Finance Management 2 | Finance | Faculty of Arts

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

M&P; - AAPS

Job Profile

AAPS Salaried - Accounting, Level B

Job Title

Senior Financial Analyst

Department

Finance Management 2 | Finance | Faculty of Arts

Compensation Range

$7,158.42 - $10,292.25 CAD Monthly

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Posting End Date

October 18, 2026

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

December 31, 2028

This is a 1 year term leave replacement position

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Job Summary

The Senior Financial Analyst performs a variety of complex accounting, reporting, and financial analyses to support the administration of the Faculty of Arts’ financial resources. This role will perform senior-level granular analysis of revenues, expenses and balance sheet accounts for a portfolio of Arts units. The Senior Financial Analyst will provide data analysis, preliminary hypothesis, recommendations and insights to support the Dean,



Assistant Dean, Heads, Directors and Department Administrators in decision making. This position provides detailed and highly complex financial reports, monitors internal controls, ensures compliance with policies and procedures, tests operational improvements on recent and existing systems, and assists with budget preparation and long-term financial planning. The Senior Financial Analyst will support a portfolio comprised of units in the Social Sciences and Literary Journals within the Faculty.

Organizational Status

The Senior Financial Analyst reports directly to the Finance Manager and forms part of a team supporting the Dean’s Office as well as a portfolio of Faculty of Arts units. This position partners with FoA Departments, Schools, Institutes, Student and Administrative Services and programs. This position also works collaboratively and develops partnerships with colleagues in the Dean’s Office, members of the Arts Service Centre Human Resources Team, Research Finance, Central Financial Operations, the Comptroller’s Office and other UBC departments as necessary.

Work Performed

- Manages, develops and prepares complex financial models, analyses and reports from various systems and sources to support strategic financial decision making and analysis.




- Prepares budgets and projections on an annual and quarterly basis to help units better understand their resources and manage within their financial means, and/or develops preliminary budgets and models for new proposed Centres and Programs.
- Provides senior-level advice and guidance to support units in the preparation of their quarterly financial projections (Forecast), annual budgets and long-range forecasts (5 year plan), namely for graduate programs.
- Develops year-end accounting procedures and systems, and provides training to members of the ASC team as well as distributed units to ensure that these are managed correctly. Facilitates the unit year-end general ledger, accounts payable and accounts receivable processes, including complex accruals and preparing proper documentation for external auditors.
- Develops and implements financial policies and procedures to improve internal controls or increase efficiencies.
- Facilitates the collection of information and assessment of internal controls and financial practices in Faculty of Arts, and provides recommendations for improvements.
- Manages operational financial activities and provides detailed strategic business accounting advice and direction to the Faculty’s Social Science departments and Literary Journals.
- Advises account holders of areas requiring immediate action and establishes guidelines on sound financial practices to ensure that units are able to appropriately and effectively manage their funds. Provides strategic support to departments by identifying resolutions on financial issues, including liaising with Central Finance to resolve deficit issues.
- Responsible for highly sensitive and confidential t

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