Senior Budget Officer

Budget and Resource Planning, Financial Services

Competition No. 26.10.262

Competition No. 26.10.262 Posting Date October 23, 2026

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Full-Time Continuing (35 hours per week) MSU Band G (Steps 1-8): $41.674 - $60.619 per hour. $75,846 - $110,326 per annum (Based on 35 hours per week). November 11, 2026

Mac Ewan University is where caring faculty help people connect their passions to their future paths. Located in the heart of Edmonton's diverse and dynamic downtown community, and on the traditional lands of Treaty 6 First Nations and homelands of the Métis people, Mac Ewan is known for exceptional undergraduate learning. With its dedication to teaching excellence, informed by scholarly research, innovation, and creative activity, Mac Ewan provides an exceptional collaborative and supportive learning environment with a commitment to human rights, environmental sustainability, and opportunities for community engagement.

We are committed to creating an equitable, diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community for all peoples, cultures, and identities.

Our comprehensive undergraduate university offers 55 programs to more than 21,000 full- and part-time students in business, communications, community and human services, design, fine and performing arts, health, humanities, natural science, nursing, public safety, and social science. Through a wide array of experiential learning opportunities, and strategic relationships in the community, we partner with others to produce graduates of stature. Along with a robust grounding in their chosen disciplines, Mac Ewan students are given durable life skills that prepare them to take on the world.

Mac Ewan University is seeking a Senior Budget Officer for a full-time continuing opportunity with the Budget and Resource Planning department.

The Senior Budget Officer is responsible for providing budget and planning leadership and support to all departments, schools, and faculties across the university, facilitating the adoption of best practices and strengthening alignment with university’s financial goals and priorities. You will work collaboratively with leaders and budget officers on all budgetary matters, quarterly forecasts, compliance, coordination of the annual strategic budget process, and support for the development of the three-year financial plan.

Key responsibilities include:

Budget and Resource Management

• Serving as the budget officer for the central university department, responsible for budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and analysis of grants, tuition, fees, and other key financial drivers.
• Supporting capital project budgeting and forecasting, including expenditure projections and forecasting of capital contribution funding.
• Understanding the business operations of the university, Alberta’s post-secondary funding model and its respective financial accounting impact, including modelling the financial impact of changes in legislation, regulations, and policy;
• Supporting effective workforce management and its alignment with the organization’s strategic objectives by analyzing changes to staffing costs (step increases, cost of living adjustments, and collective bargaining agreements) and managing vacancies on an aggregate level; and
• Working with collective bargaining teams to provide financial modelling and costing information during collective agreement negotiations.
• Support the development and continuous improvement of budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and financial planning processes, tools, and systems.

Reporting, Analysis, and Compliance

• Preparing complex, detailed financial analysis and reports that accurately report the university's financial operating and capital budgets throughout the annual budget development cycle to…