Assistant Director, Financial Planning & Analytics

University of Toronto; Toronto; On-site; CAD 106,705 - 124,491; Full time

Job summary

A major educational institution in Canada seeks an Assistant Director of Financial Planning & Analytics to establish and lead a new function within the Division of Vice President & Provost. The role involves overseeing financial planning activities, developing budgets, and collaborating with various departments to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting. Candidates should have 7+ years of experience in finance or related fields and a Master’s degree or equivalent. The position is full-time with a competitive salary range and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Minimum seven (7) years of experience in finance, accounting, reporting, modeling, budgeting.
• Experience with data visualization tools is essential.
• Ability to communicate financial information accessibly.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead a financial planning and data analysis function.
• Oversee division's financial planning activities.
• Collaborate with functional areas to ensure reliable financial reporting.

Skills

Analytical and critical thinking

Proficiency in Microsoft applications

SQL

Visual Basic

Client management

Education

Master’s Degree in Management, Business Analytics, or related field

Accounting or finance designation

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Faculty/Division: Division of Vice President & Provost

Department: Office of the Vice President & Provost

Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Existing Vacancy: Yes

Description:

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, the Assistant Director, Financial Planning & Analytics will establish and lead a new financial planning and data analysis function in the DVPP by collecting, disseminating, analyzing, forecasting, and reporting accurate financial information to support the effective evaluation and assessment of financial performance and management decision-making. The Assistant Director will adopt a business intelligence approach to planning by recommending and implementing strategies that support efficiencies, process automation, agility, transparency, and data-driven decisions.

The incumbent oversees the Division's financial planning activities and delivering reports to senior management, ensuring compliance with the mandates of the University and manages crucial budget management and forecasting processes for the Division. This includes the development and maintenance of a multi-year long-range budget model, annual budget preparation, financial analysis, forecasting and reporting.

This position collaborates with the functional areas across the Division of the Vice-President and Provost and other units to ensure financial information representing operations is reliable and timely by reporting on key performance indicators, financial framework, ad hoc analysis and the development of revised reports/processes to gain efficiencies in processes like financial statement preparation, reconciliations, and other internal controls. This position will have additional responsibilities related to analytics and data mining. They assist units in drilling down to detailed data.

Qualifications Required:

Education:

• Master’s Degree in Management, Business Analytics, or related curriculum; or related field or equivalent relevant work experience in finance, budget, accounting and/or data.
• Recognized accounting or finance designation is an asset.

Experience:

• Minimum seven (7) years of recent related experience in finance, accounting, reporting, modeling, costing, budgeting and analysis, preferably in a university or comparable not-for-profit business entity.
• Experience with data visualization tools or relevant business intelligence tools (e.g. Power BI or Tableau).
• Experience in the preparation of comprehensive financial reports, forecasts, dashboards, and analysis as well as ability to improve the accuracy of reports prepared outside of the portfolio.
• Experience conducting financial trend analysis and proposing effective strategies.

Skills:

• Demonstrated analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to collect, organize, summarize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information from different data sources or system modules with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications; SQL and Visual Basic.
• Ability to propose solutions to manage client expectations and manage the delivery of the solution.
• Familiarity with AMS is an asset.

Other:

• Strategic thinking capabilities and proven ability to exercise sound judgment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills - written, verbal and presentation.
• Ability to communicate financial information in an accessible way to a diverse user group.
• Dedicated to service, collaboration, and partnership

Closing Date: 03/31/2026, 11:59PM ET

Employee Group: Salaried

Appointment Type: Budget - Continuing

Schedule: Full-Time

Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone: PM 4 -- Hiring Zone: $106,705 - $124,491 -- Broadband Salary Range: $106,705 - $177,843

Job Category: Administrative / Managerial

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 [e-mail].