Accounting Specialist, Accounting Operations

University of Calgary; Calgary; Sur place; CAD 70 000 - 95 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

University of Calgary is seeking a Full-time Limited Term Accounting Operations Specialist within Accounting Operations, reporting to the Manager of Accounting Operations. The role supports salary transfers, payroll reconciliations, and journal entries, ensuring adherence to university policies across units and faculties.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field and 3–5 years of experience in financial operations within a large organization, with strong Excel and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related discipline is required.
• 3–5 years of related financial operations experience.
• Experience with month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, and high-volume journal entries.
• Not-for-Profit experience is an asset.
• Knowledge of intermediate accounting concepts.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships.
• Proficient with Excel, PeopleSoft, data warehousing and BI query tools.
• Ability to work independently under tight deadlines.

Responsabilités

• Process requests for retroactive salary transfers, payroll reconciliations, payment processing and journal entries.
• Handle position management and respond to information requests.
• Prioritize ticket requests and ensure timely completion.
• Provide policy/procedure guidance to units and departments.
• Maintain professional communication with stakeholders and training as needed.

Connaissances

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Time management

Formation

Bachelor's degree in accounting/related field

Outils

Excel

PeopleSoft

Data warehousing

BI query tools

Description du poste

Description

Accounting Operations within VP Finance is currently seeking a Full-time Limited Term Accounting Operations Accounting Specialist for approximately 6 months.

Reporting to the Manager, Accounting Operations, this position provides financial operations accounting advice, support to end-users with their requests predominately related to salary transfers, recommendations and information to ensure that the university's policies and procedures are understood and adhered to by internal departments, faculties and administration. The role will be responsible to process requests for retroactive salary transfers, payroll reconciliations, payment processing, journal entries, position management, and respond to information requests.

Summary of Key Responsibilities

(job functions include but are not limited to):

• Process requests for retroactive salary transfers, payroll reconciliations, payment processing, journal entries, position management, and provide information back to requesters.


• Prioritize ticket requests and ensure they are completed in a timely manner.


• Services for clients and associated tasks are followed through to completion.


• Ability to reconcile differing perspectives, develop consensus, and secure cooperation and support from customers and team members.


• Instruction and advice is provided to senior administration, administrators, faculties, departments and account holders regarding:
  
  
  • University policies and procedures.
  
  
  • University financial systems.
  
  


• Team objectives are achieved by assigning responsibilities to balance the flow of work in the team.


• Policies, procedures and processes are communicated in a professional and courteous manner.


• Remain current with institutional direction and initiatives to ensure procedures meet the current and emerging needs of the University.


• Policies and controls are adhered to and integrated into the training process.


• Deadlines and requirements are effectively communicated to clients and appropriate training is provided.


• Proactive in developing and maintaining trustworthy and productive working relationships with all stakeholders including: University administration, internal and external customers, University staff, internal and external auditors.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in related discipline is required, Accounting, BComm, Finance, BMgt.


• 3 - 5 years of related experience with financial operations in a large organization.


• Experience with month end close process, balance sheet account reconciliations, high volume journal entry preparation.


• Not-For-Profit experience is an asset.


• An in-depth knowledge and applied understanding of intermediate accounting concepts is required.


• Strong interpersonal skills and capable of building and maintaining productive and collegial working relationships.


• Proficient to expert level use of computer software applications including Excel, PeopleSoft (navigation and query), data warehousing and other business intelligence query tools is required.


• Proven organizational skills, multitasking and high attention to detail required.


• Ability exercising good judgment and discretion is required.


• The ability to work independently to tight timelines, maintain confidentiality and deal effectively with overlapping and changing deadlines is required.

Application Deadline

November 4, 2026

We would like to thank all applicants in advance for submitting their resumes. Please note, only those candidates chosen to continue on through the selection process will be contacted.

This position is part of the AUPE bargaining unit, and falls under the Specialist/Advisor Job Family, Phase 2.

For a listing of all management and staff opportunities at the University of Calgary, view our Management and Staff Careers website.

About the University of Calgary

UCalgary is Canada's entrepreneurial university, located in Canada's most enterprising city. It is a top research university and one of the highest-ranked universities of its age. Founded in 1966, its 36,000 students experience an innovative learning environment, made rich by research, hands-on experiences and entrepreneurial thinking. It is Canada's leader in the creation of start-ups Start something today at the University of Calgary. For more information, visit ucalgary.ca.

The University of Calgary has launched an institution-wide Indigenous Strategy ii' taa'poh'to'p committing to creating a rich, vibrant, and culturally competent campus that welcomes and supports Indigenous Peoples, encourages Indigenous community partnerships, is inclusive of Indigenous perspectives in all that we do.

The university's commitment to the Indigenous Strategy is evident through the oversight of 18 Elders serving on the Circle of Advisors and the many unit-based circles working towards implementation of the strategy including the Faculty Advisory Circle and teams such as the Office of Indigenous Engagement, the Writing Symbols Lodge, and the Indigenous Research Support Team. Many Indigenous-based events and processes are impacting curriculum, programming and polices at the University of Calgary.

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