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Date Posted: 03/06/2026 Req ID: 47232 Faculty/Division: Division of Vice President & Provost Department: Office of the Vice President & Provost Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto) Existing Vacancy: Yes Description Position Summary Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, the Assistant Director, Financial Planning & Analytics will establish and lead a new financial planning and data analysis function in the DVPP by collecting, disseminating, analyzing, forecasting, and reporting accurate financial information to support the effective evaluation and assessment of financial performance and management decision-making. The Assistant Director will adopt a business intelligence approach to planning by recommending and implementing strategies that support efficiencies, process automation, agility, transparency, and datadriven decisions. The incumbent oversees the Division''''s financial planning activities and delivers reports to senior management, ensuring compliance with the mandates of the University and manages crucial budget management and forecasting processes for the Division. This includes the development and maintenance of a multiyear longrange budget model, annual budget preparation, financial analysis, forecasting and reporting. This position collaborates with the functional areas across the Division of the Vice-President and Provost and other units to ensure financial information representing operations is reliable and timely by reporting on key performance indicators, financial framework, ad hoc analysis and the development of revised reports/processes to gain efficiencies in processes like financial statement preparation, reconciliations, and other internal controls. This position will have additional responsibilities related to analytics and data mining. They assist units in drilling down to detailed data. Qualifications Required Education Masters Degree in Management, Business Analytics, or related curriculum; or related field or equivalent relevant work experience in finance, budget, accounting and/or data. Recognized accounting or finance designation is an asset. Experience Minimum seven (7) years of recent related experience in finance, accounting, reporting, modeling, costing, budgeting and analysis, preferably in a university or comparable notforprofit business entity. Experience with data visualization tools or relevant business intelligence tools (e.g. Power BI or Tableau). Experience in the preparation of comprehensive financial reports, forecasts, dashboards, and analysis as well as ability to improve the accuracy of reports prepared outside of the portfolio. Experience conducting financial trend analysis and proposing effective strategies. Skills Demonstrated analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to collect, organize, summarize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information from different data sources or system modules with attention to detail and accuracy. Proficiency in Microsoft applications; SQL and Visual Basic. Ability to propose solutions to manage client expectations and manage the delivery of the solution. Familiarity with AMS is an asset. Other Strategic thinking capabilities and proven ability to exercise sound judgement. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills written, verbal and presentation. Ability to communicate financial information in an accessible way to a diverse user group. Dedicated to service, collaboration, and partnership. Closing Date: 03/31/2026, 11:59PM ET Employee Group: Salaried Personnel Subarea: PM Appointment Type: Budget Continuing Schedule: Full-Time Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone: PM 4 Hiring Zone: $106,705 - $124,491 Broadband Salary Range: $106,705 - $177,843 Job Category: Administrative / Managerial #J-18808-Ljbffr