ABOUT MARS

MaRS Discovery District (@MaRSDD) in Toronto is one of the world’s largest urban innovation hubs.
MaRS supports promising high-growth companies to scale their businesses globally, while tackling key societal challenges in areas such as Health, Cleantech, Finance, Transportation, AI, and others. In addition to helping start-ups launch, grow and scale, the MaRS community is dedicated to cross-disciplinary collaboration, commercialization of discoveries, and driving ideas to impact.
MaRS is the place where you can play a meaningful role in our innovation economy.
We understand qualifications on a job posting can be daunting. If you’re passionate about the role and believe you can make a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you, even if you don’t meet every listed qualification. We’re always looking for great talent to join our team on planet MaRS.
We actively encourage all candidates, including equity-deserving communities, including those who identify as BIPOC, racialized, women, people with disabilities, and people with diverse gender identities, expressions and sexual orientations.
We want you to be comfortable being your most authentic self throughout our recruitment process. Please reach out to careers@marsdd.com if there’s anything we can do to make your experience more accessible and inclusive, including accommodations. Include ‘Accessibility Request’ in your subject line.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
• Accounting Designation required

FARC and Board Matters

• Prepares and leads presentation of board, committee and management reporting, decision-support analysis and feedback that is timely, accurate, and compelling with which to manage the business.
• Direct support for the Finance, Audit & Risk Committee chair.

Budgets & Forecasts

• Oversee the annual operating budget for MaRS Discovery District and MaRS IAF, ensuring the engagement of appropriate stakeholders and alignment with strategic plan commitments.
• Contribute to organizational decision-making by providing analyses, consultative advice and recommendations for the CEO and Senior team.
• Act as a strategic problem solver within a fast-paced environment, managing priorities and responding to partners and other stakeholders

Audited Financial Statements & Tax Filings

• Oversee the annual financial statement audit and tax activities, including planning, managing auditor relationships, satisfying audit requirements, and preparation of GAAP financial statements for MaRS Discovery District, MaRS IAF, MaRS’ real estate companies, and other Small Cos/Trusts.

Legal, Risk, Insurance, and Regulatory Compliance

• Provide strategic oversight of Legal Compliance, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and risk management practices, and support corporate governance activities
• Leads the Enterprise Risk Management Program to ensure the organization is able to achieve its objectives, integrity of financial practices and compliance with the expectations of funders and auditors.
• Oversee compliance on regulatory, contractual requirements, accounting standards and best practices by monitoring and updating accounting and reporting policies, processes and practices that support and reinforce organization policy, and internal controls.

Full Cycle Accounting, Interim Financial Reporting, & Treasury

• Oversees full-cycle accounting processes - MDD, IAF, Small Cos, OSSU
• Oversees financial analysis for CEO & Senior Leadership and report quarterly
• Secondary contact for banking matters - signing authority, new/renewals of financing/contracts
• Reviews and approves banking transactions
• Review and provide oversight to payroll in coordination with the People & Culture team

Government Contracts, Data Operations & Reporting

• Oversight of major government grants with provincial and federal gov’ts ensuring deliverables are met (program objectives and outcomes are tracked and all reporting is delivered, grants are optimized and government relationships are managed (liaising with various gov’t stakeholders).
• Oversee data operations for reporting purposes, ensuring high data integrity, operation efficiency, and cross-functional alignment for reporting and analytics

Leadership

• Encourage, inspire and motivate team to meet their individual potential