Assistant Director, Academic Financial Operations; Term

Date Posted: 10/06/2026
Req : 50465
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: Budget, Planning & Finance
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
Existing Vacancy: Yes

U of T Mississauga - the second largest campus of Canada’s top-ranked university and the only research university in Ontario’s booming Peel Region - is one of the world’s great catalysts of human potential.

Our employee community hums with the energy of 3,400 faculty, librarians and staff, who power our campus with curiosity, connection and care. We work together to spark life-changing research and innovation, make an indelible mark on the world by building equitable cities and societies, enable healthy lives, create a sustainable future and ignite entrepreneurship. Above all, we prioritize student success, and seek to give our 16,500 students the lift of a lifetime through learning and discovery.

We love to open opportunities available nowhere else for our community to achieve their ambitions and make their unique contributions to Canada and the world.

This work all comes together on a spectacularly green campus, along side the Missinihe-ziibi (Trusting Creek or Credit River), where we seek to honour truth, reciprocity and reconciliation on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We’re thrilled to welcome those who want to learn more about us and to be part of what we do.

The Assistant Director (AD) works independently under the direction of the Director, Academic Finance as a senior member of the Budget, Planning & Finance team, as a key advisor to the Dean, responsible for oversight of all aspects of financial management for the academic, library and research operations.

The AD implements all aspects of the current year’s budget process across the portfolio, prepares and oversees preparation of extensive and complex financial reporting and analysis, provides financial advice on a wide variety of financial and operational issues, along with training, develops financial policies and procedures, is responsible for financial management (including resource allocation decisions and managing business processes of various accounts within the portfolio for budgets of approximately $18m, manages all aspects of significant and extensive process improvement initiatives and oversees all aspects of an extensive and rigorous forecasting exercise three times annually across all units in the portfolio.

The AD develops and implements financial, accounting and operational procedures, develops budget models, develops financial control procedures and ensures compliance with financial and accounting policies. The incumbent develops and manages complex data analysis relative to administrative matters across the academic portfolio of the campus and provides related advanced financial management advice. In conjunction with members of the Financial Services & Budget team, the incumbent develops and implements budget and financial processes.

The incumbent reviews existing financial/administrative models, analyses new programs and initiatives, calculates costs, prepares and audits financial models for completeness and viability, prepares and analyses financial statements and reports using in-depth knowledge of the division and University planning environment. Working closely with the Assistant Director, Planning, the incumbent plays an active role in the development and implementation of the UTM strategic long range budget plans and models.

The incumbent performs operational audits and makes financial and business recommendations based on findings, including recommendations on organizational restructuring involving financial positions, enabling data-driven leadership of organizational change within the academic portfolio.

The incumbent also develops, implements and manages best practices across the portfolio.

Completion of a University degree and a professional accounting designation (CA, CMA or CGA) or acceptable equivalent combination of education and experience in finance and business management is required.

A minimum of 7 years of progressive experience in budgeting, accounting and financial analysis experience, including experience in being a trusted advisor and business partner in resolving issues which are new, complex and difficult, or not covered by existing policies and processes. Experience in successfully guiding various…