About SickKids

Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world. As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education. Our reputation would not have been built - nor could it be maintained - without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day. SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.

When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of Healthier Children. A Better World.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world's best in paediatric healthcare.

Position Description

We are currently looking for a Finance Systems Specialist to join our Financial Accounting and Reporting Team. In this position, you will report to the Manager, Finance, and you will be responsible for supporting the financial and reporting activities of Corporate Finance at the Hospital for Sick Children. This position will provide a unique opportunity to perform finance-related tasks while interacting with key elements of our finance system, working closely with all Finance departments and Information Technology contacts across the Hospital. We are committed to providing a supportive team environment with clear leadership, guidance, and focus on your professional development and career goals.

At SickKids, we value and respect flexible working arrangements including opportunities to work remotely. Flexible working arrangements vary by role and responsibilities and in this particular role in finance, the majority of work can be accomplished remotely.

Here's What You'll Get To Do:

• Maintain Finance's PeopleSoft system, particularly as it relates to the structure of our financial statements (chart of accounts, departmental tree hierarchy, etc.).
• Maintain the security and access privileges of our finance systems, including processing changes to user access rights and chart of accounts across the entire organization.
• Conduct the monthly close of the finance system focused on system-related tasks. This includes the various subledgers and other systems that interface into the Hospital's financial system.
• Conduct other month-end close activities including the preparation and coordination of the month-end schedule, various journal entries, financial report generation, account reconciliations and variance analyses.
• Prepare bank reconciliations while maintaining bank records, preparing related journal entries and responding to queries from stakeholders on the timing and processing of transactions.
• Work in collaboration with finance teams to complete the year-end close process. This includes coordination and preparation of annual audit working papers and providing supporting documentation.
• Monitor departmental email inbox, by processing requests from others across finance on the tasks listed above.
• Maintain and update a library of training materials on our finance system for others across finance to access.
• Other adhoc duties as required.

Here's What You'll Need:

Essential Requirements

• Post-secondary education in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Data Science, or Information Management.
• Minimum 2 years experience in a large, complex organization, which includes exposure to finance systems.
• Previous experience working with large ERP systems.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to interface with department managers, external auditors and all levels within the organization.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, demonstrating professionalism, sound-decision making and high-quality customer service.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical skills, organized, proactive, results-oriented, and able to deliver on tight deadlines.
• Commitment to working in team-based environments.
• Highly computer literate and proficient with the MS office suite, especially Microsoft Excel.
• Adherence to confidentiality policy for sensitive financial and clinical information.
• Demonstrated commitment and actions in advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion objectives.

Assets

• Experience with PeopleSoft is strongly preferred.
• Experience within healthcare or the public sector
• Knowledge of other systems/tools such as Adaptive Insights, Qlikview and/or PowerBI

Here's What You'll Love

• This position is eligible for employee benefits coverage including but not limited to; health, dental and life insurance. The full benefits package will be discussed at the time of offer.
• A focus on employee wellness with our new Staff Health and Well-being Strategy. Self-care helps us support others.
• A hospital that welcomes and focuses on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
• The opportunity to make an impact. Regardless of your role or professional interest, you will be making a difference at SickKids and contributing to our vision of Healthier Children. A Better World.
• For more on why you'll love working at SickKids, visit our careers site.

Employment Type:

• Permanent full time (1.0 FTE)
• Hybrid (primarily remote)

Our Commitment to Diversity

SickKids is committed to championing equity, diversity and inclusion in all that we do, fostering an intentionally inclusive and culturally safe environment that reflects the diversity of the patients, families and communities we serve. Learn more about workplace inclusion.

Accessibility & Accommodation

If you require accommodation during the application process, please reach out to our aSKHR team. SickKids can provide access and inclusion supports to eligible candidates to support their full engagement during the interview and selection process as well as to ensure candidates are able to perform their duties once successfully hired. If you are invited for an interview and require accommodation, please let us know at the time of your invitation to interview. Information received related to access, inclusion or accommodation will be addressed confidentially.

How To Apply

Technical difficulties? Email ask.hr@sickkids.ca with a short description of the issues you are experiencing. We will not accept resumes sent to this inbox but we are happy to respond to requests for technical assistance.

Tip: Combine your cover letter and resume into ONE document of 20 pages or less as you cannot upload multiple documents as part of your application.