Sessional Instructional Assistant: MGT 1221 - Financial Accounting Intro.

Date Posted: 04/08/2024
Req ID: 36888
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM: MMPA
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)

This position is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.

Course Description:  The course is designed to provide a foundation in financial accounting.  Specific objectives include:

• Understanding the framework of financial reporting, including the key elements of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP);
• Introducing the CPA Canada Handbook as a reference source;
• Understanding the objectives of financial reporting;
• Basic interpretation of financial accounting information;
• Accounting for transactions;
• Becoming Familiar with the “language of accounting”
• Understanding key elements in the selection of accounting policies or choices in the determination of accounting estimates;
• Understanding the workings of a financial reporting system and the interrelationships between the various financial statements;
• Introduction to professional judgement, in practice and on professional examinations;
• To become aware of some of the developments to financial reporting upon International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as Canadian GAAP for publicly accountable enterprises (PAEs);
• To obtain a basic understanding of Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises (ASPE) in Canada;
• To commence the process of integrative thinking ® financial accounting and managerial accounting.

By the end of the course, students should be prepared to design and implement basic accounting systems, record transactions, prepare a set of financial statements and identify and resolve key accounting issues using first principles.  Students should also have a strong working knowledge of accounting systems in preparation for their auditing course and work term.

Course Title: MGT 1221 - Financial Accoutning Intro.

Number of positions: 2

Estimated course enrollment: 50 students

Estimated TA support: 75 hours

Sessional dates of appointment: May 27, 2024 - July 29, 2024

Salary: $52.26 + 4% vacation pay (CUPE dues deducted by accounting officer)

Qualifications: 

• CPA, CA (qualified) with professional marking experience (multiple SIAs may be hired for this course) or recent graduate with marking experience

Description of duties: 

• Marking course deliverables
• Invigilation (where required)
• Holding office hours and preparing video take up of textbook questions

Application instructions: Please submit your application by completing the online Application Form . Your resume and transcript are required to apply.

Contact information:
Nadine Mcharafie, Program Coordinator
[email protected]
MMPA Program Office, Innovation Complex, Room 2202
University of Toronto Mississauga
3359 Mississauga Road
Mississauga, ON  L5L 1C6

Please submit your application no later than the closing date of the job posting.  Applications received after the closing date will not be considered. Only applicants who are chosen for a position will be contacted.

Closing Date: 04/14/2024, 11:59PM EDT
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This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement. 

It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.  

Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.

Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.