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Department:

Finance

Position Type:

Full-Time Administrative

Salary Range:

$100,363.00-$125,454.00-Annual

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

36.25

Anticipated Start Date:

August 10, 2026

Length of Contract:

Posting Information

Posting Closing Date:

July 30, 2026

Please note: jobs are posted until 11:59 pm on the job closing date.

Job Description:

Reporting to the Associate Director, Academic Finance Operations, the Finance Manager provides cross departmental leadership in financial strategy, budget development, quarterly budget reviews, position control, enrolment planning and analytical reporting for assigned schools/departments within the Academic area. This position maintains functional reporting relationship and accountability to their associated Deans/Directors when leading the day-to-day financial management and operations, enrolment/activity forecasting, contract administration, position control, and supervision of budget officers. They support Deans/Directors and Chairs/Managers across their assigned schools/departments to ensure consistent and accurate financial and enrolment practices and analysis across the College’s Academic Area. The incumbent integrates multi-year financial projections (including enrolment projections) with space, equipment evergreening and HR plans (operating and capital funding) and delivers reliable analytics that inform program viability, resource allocation and contribution targets for their assigned schools/departments.

The incumbent is responsible for managing a large and complex multi-million-dollar budget where their multi-year enrolment and financial projections are paramount to the overall College financial sustainability. The incumbent ensures compliance with General Accepted Accounting Principles, internal financial controls and operational procedures within the Academic Area and ensures that financial and operational reconciliations and reports are completed to meet management and contract requirements. As part of the Academic Portfolio Strategic Framework, they exercise disciplined stewardship of college resources and provide evidence-based recommendations to Deans/Directors for strategic decision-making that consider risk, sustainability, and school-wide program mix impact during the Annual Portfolio Performance Review. They explore and provide insights for program/initiative alternatives and mitigations strategies

for programs/initiative under review.

The incumbent leads, manages and implements new initiatives related to usage of enterprise-wide accounting and HR systems. This position is responsible for managing a variety of information and enterprise systems to support the schools/departments, Deans/Directors, Chairs/Managers and College stakeholders.

Duties and Responsibilities: 

Financial Management & Operations

• Full responsibility and accountability for developing short, medium and long-term financial operating and capital plans for annual budget of $30-$60M;

• Leads and coordinates annual and quarterly budget reviews and submissions and facilitates resolutions of variances. Leads the development of a budget and positions tracking process and oversees the monthly budget performance of the schools/departments. Provides planning, directions and strategic input with colleagues during quarterly review and Budget Preparation;

• Provides direction and guidance to Deans/Directors and Chairs/Managers on items pertaining to budgets, financial guidelines, budget principles, contribution margins and related issues;

• Provides daily oversight of budget monitoring toward financial targets;

• Identifies risks and opportunities within the budget and determines how to mitigate risks and exploit opportunities;

• Develops solutions and alternatives within the schools/departments for balancing budgets or funding of new initiatives;

• Researches and recommends corrective course of actions to the Deans/Directors and Chairs/Managers to ensure that the schools/departments performance standards are progressive and provide the best value for money for the College;                         

• Provides planning, directions and strategic input with colleagues during quarterly review in Budget Preparation;

• Coordinates multi-year enrolment projections as required;

• Ensure assumptions are accurately integrated into budget and staffing plans;

• Manages the business process design and re-design initiatives to meet the continuously changing needs of the students and college administration.

Analysis, Reporting and Business Intelligence

• Analyzes cost reports, KPI trends, retention data, positions and salary, enrolment and financial drivers affecting schools / programs / contracts / initiatives operations and prepares recommendations for costing improvements;

• Produces scenario analysis to guide planning, lab/course scheduling, teaching load structure, contract proposals, new initiatives, etc.;

• Analyses, prepares and presents detailed reports utilizing standardized analytical tools from Academic Operations and Planning about trends, opportunities, enrolment/activity, student retention, KPI’s, SWF, financial performance, return on investment, etc.;

• Manages and examines expense and revenue budgets including external partnerships; positions and salary, identifies expenditure trends, reconciles financial records, and provides analysis utilizing college systems;

• Provides and presents analysis of all budget requests from managers and staff to ensure they are accurate;

• Prepares and present analysis of student enrolment to guide annual activity enrolment projections;

• Prepares relevant operational reports, analyzing progress and adverse trends, and providing appropriate recommendations or conclusions;

• Leads advanced financial and enrolment analysis to support strategic priorities, academic program sustainability, and resource planning;

• Oversees preparation and presents detailed financial and enrolment analytics, including program costing and contribution margin analysis, trend and variance analysis, revenue and expenditure modelling, forecasting of financial impact of curriculum or enrolment changes, etc.

Contract Administration and Business Development

• Reviews and interprets contract terms and conditions to assist in cost recovery, risk minimization and successful delivery of educational services;

• Reviews contracts, deliverables, and financial statements for Government and community partnership programs;

• Coordinates with Finance, Procurement, Risk Management, and Manager, Academic Planning and Strategic Initiatives, external resources and vendors (as required) regarding compliance, cost models, signing authority, etc.;

• Develops business cases and financial/cost-benefit analysis to assess the feasibility of partnerships, projects and contract activity, including both operational and capital costs;

• Responsible for the preparation of working papers, journal entries and draft financial statements for contract with audit requirements and financial reporting for externally funded initiatives or agreements;

• Prepares the AC-Procurement-Contract Statements of Works, the AC Executive Summary Contract Review Document required to ensure the contract adheres to the College’s BG-II-06 Delegation-of-contract-Signing Authority Policy;

• Provides functional guidance relating to contract negotiations;

• Follow up with risk management in cases where the agreement does not meet college standards and discuss risk mitigation strategies;

• Maintains oversight of contract workflows and ensures that contract-related documentation is complete, current, auditable and renewed, as required, in a timely manner;

• Ensures academic contract visibility through the usage of the official College repository system.

Space and Equipment Requirement

• Manages the facilities of the schools/departments by analysing the space requirements for new and existing program offerings/initiatives;

• Ensures schools/departments space requirements are included in the Academic Space Plan;

• In collaboration with Facilities Management, overseeing the construction, renovation, repair and maintenance of dedicated space to ensure program/initiative requirements are met;

• Supports the negotiation of the use of academic space to external organizations with Facilities Management;

• Maintains the schools/departments’ equipment inventory and equipment lifecycle and needs projection;

• Ensure