Lead Officer, Financial Planning and Reporting

Job Type: Employee;
Anticipated Duration in Months (for contracts and temporary assignments): N/A;
Job Family:
Financial Planning and Reporting; # of Open Positions: 1;
Faculty/Service - Department:
Student Affairs, Finance, RVS, Client Relations, CDEL;
Campus:
Main Campus;
Union Affiliation: SSUO;
Date Posted (YYYY/MM/DD): 2026/07/30;
Applications must be received BEFORE (YYYY/MM/DD): 2026/08/09;
Hours per week: 35;
Salary Grade: SSUO Grade 09;
Salary Range: $76,104.00 - $96,135.00

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Oversee the day-to-day financial operations of the sector with the objective of ensuring sound financial management and providing advice to upper management to support long-term strategic planning. Supervise and lead a team of employees whose role is to perform a variety of functions related to the financial and administration operations of the sector in order to ensure a productive and positive environment and to provide senior level advice and support for more complex issues.

May represent upper management on central committees whose mandates are related to the incumbent’s area of responsibility.

• Budget:
  Oversee the administration of internally and/or externally‑funded budgets to ensure compliance with established policies. Analyze financial statements against budgets for various types of funds to identify and address any inconsistencies. Define budget priorities for the sector and provide expert advice to managers on the effective preparation of budgets, budget projections and shortfalls. Develop key financial performance indicators and monitor performance.
• Financial:
  Oversee the ongoing financial transaction processes for the sector, to ensure best practices and compliance with established policies. Develop and evaluate business practices and management tools for effective financial control. Act as approval agent for major purchases, travel advances, requests for reimbursement and credit card statements to ensure proper application of policies and to reconcile inconsistencies with budget forecast and actual expenditures.
• Purchasing:
  Act as approval agent for procurement of goods and services for the sector to ensure compliance with supplier contracts.
• Payroll:
  Oversee the verification of payroll reports for all employee groups, including part‑time support and faculty salaries, within the sector, to ensure salary accuracy and to reconcile inconsistencies with budget forecast and actual expenditures.
• Processes and procedures:
  Design and implement new or modify existing work methods, procedures and processes and monitor compliance by his/her team for the purpose of continuously improving operations to maximize productivity and effectiveness.
• Records management:
  Implement and manage an effective filing and records management system to preserve confidentiality of the records and ensure that complete and accurate documentation is available for future reference or audit purposes.
• Reporting:
  Prepare and analyze various moderately‑ to highly‑complex reports on cost/benefit analyses and financial performance of the sector to provide advice and recommendations to managers and to support long term strategic planning.
• Supervis…