Senior Financial Accountant

at  Womens College Hospital

Women’s College Hospital (WCH) is an academic, ambulatory care hospital in Ontario with a focus on health for women, health equity and health system solutions. If you’re ready to be part of a team that is revolutionizing the future of healthcare, then you will want to join an institution where the possibilities for innovation, new discovery and system thinking are limitless. Women’s College Hospital is committed to equity, quality and patient safety as key professional values and essential components of daily practice.
Healthcare Revolutionized 2030 is our roadmap to the future. Our strategy is built on the pledge that the founders of our hospital made 140 years ago and reaffirms our commitment to providing equitable, accessible, best-in-class healthcare for everyone – meeting people where they are on their healthcare journey and partnering with them to reach their goals of living their healthiest lives possible. The stage has been set for Women’s to accelerate our priorities and capture the momentum to catapult our system forward to revolutionize healthcare for everyone.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• University degree in Accounting, Commerce or related field is required
• Minimum of five (5) years related of financial experience is required
• Professional Accounting Designation or working towards completion (Chartered Professional Accountant)
• Strong working knowledge of systems, particulary of SAP and MS Office Applications including but not limited to excel and ability to use pivots and organize large data sets
• Demonstrate creativity with strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, ability to communicate financial information to non-finance stakeholders
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with attention to detail
• Good work and attendance record required
• Ability to take initiative and embrace challenges
• Professional behavior and communication that meets the standards of the professional regulatory college or association, as applicable, and the standards of Women’s College Hospital
• This position plays a critical role in acting as an advocate for safety and will demonstrate principles, practices and processes that will optimize a safe environment for all

• Timely and accurate accounting of research activity in accordance with Canadian public sector accounting standards for government not-for-profit organizations
• Provide prompt and effective customer service to the Primary Investigator and research team to support their ability to manage their research projects
• Prepare financial reports and maintain financial accountability, through adherence to WCH policies and to the financial conditions imposed by the funding agencies
• Maintain financial record of project expenses, ensuring validity, authorization, available funding and supporting documentation is maintained in accordance with the funding agency and WCH policies
• Monitor project expenditures against budget, ensuring appropriate matching of funds in accordance with the agreement’s terms of reference
• Review financials and prepare forecasts to assess risk of deficits, liaising with Primary Investigator to develop preventative measures and responses
• Demonstrate strong customer services through responding to queries from Researchers so they can manage their projects
• Review and validate appropriate documentation to support cost centers creation and closure
• Maintain all relevant documentation (contracts, budgets, etc.) in finance systems
• Generate invoices and manage accounts receivable
• Receive project payments and ensure they are allocated to the appropriate grant
• Support financial budget preparation, ensuring appropriate costing is developed
• Support external grant audits, and agency audits, through the preparation of audit working papers and liaising with the audit team to ensure audit requests are met
• Train researchers and research staff on use of financial system and WCH policies and procedures
• Assist with ad hoc projects
  As a role model and champion you will work to identify and integrate safe, best practices into daily activities to foster the delivery of safe and exemplary care.
  The responsibilities described above are representative and are not to be construed as all-inclusive.