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Manager Accounting Operations

Burnaby, BC
$102,326 - $141,010/annually
Senior Level
full_time

About the role

Union/Affiliation:

Administrative Professional Excluded Staff

Pay range:

$102,326.00 to $141,010.00 annually

SFU Department Descr:

Research Accounting

Position Grade:

13

of openings:

1

Biweekly Hours:

72

Who We Are

Simon Fraser University is a leading research university, advancing an inclusive and sustainable future. Our purpose – the essence of SFU – is to create and connect knowledge, learning and community for deeper understanding and meaningful impact. We are committed to fostering excellence, innovation, belonging and community in all that we do.

SFU Finance is comprised of several functions that deliver a broad range of financial services to the university, including Financial Reporting, Capital Finance, Procurement, Payment Services, Payroll, Planning & Analysis, Research Accounting, Banking and Treasury. Finance is committed to providing outstanding customer service, enabling timely and effective change, and ensuring the university’s financial resources are strategically managed and safeguarded in a sustainable manner. We foster a skilled, empowered, and collaborative team.

About the Role

The Manager, Accounting Operations, is responsible for ensuring that financial transactions are recognized in SFU's financial statements in a timely and accurate manner. The role leads a team of professional and support staff that ensures SFU's financial policies are applied appropriately across the university. The role collaborates across the university to ensure that appropriate and effective internal controls for processing financial transactions are in place. The role supports delivering critical financial insights and resolving issues that may significantly impact the university and its workforce, often involving highly confidential information, including information related to labour relations, workforce planning, bargaining unit considerations and employment-related decisions.

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About Simon Fraser University

Higher Education
5001-10,000

As Canada’s engaged university, SFU works with communities, organizations and partners to create, share and embrace knowledge that improves life and generates real change. We deliver a world-class education with lifelong value that shapes change-makers, visionaries and problem-solvers. We connect research and innovation to entrepreneurship and industry to deliver sustainable, relevant solutions to today’s problems. With campuses in British Columbia’s three largest cities – Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey – SFU has eight faculties that deliver 193 undergraduate degree programs and 127 graduate degree programs to more than 35,000 students. The university now boasts more than 160,000 alumni residing in 143 countries.