Associate Director, Finance and Administration
Job Overview
Job title: Associate Director, Finance and Administration
Job description: The Associate Director, Finance and Administration is an integral member of the SFU Athletics and Recreation management team, providing strategic leadership for financial, human resources and administrative oversight across the department. This is a continuing position and an exciting opportunity to work and learn alongside a talented and student-focused management team. With the completion of a brand new stadium in 2021 and a capital improvement project underway for the Lorne Davies Complex, this is a unique opportunity to be involved in capital planning and student experience initiatives, while leading the financial operations of the department.
Our mission in Athletics and Recreation is to ignite passion in our student-athletes and our communities, with a vision to make a difference, create bright futures and elevate our performance in all areas. Our strategies for reinforcing our reputation, ensuring student-athlete success, encouraging active living, developing a positive organizational culture and creating financial sustainability are at the forefront of all that we do to better align Athletics and Recreation with SFU’s vision of an engaged campus.
The Associate Director, Finance and Administration provides professional advice, assistance and problem resolution relating to the budget, financial operations, and capital projects for Athletics and Recreation. The Associate Director leads the annual budget planning and internal and external financial reporting processes for all units. The successful candidate will play a significant role in providing guidance, leadership and expertise on budget planning and forecasting and the analysis of long term financial and capital planning.
This is a great opportunity for a motivated, student-centered and values aligned individual to join one of and play a key role with of equity diversity and inclusion, reconciliation, and the student experience.”
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a professional accounting designation (e.g., CPA) and five years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Excellent knowledge of the design and development of financial models for projecting key revenues and expenses and conducting analyses.
- Excellent knowledge of principles and practices of human resources management.
- Excellent organizational, quantitative, analytical reasoning, problem solving and conflict resolution skills.
- Excellent budget analysis, planning and fiscal management skills.
- Excellent project management skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication (both oral and written) skills.
- Excellent leadership and mentoring skills.
- Ability to analyze business requirements, identify criteria and specifications and troubleshoot issues.
- Ability to interpret and apply policies.
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality, exercise initiative, diplomacy and discretionary judgment.
- Ability to develop relationships and partnerships and to work collaboratively at all levels and areas within the organization.
- Proficient in the use of standard office applications and enterprise-level financial systems (e.g., MS Office, PeopleSoft, Hyperion Planning).
Please include your cover letter and resume in one attachment.
Company: Simon Fraser University
Expected salary:
Location: Burnaby, BC
Job date: Sat, 25 Dec 2021 05:20:05 GMT
Job Source: Careerjet.ca