Intermediate Administrator, Finance

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Job Type:

Employee

Duration in Months (for fixed-term jobs):

12

Job Family:

Finance (JF)

# of Open Positions:

1

Faculty/Service – Department:

UGME Preclerkship

Campus:

Roger Guindon Hall

Union Affiliation:

SSUO

Date Posted:

January 23, 2025

Applications must be received BEFORE:

February 03, 2025

Hours per week:

35

Salary Grade:

SSUO Grade 07

Salary Range:

$56,626.00 – $71,528.00

About the Faculty of Medicine

Welcome to the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, the first and largest bilingual medical faculty in Canada. Our learners have access to state-of-the art facilities and specialized institutions as they learn alongside world-class physicians and scientists. Consistently ranked among the top 10 medical schools in Canada, our faculty is among the top faculties of medicine in the world for research impact in biomedical and health sciences.

Position Purpose:

Perform a variety of activities to support the financial operations of the sector while ensuring compliance with related policies and procedures. Assist with other administrative functions (maintenance of office equipment, mail distribution, etc.) as required.

Typical Accountabilities:

• Financial transactions: Perform activities such as data entry, book keeping, record keeping, verification and reconciliation to support ongoing financial operations while ensuring compliance with established policies. Participate in the budget planning exercise by monitoring and responding to inquiries about financial activity. Identify inconsistencies and take appropriate corrective action to ensure both the integrity of the data and compliance with all relevant policies and regulations. Administer petty cash for the sector.
• Payroll: May be required to provide backup support for payroll transactions to support ongoing operations during the absence of more senior resources. 
• Reporting: Provide various simple- to moderately-complex reports, on a scheduled as well as ad-hoc basis, on financial transactions, accounts, and budgets of the sector as requested to support ongoing operations and strategic planning.
• Purchasing and inventory control: Make decentralized purchases of goods and services for the sector, on purchase order or on credit card, in compliance with all relevant policies. Control an inventory of various supplies, and register financial transactions related to the use of these supplies by internal clients.
• Records management: Maintain an effective filing and records management system to preserve confidentiality of the records and ensure that complete and accurate documentation is available for future reference or audit purposes. Maintain accurate records of key holders and related security access information for staff of the sector to ensure confidentiality of the records.
• Documentation: Write and maintain procedure manuals for internal use on procedures, processes and systems related to the incumbent’s responsibilities.
• Information and client service: Provide information to employees of the sector on various procurement and financial processes, deadlines and policies.

Knowledge, Experience and Skills

Essential Qualifications:

• Knowledge of administration and accounting principles normally acquired through postsecondary studies in a related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Minimum 2 years of demonstrated experience in a similar role

Key Competencies:

• Planning
• Initiative
• Service excellence
• Teamwork and cooperation

Other Qualifications:

• Knowledge of computer systems and software including financial systems, spreadsheets, databases, Internet and e-mail
• Experience in interpreting, explaining and applying policies and regulations
• Experience in producing reports
• Ability to produce high quality work under pressure while meeting strict deadlines
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong organizational skills • Bilingualism – French and English (spoken and written) 

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Key Competencies at uOttawa:

Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa: 

Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.

Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.

Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.

Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact [email protected] to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click here to find out more.

If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students, selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.

Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 – Covid-19 Vaccination. This policy was suspended effective May 1, 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.

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