Director, Financial Planning & Business Support

Detailed Overview

Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients / clients / residents and families : Collaborates with the Executive Director, Financial Planning & Business Support to develop, lead and oversee the organization's multi-year corporate operational and business planning processes, economic forecasting, annual operating budget preparation and reporting of the organizations financial position to the Senior Executive, Board of Directors and Ministry of Health including integrating the major elements of the multi-year financial plan such as the operating statement, capital investments, workload and performance measurements.

• Provides overall financial support, direction and analysis to designated operational areas within Fraser Health (FH), as well as, across the organization for the Lower Mainland Consolidated Services, PHSA and other health authorities where appropriate;
• leads a team in developing an assigned portfolio's annual and three year operating budget; monitors and evaluates finance performance to the assigned budget and provides resource recommendations to the portfolio's management group;

leads the development, mission, strategies and goals of the department to ensure the optimum delivery of financial services and resources for designated FH operational areas.

Responsibilities Develops and recommends short and long term goals and objectives for the designated department ensuring that financial plans support the goals, policies and vision of FH.

Develops, implements and reviews policies and standards for the relevant departments. Plans and implements operational budgets for the designated department including budget preparation, authorization control and reporting of expenditures.

Leads the departments in managing the annual and three year operational budget development; ensures that the budget results are considered and reflected in the overall FH operating budgets submitted to the provincial government.

Provides portfolio performance monitoring, evaluation and forecasting analysis through the FH Quarterly Reports and annual Executive Performance reports in addition to periodic reporting and analysis.

Leads the relevant operational portfolios in the development of their annual operating budgets ensuring consistency between budget assumptions in the detailed budget with the overall budget for the portfolio.

Oversees and / or provides leadership to the implementation of the annual financial plan into detailed budgets and reviews corporate-wide results;

oversees and / or participates in the development of the Quarterly Financial Report to the Board, the Period End Financial Report to the Executive Team and the forecast and budget analysis for the quarterly Appendix C report to the Ministry of Health.

Represents the assigned portfolio / Health Authority through participation in committees, working groups and / or negations with governments, and / or external service providers / agencies providing or requiring support services from the health authority to ultimately achieve strategic and operational objectives.

Identifies and / or resolves business opportunities / challenges within the context maximizing FH''s performance within the parameters of GAAP, MIS guidelines and the provincial government's health policy;

develops and / or evaluates all financial and performance components of business plans that impact FH operations. Establishes administrative systems for maintaining, evaluating and reporting on the operations of the department including department activities, progress on objectives and designated projects.

Provides leadership to designated staff within the department by motivating staff to attain the goals of the department and FH;

develops and recommends organizational structure to reflect operational needs and the responsibility of each employee including an on-going system for performance management.

Manages the recruitment, mentoring and professional development of assigned staff; supervises designated staff, determines staff schedules, provides work direction and assignment of duties to meet operational requirements;

conducts employee performance reviews, coaching sessions and facilitation of goal setting with the employee; identifies training / educational requirements as needed.

Plans, develops and implements an effective quality improvement program to ensure a high level of client satisfaction and to identify areas for improvement.

Plans, prioritizes and directs numerous concurrent projects through all phases from planning to implementation and evaluation.

Represents FH to the provincial government by participating on committees, organizations, and in advisory activities. Qualifications Education and Experience CPA recognized professional accounting designation.

Master's degree in Business Administration, Commerce, Finance or related discipline, supplemented with seven to ten years' recent, related financial accounting experience, including five years' experience in a senior leadership role in a large complex organization, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Competencies Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.

Professional / Technical Capabilities : Demonstrated knowledge of accounting practices, trends, generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), financial, administrative and contract management, audit and program evaluation principles and practices.

Demonstrated ability to lead, plan, direct, manage and implement change. Demonstrated knowledge of health and business administration including strategic and operational planning, monitoring, analytical, evaluation and reporting expertise in a public sector and / or large complex environment.

Demonstrated ability to direct a variety of cyclical operational, budgeting and financial planning processes. Demonstrated ability to work independently and in collaboration with others.

Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain rapport with internal and external stakeholders. Demonstrated ability to function effectively in a highly dynamic environment with changing priorities.

Demonstrated judgment and decision making capabilities including the ability to manage priorities and deadlines. Ability to operate related equipment including applicable software applications.

Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.