Financial Assistant
On-site · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Job Summary
Financial Assistant at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy (University of Toronto) provides financial and research grant administrative support for labs and initiatives, in particular the Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI). Responsibilities include applying GAAP to financial tasks, processing accounts payable, monitoring and reporting on funding accounts and budgets, managing trust accounts, ensuring prior approvals for transactions, staying informed on policy trends, liaising with clients and vendors to resolve issues, and generating advanced reports and queries in databases. Requires experience with FIS or SAP, strong Excel skills, and ability to analyze financial data within an educational/public-sector context. One-year term; Toronto campus; full-time; candidate should demonstrate diligence, meticulousness, multitasking, organization, and problem-solving.
Required Qualifications
- Advanced College Diploma (3 years) in Commerce, Accounting, Business Management or Finance, acceptable combination of equivalent education and experience
- Minimum three years of recent and relevant financial and accounting experience in an educational or public sector with experience administering research grant and budgets
- Experience administering various accounts, accounts payable and purchasing activities
- Experience applying University of Toronto policies and procedures
- Demonstrated experience in working with developing, maintaining and analyzing reports
- Experience in processing invoices and conducting financial reconciliation
- Experience facilitating advanced queries and reports in databases
- Experience with FIS or SAP based financial systems
- Experience identifying and resolving individual financial discrepancies and bring forward for resolution
- Experience monitoring, reconciling and reporting funding accounts for research budget and grants
- Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially with Excel spreadsheet
- Excellent problem solving, multi-tasking and analytical skills
- Excellent decision-making and communications skills
- Advanced skills in University’s Administrative Management System (e.g. FIS, HRIS) or other related systems
- Good organizational and time management skills
- Diligent
- Meticulous
- Multi-tasker
- Organized
- Problem solver
- Please Note: This is a one-year term position
- Internal applicants may request a job description at adminhr.artsci@utoronto.ca
- Closing Date: 06/16/2026, 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.
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