Finance Support Officer - Contract

Peel District School Board; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Peel District School Board (PDSB) is seeking a qualified finance professional to provide guidance on financial controls and reporting to Superintendents and Principals. You will develop and deliver training, monitor budgets, and support audits across Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon.

Responsibilities include reviewing budget reports and school activity funds, ensuring PSAB/GAAP compliance, and collaborating with school leaders to produce timely, accurate statements.

Qualifications

• Degree in business, accounting or finance.
• Must hold CA CMA CGA or equivalent designation.
• 5–7 years of accounting experience, preferably in public sector.
• Knowledge of PSAB and GAAP.
• Excellent analytical and report writing skills.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance to Superintendents and Principals on financial controls and procedures.
• Develop and deliver training on financial policies and procedures.
• Review budget reports, school activity funds, and petty cash reconciliations.
• Consolidate and analyze school activity funds data for the Public Sector Accounting Board.
• Investigate variance analyses to support financial statements.
• Liaise with external auditors and communicate findings.
• Update the Effective Practices manual and draft finance procedures.
• Travel to schools and field office locations as needed.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Budgeting

Report writing

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/accounting/finance

Professional accounting designation: CA CMA CGA

Tools

Vista

Absence Management System

FIS

Job description

The Peel District School Board (PDSB) is a racially, culturally and linguistically diverse board dedicated to helping every student learn, grow, and succeed. PDSB proudly serves students and communities across Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon. In PDSB, 87% of students are racialized, non-white, representing 162 different ethnic backgrounds. Student diversity also exists in terms of gender and gender expression, sexuality, and in terms of ability and faith. A responsive and empathetic understanding of the lived experiences of the students and communities we serve is vital to those who will take on roles within the PDSB. The workforce consists of teachers, office staff, custodial staff, educational assistants, and professional staff. Working at PDSB means joining a community that values collaboration, meaningful relationships, and a shared commitment to helping every learner reach their full potential while engaging families and communities as essential partners in student success.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Manager, School Finance, you will be responsible for providing advice, guidance and support to Superintendents, Principals and Vice Principals in order to establish and maintain financial controls; assisting in the development of training and information sessions; delivering training and information sessions to school administrative staff; providing guidance to new school administrators and school office staff regarding Board policies, procedures and practices; providing guidance to Principals on how to review regular budget reports, Schools Activity Funds, Petty Cash reports and reconciliations; ensuring optimal use of the board budget and school activity funds through timely review with school principals and superintendents; consolidating and analyzing school activity funds data for Public Sector Accounting Board; investigating and preparing detailed variance analysis of school activity funds to support financial statement balances; providing advice and guidance to schools facing an internal or external audit within the field office and to assist them in preparing for an internal and/or external audit; liaising with external auditors and communicate findings of variance analysis of school activity funds; updating and maintaining the Effective Practices manual and prepares draft finance procedures to ensure that they reflect changes in regulations and current best practices; other duties as assigned.

NOTE: Regular traveling will be required to the schools and field office locations. The successful applicant will work at the above location from 8:30am to 4:30pm, or as assigned.

This posting is for a Backfill/Replacement.

Qualifications

• Degree in business, accounting or finance
• Must hold one of the following professional accounting designations: Chartered Accountant (CA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified General Accountant (CGA)
• Five (5) to seven (7) years’ accounting experience in progressively responsible positions, preferably in the public sector
• Knowledge of Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) accounting standards, Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Excellent analytical and report writing skills and attention to detail
• Excellent presentation and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Working knowledge of budget process
• Intermediate level of Excel, Word and Financial Information System (FIS)
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
• Must have a valid driver’s license and access to a reliable vehicle
• Demonstrated commitment to equity, inclusion, anti-racism, anti-oppression and working in a diverse school community and/or work environment.

Additional Skills & Assets

• Familiarity with Peel Systems such as Vista and Absence Management System

Additional Notes

Preference will be given to qualified members of the Administrative Staff Group (ASG).

PDSB may use AI during the screening and recruitment process. Please note that final hiring decisions will be made by the PDSB Hiring Team.

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Commitment to Equity, Accessibility, Anti-Oppression and Anti-Racism

The Peel District School Board is committed to equitable hiring practices that allow us to hire qualified staff who reflect the full diversity of Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon. We will provide reasonable accommodations during the hiring process (e.g. an accessible location, rescheduling of interviews that fall on Days of Significance, etc.) based on any of the human rights protected grounds if advised in advance. We are also committed to inclusion, anti-oppression and anti-racist practices while also supporting the continuous growth and development of an equitable and empowered education system at PDSB

Police Record Check

Successful candidates must provide a satisfactory Police Record Check prior to commencing employment. Please review the requirements for the Board’s Police Record Check.

We appreciate the interest of all applicants, but will only be contacting candidates whose skills, experience and qualifications best meet the requirements of the position.

Land Acknowledgement

The land upon which we work, live and sustain ourselves is the ancestral and treaty lands of the Miichizaagiig Anishinaabek also known today as the Mississaugas of the Credit, the rightful caretakers and title holders of this land. We also recognize the rich pre-contact history and relationships which include the Anishinaabek and the Onkwehonwe. Since European Contact, this land continues to be home to Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. As responsible community members, we value the diversity, dignity and worth of all people. Colonialism displaced and dispossessed Indigenous peoples of their ancestral lands and continues to deny their basic human rights, dignities and freedoms. We are committed to learning true history to reconcile, make reparations and fulfill our treaty obligations to the Original Peoples and our collective responsibilities to the land, water, animals, and each other for future generations.

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