Date Posted: 07/21/2026
Req ID: 49515
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
Department: Acceleration Consortium
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number:
Existing Vacancy: Yes

Description:

Your opportunity:

Reporting to the Business Officer, this position forecasting, monitoring and administering research budgets, and providing a wide range of financial processing and administration for Acceleration Consortium. You will be responsible for reconciling financial statements, investigating discrepancies and preparing financial reports to help advance our research goals and objectives. This position is also responsible for provide grant administration support by coordinating grant application process and data collection.

This is a term position that will end approximately in June 2027.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Monitoring, recording, reconciling and/or reporting on funding accounts for grants and contracts
• Verifying that HRIS transactions are processed according to applicable policies, procedures, collective agreements, and applicable legislated requirements
• Reconciling accounts
• Processing payroll
• Liaising with internal contacts to resolve accounting, payroll and/or HRIS processing issues
• Writing routine documents and correspondence
• Preparing draft statistical reports and summaries from data collected
• Liaising with internal and external contacts to facilitate purchasing and/or procurement processes

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting/Finance or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum three years recent and relevant financial/accounting experience and experience in an educational/public sector, with experience in monitoring large budgets/grants, managing various accounts, and processing a variety of types of payroll
• Experience in onboarding/processing new staff of various types and ensuring the correct setup in HRIS
• Experience monitoring, reconciling and reporting funding accounts for grants
• Experience working with sponsoring agencies, interpreting and applying grant and funding guidelines/procedures, and providing administrative support to research funding opportunities
• Experience in aspects of accounting including payroll, account reconciliation, and preparation of financial statements
• Experience planning, forecasting and monitoring complex budgets and preparing projections
• Experience with all aspects of the Financial Information System (FIS) modules of AMS
• Experience supporting purchasing activities
• Experience preparing financial reports/spreadsheets, identifying discrepancies, reconciling accounts, and projecting burnrates
• A broad knowledge of the University's financial guidelines and procedures and accounting/procurement practices
• Advanced proficiency with MS Office Suite, particularly MS Excel and proficiency with SAP systems, including Financial Information System (FIS), Human Resources Information System (HRIS), and Research Information System (RIS), or similar systems
• Strong numerical, accounting and analytical skills
• Advanced skills in Google calendar/hangout, Zoom, Adobe Acrobat Pro with the ability to learn and effectively deploy new technologytools for office tasks
• Ability to work in a high volume environment that requires multi-tasking on varied duties and to prioritize effectively and work under pressure
• Ability to explain detailed grant funding processes and provide recommendations/course of actions to PIs
• Excellent problem-solving ability, organizational and planning skills; and ability to work independently and as a part of a team
• Professionalism, accuracy, attention to detail, flexibility, tact, and ability to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to interpret and apply guidelines and procedures using independent judgement and analysis
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills

Assets (Nonessential):

• Experience liaising with Faculty of Arts and Science Research Services office, VP Research & Innovation office, and research administrators in hospitals

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Accountable
• Communicator
• Efficient
• Meticulous
• Multi-tasker
• Problem solver

This role may be eligible for an Alternative Work Arrangement in accordance with the University of Toronto's Alternative Work Arrangements Guideline.

Closing Date: 07/29/2026, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Grant - Term
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 11 -- $76,577. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $97,928. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Finance/Budget/Planning/Audit
Recruiter: Ann Yang

Job descriptions are available upon request for internal applicants.