Department Finance Partnerships
Salary range $67,159 to $111,927
Posted date February 24, 2025
Closing date March 17, 2025
Position Type Full Time

POSITION SUMMARY

Are you an ambitious, collaborative and service-focused professional who loves to work in a dynamic and challenging environment? Someone who is excited by change and new challenges? Reporting to a Senior Finance Partner, the Finance Partners are responsible for the delivery of strategic financial solutions and advice to the leaders, faculty and staff within their client portfolios across the faculties and service units.
As a Finance Partner, you will act as a strategic professional advisor to the dean, faculty general manager, or other senior leaders such as Associate Vice President within your portfolio. You will collaborate with your fellow service partners, the Centres of Expertise (COEs) within Finance, Procurement & Planning and the Shared Services Centre to foster collaborative relationships, leading and delivering on strategic initiatives while managing a large breadth of client services.

QUALIFICATIONS

• A degree in business or a related field with a professional accounting designation (CA, CMA, CGA, CPA). Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered
• 3-5 years of related experience
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and critical thinking skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Self-motivated with the ability to work both independently as well as play a role within a cohesive team of professionals
• Extensive knowledge of financial reporting and budgeting especially as it pertains to financial performance measurement
• Ability to perform financial functions within an organization subject to various internal and external policies, procedures and regulations
• The ability to communicate fluently in French would be considered an asset
• Experience in building financial models would be considered an asset
• Experience in project cost analysis would be considered an asset
  At the University of Alberta, we are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible hiring process for all candidates. If you require accommodations to participate in the interview process, please let us know at the time of booking your interview and we will make every effort to accommodate your needs.
  We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those individuals selected for an interview will be contacted.
  The University of Alberta is committed to an equitable, diverse, and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from all qualified persons. We encourage women; First Nations, Métis and Inuit persons; members of visible minority groups; persons with disabilities; persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity and expression; and all those who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas and the University to apply.
  Note: This opportunity will be available until midnight March 17, 2025, Edmonton, Alberta local time

• Provide professional-level financial advice to general managers, directors, managers, and supervisors on financial matters including interpretation of University financial policies and procedures
• Participate in the strategic planning process in the assigned area(s)
• Provide training on financial policies, procedures, and processes
• Monitor key financial data and analytics for assigned areas and alert the Senior Partner (Finance) of potential issues
• Develop regular financial reporting and ad hoc reporting to assist senior management in the strategic decision-making process; financial reporting to include high-level variance analysis and forecasting to highlight issues
• Work with academic leadership to set the financial plan and budget for the area
• Coordinate the annual budget planning and allocation process for assigned area(s) ensuring alignment with short-term and long-term priorities
• Support the preparation of budgeting assumptions, targets, contingency plans and risk mitigation
• Coordinate the area’s year-end processes including accurate accruals, performance of variance analysis and maintenance of appropriate documentation and audit trail
• Oversee the daily workflow of financial transactions and processes
• Maintain productive relationships with colleagues in the Service Centre/Processing Hub, Finance Centres of Expertise, and across the Partnership team including continuous collaboration with the Senior Finance Partners
• Develop processes and internal controls for the area(s), based on University-wide practices, to ensure that all financial transactions are subject to appropriate review and oversight
• Provide cost estimates for new activities or changes to programs or services
• Work closely with the Finance Centres of Expertise to ensure consistency and implementation of organizational initiatives
• Financial reporting for external sponsors for grants
• Ad hoc reporting as required