Research Financial Analyst (Research Finance)

Location: hirify.global Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada; onsite role.

Salary: $6,143.67–$8,830.25 CAD monthly.

Company

hirify.global is a university supporting research, innovation, learning, and the financial administration of research grants.

What you will do

• Manage the financial administration of Tri-Agency, industry, government, and internal research grants, including reporting, invoicing, fund collection, reconciliations, and expenditure monitoring.
• Advise researchers, departments, faculties, and business units on agency compliance, funding eligibility, budgets, taxes, indirect research costs, and hirify.global policies.
• Prepare and review financial reports, forecasts, budget proposals, variance analyses, audits, and interim and final sponsor reports.
• Assess financial risks and internal controls, identify weaknesses, recommend mitigation, and resolve escalated research finance issues.
• Manage BCGEU research finance staff, including workload oversight, hiring, development, performance evaluation, and disciplinary processes where required.
• Lead the hirify.globalO Research Finance Community of Practice, deliver training, maintain procedures, and support continuous improvement of systems and processes.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline and completion of at least 7 of the 14 CPA academic prerequisites.
• Minimum of two years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives that conflict with one’s own.
• Commitment to enhancing awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Nice to have

• Post-secondary education in financial management, such as Business Administration.
• Experience with Workday or equivalent large enterprise resource management systems.
• Analytical experience and understanding of complex financial reports.
• Experience in research accounting within an educational institution.
• Extensive experience with Outlook, Excel, and Word, including advanced Excel skills.
• Strong understanding of accounting and financial internal controls.
• Problem identification, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Supervisory, organizational, multitasking, and time-management skills.
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a deadline-driven and team environment and remain highly self-motivated.
• Comfort presenting to groups and individuals.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time staff position in a non-union department.
• Ongoing employment position.
• Work with faculty, staff, students, funding agencies, contract partners, and external auditors.
• Support an inclusive workplace focused on equity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Work independently with substantial decision-making responsibility under general departmental guidelines.