Director, Financial Operations

Are you a strategic and collaborative financial leader, ready to guide high-performing teams while ensuring strong financial controls and accurate payment, reporting, and risk management practices? Join us as our new Director, Financial Operations! The Director, Financial Operations provides senior leadership over institutional financial operations, reporting, and decision support within a complex post-secondary environment, ensuring strong financial stewardship, internal controls, and compliance with applicable accounting standards, regulatory requirements, and governance frameworks. The role is responsible for the effective oversight of core financial operations, including budget administration, operating fund management, transactional financial processes, and specialized financial activities such as research finance, trust, and endowment reporting. This includes ensuring accuracy, integrity, and consistency of financial information used for both internal management and external compliance purposes. In addition, the Director leads the development and continuous improvement of financial reporting, analytics, and decision support capabilities across the institution. This includes advancing the use of financial systems, data tools, and reporting platforms to improve access to timely, reliable, and actionable financial information for senior leadership and decentralized units. A key aspect of the role is leading the modernization of financial operations through process improvement, automation, and the implementation of scalable, technology-enabled solutions. The Director is accountable for strengthening operational efficiency, enhancing financial controls, and supporting the transition toward a more integrated, data-driven environment that enables informed decision-making and institutional accountability. Why Join Us? At the University of Regina, we’re more than just a campus – we’re a community! Join our team and enjoy: Meaningful Impact: Your work directly contributes to creating a better environment for students, faculty, and staff. Professional Growth: We support your development, offering opportunities for advancement and learning. Work-Life Balance: We value your well-being and know your personal life is most important! Dynamic and Inclusive Workplace: We value diversity and inclusivity. You’ll be part of a team that celebrates different perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences, making every day an opportunity for personal growth. Innovation Culture: We encourage fresh ideas and innovative thinking. Competitive Compensation: We offer competitive compensation package and benefits to reward your talent. A few of the these benefits include Health/Dental/Vision Benefits, flexible spending account, Defined Contribution Pension Plan, and much more! If you are ready to join a dynamic team and make a difference, we invite you to apply today! For a full job description and to apply, please visit our UR Careers Page at https://urcareers.uregina.ca/postings/22923

The Director provides senior leadership over institutional financial operations, ensuring strong stewardship, internal controls, and compliance within a post-secondary environment. They are responsible for modernizing financial processes through automation and enhancing data-driven decision support for senior leadership.

The candidate must be a strategic financial leader capable of managing high-performing teams and complex financial activities like research and endowment reporting. They should have expertise in financial systems, regulatory requirements, and the ability to implement scalable technology solutions.

• Health Benefits • Dental Benefits • Vision Benefits • Flexible Spending Account • Defined Contribution Pension Plan

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Financial Operations
• Financial Reporting
• Risk Management
• Internal Controls
• Budget Administration
• Decision Support
• Process Improvement
• Automation
• Financial Analytics
• Compliance
• Strategic Leadership
• Fund Management

• Finance & Accounting
• Management & Leadership
• Education
• Government & Public Sector
• Data & Analytics

Minimum experience

10+ years

Apply by

Sep 19, 2026

Posting language

English

Working hours

40 hours per week

Seniority

Director