Director, Financial Services

Job title: Director, Financial Services

Job description: Who We Are

Simon Fraser University is a Canadian university recognized around the world for academic excellence, innovation, and sustainability. Guided by our shared vision—to be a leading research university, advancing an inclusive and sustainable future—we are committed to meeting the changing needs of both the world around us and the people and communities we serve.

SFU Finance is dedicated to providing outstanding customer service, accelerating change, ensuring the university’s financial resources are strategically directed and protected through sustainable means, and fostering a skilled, empowered and collaborative team. The Finance division serves a wide range of constituents such as Financial Reporting, Payment Services, Payroll, Planning & Analysis, Procurement, Research Accounting, Treasury, Budgeting and Banking. This range of accountabilities underscores a significant emphasis on customer service excellence.

About the Role

The Director, Financial Services advances the University’s mission and operations through financial leadership, service excellence and innovation. The Director is responsible for providing leadership to the Financial Services team that provides services for financial reporting, research accounting, specific purpose funds, banking, accounts receivable and student accounts. The Director applies expert deal advisory and technical accounting skills to structure deals to enable University capital development and develops and administers key financial policies and critical financial processes and systems. The Director contributes to the Finance leadership team’s overall management of the University’s finances to support and action the University’s plans and ensure financial sustainability.

The ideal candidate will bring a wealth of senior financial and operational leadership experience, preferably within the public sector or from the post-secondary education environment. You are an innovative leader with a proven track record of success in a highly complex organization, fostering transformative change, and building robust relationships at all levels, internally and externally. You are dedicated to mentoring, guiding and serving those around you in order to carry out a shared vision. Above all, you are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion by advancing the principles of EDI in you work, in your leadership and in your everyday interactions with others.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a professional accounting designation (e.g., CPA) and twelve years of related experience in a large complex organization or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

• Knowledge of deal advisory consulting practices.
• Knowledge of legislation governing University operations related to taxation, charity, employment, pensions, reporting of financial information, privacy of information, and contractual arrangements.
• Excellent leadership and change management skills with the ability to articulate, construct, and implement innovative and ambitious plans and initiatives across the organization.
• Ability to apply professional knowledge, business acumen, analytical thinking and understanding of the University to develop and communicate solutions to senior stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate a vision, motivate a team, and create a collaborative, values-based, innovative culture that stimulates creative thinking and a will to seek out excellence.

What We Offer

At SFU, our goal is to ensure our people are valued and supported by promoting a healthy work-life balance, professional growth and development, as well as a safe and respectful workplace. We offer continuing employees who belong in the Administrative Professional Excluded Staff group (APEX):

• 4 weeks’ vacation (prorated for the first year)*
• Hybrid-work program for eligible positions
• Employer paid defined benefit pension plan
• On-campus tuition waiver for employees and their immediate family members*
• Off-campus tuition reimbursements and professional development funds*
• And more!

*Prorated for part-time employees

Additional Information

Please include your cover letter and resume in one attachment.

SFU is an equity employer and strongly encourages applications from all qualified individuals including women, Indigenous Peoples, visible minorities, people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, persons with disabilities, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of the university.

We are committed to ensuring that the application and interview process is accessible to all applicants. If you require any assistance or accommodations, please contact pei_reception@sfu.ca.

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