Accounts Receivable Specialist

InsideHigherEd; Guelph; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Toronto's Operations and Real Estate Partnerships Division seeks a detail-oriented Accounts Receivable professional. The candidate will manage transactions across multiple revenues, ensuring record accuracy and collaborating with stakeholders. This full-time position offers competitive salary with structured progression.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; equivalent experience considered.
• Minimum 3 years in Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable.
• Advanced proficiency with Excel and SAP needed.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and reconcile funding accounts.
• Prepare accounts receivable reports.
• Ensure compliance with financial policies.

Skills

Detail-oriented

Judgment

Initiative

Decision-Making

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business

Tools

Microsoft Office (Excel)

Financial Information System (SAP)

Job description

Faculty / Division : VP - University Operations

Campus : St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Position Number : 00008562

Description : About us :

Operations and Real Estate Partnerships Division (OREP) is the largest shared service division at the University of Toronto, providing a wide range of services to the University and serving three campuses. OREP is responsible for several key portfolios within the University, including Information Technology Services, Facilities and Services, University Planning Design & Construction, and Spaces & Experiences. We strive to provide efficient and effective services that support the University’s mission of knowledge creation, educational program delivery and community service. OREP Financial Strategy and Services Department works closely with other departments, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to manage OREP’s financial resources, enhance operational efficiency, and improve financial management capacity. The Finance Department ensures compliance, provides strategic advice, enhances support for the decision-making process, manages risks, optimizes financial processes, adopts new technologies, improves existing systems, and promotes best practices.

Your opportunity :

We are looking for a detail-driven and highly organized Accounts Receivable professional to manage and analyze transactions across various revenue and recovery streams. This role involves recording, tracking, and reconciling both internal and external revenues, while aligning them with budgetary requirements involving multiple funding sources. Core responsibilities include revenue monitoring, reconciliation, reporting, and ensuring accuracy in financial records. The position also requires the preparation of A / R reports, adherence to established financial policies and procedures, and collaboration with internal stakeholders to address external billing and internal recovery matters. The successful candidate will also be entrusted with handling sensitive and confidential information and may provide job-specific guidance to others in a non-supervisory capacity.

Your responsibilities will include :

• Applying the generally accepted accounting principles to financial tasks
• Monitoring, recording, reconciling and / or reporting on funding accounts for various account
• Processing accounts receivable according to the University Guide to Financial Management
• Verifying the accuracy and completeness of billing information
• Keeping well-informed on billing procedures
• Identifying and analyzing data discrepancies and taking necessary actions to correct errors
• Analyzing and recommending improvements to financial processes and procedures

Essential Qualifications :

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum three years of experience in AR / AP.
• Advanced Proficiency with Microsoft Office, specifically Excel and Financial Information System (SAP).
• Highly detail oriented, excellent judgment, initiative and decision-making skills.

To be successful in this role you will be :

• Accountable
• Meticulous
• Multi-tasker
• Organized
• Perceptive

Closing Date : 07 / 08 / 2025, 11 : 59PM ET

Employee Group : USW

Appointment Type : Budget - Continuing

Schedule : Full-Time

USW Pay Band 11 $75,223. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $96,196. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation / Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.

Job Category : Finance / Budget / Planning / Audit

Lived Experience Statement

Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

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Diversity Statement

The University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http : / / uoft.me / UP .

Accessibility Statement

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.

The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.

If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact [emailprotected] .

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