Senior Manager, Financial Planning & Analytics

Responsibilities

• Manage all UTM data and analysis activities to support planning, policy formulation, and decision-making.
• Lead and coordinate the Planning, Data and Analysis team, including assigning tasks and ensuring work quality.
• Develop and implement complex budget and financial processes and long-range strategic models.
• Conduct operational audits and provide financial and business recommendations for organizational restructuring.
• Manage strategic initiatives, including financial modeling for internal projects and external contracts.
• Facilitate access to institutional information systems to monitor key indicators and ensure data integrity.

Requirements

• Undergraduate Degree in Commerce, Economics, or Business Administration.
• Professional Accounting designation or a Master’s degree.
• Minimum seven years of related experience in budgeting, accounting, and financial analysis within a complex environment.
• Proven experience supervising accounting staff and providing strategic advice to senior management.
• Proficiency in the MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Demonstrated experience working with "big data" and utilizing data analysis tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a university setting or knowledge of university budgetary and enrolment management.
• Proficiency with student information systems (ROSI), Tableau, SAS, SPSS, or COGNOS.
• Experience in public accounting firms.
• Knowledge of UTM and University of Toronto regulations and processes.

About the Company

University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) is the second largest campus of Canada’s top-ranked university and a major research hub in Ontario’s Peel Region. We are a community of 3,400 faculty, librarians, and staff dedicated to sparking life-changing research, innovation, and student success on a spectacularly green campus.