Manager, Finance and Administration (2025-MP-21)

POSITION TITLE: MANAGER FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

DEPARTMENT: LEDDY LIBRARY

SALARY RANGE: $101 482.00 - $115320.00

The University of Windsor is situated on the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations: the Ojibwa the Odawa and the Potawatomie. We respect the longstanding relationships with First Nations people in this place in the 100-mile Windsor-Essex peninsula and the straits les détroits of Detroit.

WHO WE ARE:
The University of Windsor (the University or UWindsor) is a globally relevant regionally focused University that welcomes over 16000 students in a range of comprehensive and research-intensive graduate and undergraduate programs. The University consists of eight academic faculties which include Arts Humanities and Social Sciences; Science; Human Kinetics; Education; Law; Engineering; Nursing; and Business. The UWindsor campus is home to a medical program offered by Western Universitys Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. The University employs a passionate and dedicated faculty and staff numbering approximately 2500 of whom approximately 600 are tenured or tenure-track faculty.

The Universitys unique position on an international border between Canada and the United States has contributed to its identity as a diverse university community providing rich cultural recreational and educational opportunities for faculty and students. The University is a key player in a wide range of distinctive industrial entrepreneurial and cultural activities throughout the City of Windsor and Essex County and in an evolving network of international academic and industrial partnerships particularly with leading American universities in Michigan.

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Manager Finance and Administration for Leddy Library provides expertise and strategic support to the University Librarian in overseeing the financial and administrative operations of the Leddy Library as an Academic Administrative Unit (AAU). This position ensures effective oversight of staff facilities financial planning record keeping budget development and operational planning while also guiding the development of administrative policies and procedures. Serving as a key liaison the Manager works closely with consortial partners and centralized University units such as Finance Operations and Human Resources to align the Librarys operations with institutional and consortial priorities.

Provides support in managing and overseeing all aspects of financial administration including research grants operating and trust accounts.
Works with the University Librarian and/or delegate on budgeting forecasting controls and reporting ensuring alignment with regional provincial national consortial partners and comparators.
Responsible for hiring on-boarding supervision and discipline of all direct reports and for supporting and coordinating these processes with the appropriate Associate University Librarian and Unit Head for indirect reports.
Develops /modifies job descriptions for positions as per the Universitys job evaluation process with guidance and direction from the appropriate unit head and AUL for indirect reports as required.
Supports the process for search committees for librarians and WUFA appointments including completing PCEE processes
Manage renovation projects including meetings with designers architects university project planners and contractors
Resolves safety and security concerns within the building in consultation with central administration.
Plans coordinates and manages the day-to-day operations of AAU leadership offices and associated support staff.
Develops delivers and implements administrative policies/procedures for the Office of the University Librarian.
Assists with completion of reporting requirements accreditation processes and IQAP reviews including the collection and creation of statistical data not limited to usage data program and service delivery AAU history equipment and building inventory demographics staffing resources and user surveys.
Sits on and/or leads committees of both internal and external stakeholders
Participating in University lead initiatives including but not limited to volunteering at Convocation recruitment events etc.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelors degree in business or equivalent post-secondary education as determined by the department
Minimum 5 years experience related to financial management budgeting and administration
Minimum 5 years experience leading people and managing teams within a unionized environment
Ability to demonstrate skills in internal control environments and financial accounting or a professional designation in accounting (CPA or active progression of a CPA) *
Experience in strategic planning implementation and operationalization
Ability to multi-task and consistently meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
Excellent time management and organizational skills
Excellent analytical problem solving reasoning and negotiating skills
Strong interpersonal and communications skills
High level of proficiency with technology including Microsoft Office (Word Excel Outlook) Office 365 and ability to learn new software and systems
Ability to maintain strict confidentiality; and exercise initiative independent judgment diplomacy and discretion
Understanding the principles of equity diversity inclusion and Decolonization and the ability to work respectively with a diverse student staff faculty alumni and donor populations.

*All candidates will be required to complete an assessment measuring knowledge of internal control environments and financial accounting unless a CPA designation is in progress or achieved.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Extensive knowledge of the academic and administrative structure and procedures of the University of Windsor
Experience with Senate Bylaws and collective agreements
Knowledge of FIPPA regulations
Knowledge of the operations services and resources of academic libraries
Experience working within provincial and national consortial environment for resource acquisition and service provision.

*This position is subject to final budgetary approval.

Since 1963 the University of Windsor has been a forward-looking community that comes together to study to learn to teach and to serve. Our symbol is the bridge; our vista is cross-border; our commitment is local; and our impact is global. We are a dynamic inclusive community of higher learning with roots going back more than 160 years and with a future full of promise.

We are committed to equity and supports diversity in its teaching learning and work pursuit of the Universitys Employment Equity Plan members from the designated groups (Women Aboriginal Peoples Visible Minorities Persons with Disabilities and Sexual Minorities) are encouraged to apply and to self-identify.

If you need an accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process please notify the Recruitment & Workforce Coordinator (). Should you require further information on accommodation please visit the website of the Office of Human Rights Conflict Resolution and Mediation (OHRCRM).

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest in the University of Windsor however only those under consideration will be contacted. Applications submitted through employment agencies will not be considered.