Manager, Budget and Planning

University of Toronto • Toronto, ON

2d • CA$106,705 - CA$177,843 • Onsite

About The Position

The University of Toronto Scarborough is seeking a strategic, collaborative, and results-oriented leader to join their team as Manager, Budget and Planning within the Office of Student Experience and Wellbeing (OSEW). This role reports to the Dean, Student Experience and Wellbeing and serves as a strategic partner responsible for student affairs planning and analysis, budget management, and student fees governance. The Manager will oversee the annual planning process, overall budget implementation, forecasting, monitoring, and reporting processes for the OSEW portfolio. This includes providing leadership for integrated planning and resource management, ensuring alignment between OSEW strategic priorities and operational objectives. The role involves coordinating and facilitating OSEW’s annual planning process, supporting units in developing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating annual plans and priorities, and leading the administration of the student fees governance process. Additionally, the Manager will support long-range planning, provide strategic analysis, advice, and evidence-informed recommendations for decision-making, organizational effectiveness, and sustainable resource allocation. The position also oversees financial management processes, identifies opportunities to strengthen internal controls, and improves operational efficiency across the OSEW portfolio, requiring a strong understanding of the portfolio’s financial structure, including funding and financial implications of fee-funded, government-funded, and operating budget activities. In collaboration with OSEW senior leadership, the Manager will analyze and interpret data to support operational planning and service delivery, preparing reports on trends, service gaps, and providing evidence-based insights. This is an opportunity for an experienced professional with strong financial and operational planning expertise, analytical thinking, and a passion for enhancing the student experience.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in Business Management, Public Administration, Higher Education or a related field, with a specialization in finance and/or accounting, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of six (6) years of progressive management experience in strategic planning, budget, operational and financial management, student affairs administration, and analysis and assessment, preferably within a post-secondary education environment.
• Demonstrated experience in financial management, including budgeting, accounting, financial modelling, forecasting, costing, procurement and financial analysis.
• Demonstrated experience in operational and administrative management, including developing and implementing business plans; operational planning, data analytics and reporting.
• Demonstrated experience in leading projects and managing special initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience in human resources management (preferably within a unionized environment), team leadership, organizational development and change management.
• Demonstrated experience in researching, evaluating and implementing new technologies and systems in collaboration with IT subject matter experts.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to research, analyze, interpret, and summarize data to identify trends, gaps, opportunities for improvements and risk mitigation strategies.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills. Ability to clearly communicate and present financial and operational data/information to a variety of audiences and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated initiative, diplomacy, tact and ability to build and maintain effective relationships with a broad range of stakeholders, including senior administrators, faculty, staff, and students.
• Excellent organizational, project management skills, and attention to detail.
• Advanced proficiency with financial database systems (e.g. FIS), MS Office Suite (Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Working knowledge of data analytics and reporting tools such as Power BI, SQL, Tableau, Python, Visual Basic, or similar technologies.
• High level of professionalism, sound judgment, and ability to work independently and as a collaborative team member.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion.
• Ability to make sound decisions under pressure and adapt effectively to changing priorities and high-risk situations.
• Commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and the promotion of a respectful and collegial learning and working environment.

Nice To Haves

• A related graduate degree would be considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the annual planning process for the Office of Student Experience and Wellbeing (OSEW) portfolio.
• Manage overall budget implementation, forecasting, monitoring, and reporting processes for OSEW.
• Provide leadership for integrated planning and resource management, ensuring alignment between OSEW strategic priorities and operational objectives.
• Coordinate and facilitate OSEW’s annual planning process.
• Support units across the portfolio in developing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating annual plans and priorities.
• Lead the administration of the student fees governance process.
• Support long-range planning and provide strategic analysis, advice, and evidence-informed recommendations.
• Oversee financial management processes and identify opportunities to strengthen internal controls and improve operational efficiency.
• Analyze and interpret data to support operational planning and service delivery.
• Prepare reports identifying trends, service gaps, and providing evidence-based insights to support decision-making.

Benefits

• Salaried position
• Continuing appointment
• Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone: PM 4 -- Hiring Zone: $106,705 - $124,491 -- Broadband Salary Range: $106,705 - $177,843

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager