Director, Integrated Finance Services (Shared Services)

Queen's University; Kingston; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Queen's University is seeking a Director, Integrated Finance Services—Multi-Faculty/Shared Services to lead the integrated finance function across a portfolio of faculties and shared-service units. The Director will guide Managers, ensure service integrity, quality and performance, and support Deans and senior leaders with strategic financial insights and governance.

The role focuses on coordinating financial planning, analysis, controls, and resource allocation across client areas while

Job description

Reporting to the Executive Director, Integrated Finance Services, the Director, Integrated Finance Services—Multi-Faculty/Shared Services leads the integrated Finance service across an assigned managed group comprising multiple faculties or shared-service units. The Director is accountable for Finance service integrity, quality, consistency and performance across the managed group.

The Director leads through Managers who are the principal Finance contacts and advisers to their designated Deans or senior unit leaders and exercise delegated authority within their assigned client areas. The Director implements approved institutional frameworks and delegations, establishes working arrangements and escalation protocols within them, and ensures Managers have the authority, capability and support required to deliver effective service.

The Director maintains the integrated financial perspective across the managed group, balances Finance capacity across client areas and holds Managers accountable for service performance and development. The Director engages directly with client leaders on material, complex, cross-client or escalated matters while preserving Managers’ ownership of principal ongoing Finance relationships. The Director does not routinely re-approve Manager work or decisions completed within delegated authority.

Faculty, shared services and portfolio leaders remain accountable for academic and operational priorities, business and staffing decisions, budget approval, corrective business action and resource allocation within their delegated authorities. Integrated Finance Services supports these decisions through analysis, advice, controls and implementation of approved decisions.