Description

Financial Reporting within Finance is currently seeking a Full-time Regular Analyst, Project Maintenance.

The Project Maintenance Team, a unit within the Financial Reporting Team in the Finance portfolio, is responsible for the post-award masterdata attributes for creation and maintenance of projects.

The Financial Analyst, Project Maintenance reports to the Manager, Project Maintenance. The Analyst position will play a key role in the reporting process for federal grants. This position would be the operational lead for the reporting process related to the Provincial Priorities Act (PPA). PPA requires public post-secondary institutions to provide the Minister of Advanced Education with any information specified by the Minister in respect of an agreement with a federal entity.

This position would be involved with contacting each University unit that administers federal agreements, obtain all potentially responsive agreements in a common shared repository, maintain document set, screen submission against the reporting criteria, extract the required information and populate the prescribed report.

Accuracy is paramount as there is a high impact of errors as inaccurate advice or information could have serious consequences to customers and/or the reputation of the University.

Summary of Key Responsibilities

(job functions include but are not limited to):

- Coordinate the delivery of Project Maintenance support to various stakeholders, while adhering to and promoting strong internal control and best practices.
- Provide support with all finance aspects of PPA. The Analyst will be the Operational Lead for the PPA Reporting process.
- Provide accurate,



timely, and relevant information using PeopleSoft data warehouse and business intelligence tools.
- Provide financial reporting services to ensure insight and assistance with maintaining the accurate and timely financial reporting records within the Project Costing module of PeopleSoft Financials and Power BI finance marts.
- Provide advice, interpretation and guidance to the University financial community to ensure all financial records are updated in compliance with appropriate accounting policies and procedures
- Document reporting systems and processes and special projects. This may require preparation of working papers and schedules, activity summaries, variance and comparative analysis and reconciliations.

Qualifications / Requirements

- Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and a related University degree, in business, finance, accounting or a related field. Individuals in the CPA Canada PEP program may be considered.
- Knowledge and understanding of Public Sector Accounting Standards would be an asset.
- Three or more years of work experience in progressively more responsible role performing various accounting functions including financial analysis.
- Strong attention to detail,



interpersonal skills and capable of building and maintaining productive and supportive working relationships.
- Proficient user of computer software applications, including large integrated enterprise resource planning systems, data warehousing, and business intelligence tools.
- Consistent demonstration of the following skills:
- Ability to coach and support others
- Cutting-edge and creative thinking
- Effective communication
- Strategic and critical thinking
- Strong presentation and facilitation skills
- Sound judgement and decision making
- Ability to exercise influence and support change

- Strong communication skills and customer service ethic is required.
- Professional judgment in reviewing own work and the work of team members is required.

Application Deadline

October 26, 2026

We would like to thank all applicants in advance for submitting their resumes. Please note, only those candidates chosen to continue on through the selection process will be contacted.

This position is part of the AUPE bargaining unit, and falls under the Specialist/Advisor Job Family, Phase 3.

For a listing of all management and staff opportunities at the University of Calgary, view our Management and Staff Careers website.

About the University of Calgary

UCalgary is Canada's entrepreneurial university, located in Canada's most enterprising city. It is a top research university and one of the highest-ranked universities of its age. Founded in 1966, its 36,000 students experience an innovative learning environment, made rich by research, hands-on experiences and entrepreneurial thinking. It is Canada's leader

📌 Analyst, Project Maintenance, Financial Reporting (Canada)
🏢 University of Calgary
📍 Canada