complex activities, and the ability to establish priorities, work independently, multi-task, complete tasks under pressure and consistently meet deadlines.
Excellent organizational and time management skills.
An ability to maintain a broad perspective and to foster and maintain effective relationships with staff at all levels, including senior Library and University management.
Strong client service orientation.
Ability to interpret complex policies and procedures related to financial, budget and human resource issues.
Must display ability to not only perform detailed analysis of complex financial and operational information but be able to develop and prepare meaningful reports and advice that can be useful to various senior managers for short and long term initiatives.
Demonstrated interest in learning and keeping abreast of financial and human resource practice and technological change.
Ability to communicate financial information to non-financial staff.

Nice To Haves

Supervisory experience in a unionized environment and familiarity with HR policies and collective agreements highly desirable.
Experience in an academic setting, and understanding of the University’s organizational structure, and an understanding of library operations, desirable.

Responsibilities

Providing senior-level support to the library’s accounting functions, financial reporting, statistics reporting, controls and the development and maintenance of the operating budget for the Central Library’s reporting areas.
Creation of the budget process from liaison with the Planning & Budget Office through to preparing the budget and ensuring it is input into FIS.
Direct financial and budgeting responsibility for a large and complex business unit.
Management of the Library’s Accounts Receivable and revenue function.
Managing the design and development of dynamic financial dashboards and visualizations.
Assembling the Annual Library statistics, and maintaining data model and collection tools used for preparing statistics.
Overall operation and management of the area, its policies and procedures, staff supervision, system and hardware management.
Responding to related patron and staff user issues.
Providing financial advice and assistance to managers and senior management of the library.
Investigating budget versus actual expense and revenue issues and updating the year end forecast accordingly.
Acting as Deputy in the absence of the Associate Director of Finance.