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Financial Officer

Date Posted : 02 / 12 / 2025

Req ID : 41645

Faculty / Division : Faculty of Music

Department : Faculty of Music

Campus : St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Position Number : 00054666

Description : About us :

The Faculty of Music is Canada's largest and most renowned university-based music program for professional musical training, creation, performance, education, and research. Home to a diverse and dynamic community of scholars, performers, composers, and educators, the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music offers a supportive community in one of the world's most diverse and dynamic cities. We provide a superb learning environment, an internationally renowned teaching faculty, multiple performance halls, and an outstanding music library collection. With degrees and diplomas available in numerous areas of study, our array of courses and programs provides our 900 students an exceptional opportunity to explore various fields within music. With over 600 concerts and events annually, the Faculty is an exciting and vibrant place to work, study, and visit.

Our faculty members include musicians who perform on the world's most prestigious stages and record for major labels, scholars who present at leading international conferences and publish with top presses, educators who offer workshops and masterclasses at universities and conservatories worldwide, and composers whose works are performed by renowned ensembles and commissioned by acclaimed musicians and arts organizations.

Your opportunity :

The Faculty of Music is a great place to work. It has a positive energy that comes from faculty, students and staff pursuing their love for and of music. We are small and hard-working team. We love what we do, and we work collaboratively to support our faculty and students in their music-making.

Under the direction of the Finance Director, the Financial Officer will perform a variety of functions that support the financial management of the Faculty of Music, including ensuring all business transactions are aligned with the generally accepted accounting principles, the University’s financial and purchasing guidelines and any related research guidelines associated with research grants.

Related activities include : ensuring back-up documentation is provided and centrally retained for audit purposes (including payroll); auditing all expense reimbursement requests; troubleshooting and resolving transaction errors within the University’s financial information system (FIS) and Human Resources Information System (HRIS). You will work independently to resolve discrepancies and noncompliance issues, escalating to the Director when required. The incumbent provides analytical reports to the Director as needed.

Your responsibilities will include :

• Applying the University Guide to Financial Management and other applicable policies, agency and regulatory requirements
• Implementing compliance monitoring functions and / or plans
• Making recommendations on budget allocations involving multiple sources of revenue and / or recoveries
• Monitoring department budget to ensure expenditures remain within budgeted allocations
• Analyzing financial trends and preparing analytical reports and forecasts for management decision making
• Verifying that all accounts payable and receivable activities have been accurately processed
• Processing payroll
• Advising clients on the best approach for developing procurement specifications

Essential Qualifications :

Assets (Nonessential) :

To be successful in this role you will be :

Closing Date : 02 / 24 / 2025, 11 : 59PM ET

Employee Group : USW

Appointment Type : Budget - Continuing

Schedule : Full-Time

Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone :

USW Pay Band 13 $84,813. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $108,463. 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

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.

This role is currently eligible for a hybrid work arrangement, pursuant to University policies and guidelines, including but not limited to the University of Toronto’s Alternative Work Arrangements Guideline .

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Diversity Statement

The University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http : / / uoft.me / UP .

Accessibility Statement

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.

The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.

If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact [email protected] .

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