Director, Integrated Finance Services (VPFA/VPRI)

Queen's University; Kingston; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario seeks a Director of Integrated Finance Services—Multi-Faculty/Shared Services to lead the finance function across a group of faculties and shared-service units. The role ensures service integrity, quality and performance while guiding Managers who serve Deans and senior leaders.

You will implement approved frameworks, establish working arrangements and escalation protocols, and ensure the finance team has the authority and resources to deliver effective

Qualifications

• Leads the integrated Finance service across a group of faculties or shared-service units.
• Accountable for finance service integrity, quality, consistency and performance.
• Leads through Managers who advise Deans and senior unit leaders.
• Implements institutional frameworks and delegations within approved structures.
• Ensures Managers have authority, capability and support to deliver service.
• Supports decisions through analysis, controls and implementation.

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.