Accounts Payable Officer (Term)

Date Posted: 05/07/2026
Req ID: 48012
Faculty/Division: University Operations and Real Estate Partnerships
Department: OREP Financial Strategy & Services Dept
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00056901
Existing Vacancy: Yes

Description:

About us:

Operations and Real Estate Partnerships Division (OREP) is the largest shared service division at the University of Toronto, providing a wide range of services to the University and serving three campuses. OREP is responsible for several key portfolios within the University, including Information Technology Services, Facilities and Services, University Planning Design & Construction, and Spaces & Experiences. We strive to provide efficient and effective services that support the University’s mission of knowledge creation, educational program delivery and community service. OREP Financial Strategy and Services Department works closely with other departments, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to manage OREP’s financial resources, enhance operational efficiency, and improve financial management capacity. The Finance Department ensures compliance, provides strategic advice, enhances support for the decision-making process, manages risks, optimizes financial processes, adopts new technologies, improves existing systems, and promotes best practices.

Your opportunity:

As an integral member of the finance team, you will perform a variety of functions that are essential to financial management. Reporting to the Manager, Accounts Payable, you will be responsible for processing Accounts Payable invoices, preparing Purchasing Orders, applying the generally accepted accounting principles to all financial tasks, processing reimbursements, verifying inventory counts, ordering office supplies, responding to enquiries within the defined scope of the role, checking that proper approvals are obtained prior to transactions and many other duties.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Applying the generally accepted accounting principles to all financial tasks
• Checking that proper approvals are obtained prior to processing transactions
• Monitoring department budget to ensure expenditures remain within budgeted allocations
• Preparing and/or processing journal entries
• Processing expense reimbursements
• Liaising with clients and vendors to resolve minor complaints and address issues
• Responding to enquiries within the defined scope of the role and redirecting as appropriate

Essential Qualifications:

• Advanced College Diploma (3 years) or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum three (3) years of related experience in clerical/accounting.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Financial Information System (SAP).
• Demonstrated ability to maintain a high degree of accuracy under pressure of high volume of transactions.
• Ability to interpret and apply complex accounting principles.
• An ability to organize, work well under pressure and execute a wide variety of complex projects simultaneously and to manage conflicting priorities withinrequired timelines.
• Very strong customer service orientation and has the highest degree of integrity and commitment to confidentiality.
• Ability to work effectively independently and as an integral member of a team.
• Highly detail oriented, excellent judgment, initiative and decision-making skills.

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Accountable
• Adaptable
• Diligent
• Meticulous
• Organized
• Team player

Please note:

• This is a term position for 14-months.

Closing Date: 05/20/2026, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Term
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 09 -- $67,916. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $86,855. 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
Recruiter: Katelynd Salmon

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.

Job descriptions are available upon request for internal applicants.