Finance Analyst, Capital Financial Reporting

The University of British Columbia; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 86,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

The Financial Analyst, Capital Financial Reporting (CFR) at The University of British Columbia analyzes financial transactions, develops capital reports, and maintains the fixed asset module within the university's financial management system. The role supports capital projects with budgets across the portfolio and requires a strong foundation in financial reporting.

You will partner with the CFR Finance Manager and collaborate with multiple internal departments to ensure funding and

Responsibilities

• Business Partner support: Ensures the accurate reporting of capital projects across UBC.
• Engages stakeholders at all levels across the University to ensure adherence to capital polices and accurate reporting of capital projects within Board approved budget.
• Promotes the understanding of financial reports and processes to develop awareness of the impact of decisions on financial results.
• Financial efficacy: Ensures the Finance Manager, CFR and senior management are supported in strategic and operational decision making with financial information and analyses that is relevant, timely and accurate.

Job description

Job Title

Finance Analyst, Capital Financial Reporting

Job Category

M&P - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Accounting, Level C

Job Family Group

Staff - Non Union

Department

Capital Financial Reporting I Office of the Comptroller | VP Finance and Operations

Compensation Range

$7,727.33 - $11,112.00 CAD Monthly The Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position. In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred or promoted between the minimum and midpoint of the salary range for a job.

Job End Date

Ongoing

Posting End Date

November 8, 2026

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary

The Financial Analyst, Capital Financial Reporting (CFR) is responsible for analyzing financial transactions, developing capital reports and maintain the fixed asset module in the financial management system. The complexity of this position is driven by the numerous types of capital spend and funding activities across the university, thus an excellent understanding of financial reporting is critical.

An important component of this position is to support the financial reporting and audits of large- and small-scale capital projects with a current value of over $1 billion. The Financial Analyst is responsible for providing accurate information and representation of capital projects, including detailed analysis to ensure funding and expenditures align to the Board of Governors approved budgets and compliance with restrictions attached to the funding where required;

The position will also ensure the accuracy of financial statements and other key analytical information for the purpose of enhancing management reporting and decision making.

The Financial Analyst partners with their finance peers to help develop and implement new policies and continuously identify procedures to enable effective financial management, reporting and business processes throughout the portfolio.

Organizational Status

The Financial Analyst reports to the Finance Manager, CFR and supports the other staff in the Capital Financial Management & Reporting department (CFMR). This position works in collaboration with many internal departments including the Associate Vice-President, Finance office, Infrastructure Development, Financial Operations, Treasury, the Provincial government and external auditors.

Work Performed

• Business Partner support: Ensures the accurate reporting of capital projects across UBC. Major responsibilities include approving classification of capital projects, analyzing of complex project costing and funding, contributing to the development of short and long-term capital plans, maintaining the fixed asset module, and providing business support to the various programs by applying technical expertise, process management and business acumen
• Engages stakeholders at all levels across the University to ensure adherence to capital polices and accurate reporting of capital projects within Board approved budget
• Promotes the understanding of financial reports and processes to develop awareness of the impact of decisions on financial results
• Financial efficacy: Ensures the Finance Manager, CFR and senior management are supported in strategic and operational decision making with financial information and analyses that is relevant, timely and accurate.
• Interprets accounting procedures and reporting guidelines, and provides financial advice to the Finance Manager, CFR and other finance related colleagues.
• Reviews and analyzes the monthly, quarterly and annual capital related financial statements and management reports, including those which require senior management and Board approval. This includes thorough analytical reviews of actuals and projections and the identification of variances from budget; action items for the management team, red flags, growth areas, etc. to ensure future business decisions are sound.
• Monitors capital projects under construction ensuring that committed funding is received and classified correctly as well as tracking expenditures against Board approved budgets and funding releases. Ensures that funding is appropriately recognized in the financial statements.
• Compiles the internal and external capital related reporting, and prepares working papers for external auditors. This includes interactions with government funding agencies, the auditors, among others.
• Applies c