The Opportunity

Do you love turning complex numbers into meaningful insights? Are spreadsheets your happy place, but you also enjoy collaborating with people and helping big ideas become reality?

Magnet is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join our team and play a key role in supporting innovative projects that are shaping the future of work in Canada.
In this role, you'll be more than just a numbers person. You'll be a trusted advisor to Magnet's leadership team, helping guide strategic decisions through financial analysis, forecasting, reporting, and problem-solving. From supporting nationally funded workforce initiatives to ensuring financial accountability across a diverse portfolio of projects, you'll have a direct impact on the success of our work.

What you'll be doing:

• Translating complex financial information into clear insights and recommendations for leaders.
• Preparing timely, accurate, and meaningful financial reports for both externally funded and internal projects.
• Supporting audits and helping ensure compliance with university, funder, and organizational requirements.
• Designing and delivering training that helps colleagues confidently navigate financial systems, policies, and reporting processes.
• Collaborating closely with the Office of the Vice-President Research and Innovation, Research Accounting, and project teams across the organization.
• Providing guidance and mentorship to Finance and Administration Coordinators while helping strengthen financial processes and practices across Magnet.

What makes this role exciting?
You'll work at the intersection of finance, innovation, research, technology, and workforce development. One day you may be supporting a national skills initiative, and the next helping improve the financial processes behind a cutting-edge AI project. If you enjoy solving problems, building relationships, and making numbers tell a story, you'll fit right in.

Bring your financial expertise, curiosity, and collaborative spirit and we'll provide the opportunity to make an impact.

Qualifications
To help us learn more about you, please provide a cover letter and resume describing how you meet the following required qualifications:

• Completion of a post-secondary degree program in the field of Business Management, Accounting and Finance is required.
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in the accounting field in a lead hand capacity, including experience with restricted and accrual method of accounting, year-end working paper and preparation of complex annual financial statements, budgeting, variance analysis, and reporting.
• Professional accounting designation (i.e. CPA) is an asset.
• Experience with fund/project accounting.
• Experience coordinating projects, including acting as a lead hand to other staff.
• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), fund accounting, accruals, deferrals as it relates to a non-profit environment.
• Knowledge of accounting and auditing for not-for-profit government organizations.
• Good working knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, such as Oracle Government Financial (OGF) systems and PeopleSoft.
• Good working knowledge of business intelligence tools and online analytical processing systems.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office products, including Word, PowerPoint, Access and Excel.
• Strong communication skills.

Additional Information (OPSEU)

Position Number(s) 20005525 Reports To
Director, Operations
Department Magnet Employee Group OPSEU Vacancy Type Term - This is a current vacancy. Work Location Hybrid - 2 days in office Start Date ASAP End Date 1 year from start date Hours of Work 36.25 Grade 13 Salary Scale $88,851.65 - $109,276.32 Hiring Salary Range $88,851.65 - $97,090.60 TA Specialist - Posting Date June 8, 2026 Application Close Date June 22, 2026

• Equivalent experience or a combination of equivalent experience and education may be accepted in place of education.
• As part of the selection process, candidates may be required to complete an occupational assessment.
• Applications will only be accepted online through Toronto Metropolitan University's career site.