Manager Financial Planning & Analysis

Job Description

What makes you great for this role

You are a strategic finance leader with strong experience in budgeting forecasting and long-term financial planning ensuring resources align with corporate priorities. You provide clear data-driven insights and recommendations to senior leadership and the Board supporting transparent and accountable decision-making. You build strong partnerships across the organization and lead a high-performing team grounded in collaboration inclusion and continuous development. You continuously improve processes and leverage systems to enhance reporting drive innovation and support MPACs vision of transforming property assessment data and services.

We have:

• A team of highly skilled dedicated and collaborative staff
• Leadership that supports you
• An enterprise that embraces change
• A work environment that has flexible work locations (including remote) hours of work and overall employee wellness support

You have:

• Minimum of five years of experience in a financial capacity with at least three years in a supervisory capacity
• Thorough knowledge of Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP for private and not-for-profit organizations)
• Successful completion of a Canadian accounting designation (CPA)
• High computer proficiency in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and Microsoft Office suite of products
• Analytical and problem solving skills in a financial context to complete analysis and recommendations
• Ability to lead and mentor staff

Nice to have:

• Experience working in a unionized environment
• Knowledge of SAP and SAP-BPC

What you will do:

• Manage and oversee the annual business planning processes and Support the Director Finance in the development of an annual budget
• Directly supervise Lead Financial Analysts and indirectly supervise Financial Analysts to fulfill responsibilities as outlined below
• Prepare annual and multi-year budgets forecasts scenarios and business plans to effectively and responsibly utilize funding from stakeholders investments and reserves
• Support departments through deep relationships and open communications with department stakeholders liaising with Department heads regarding future plans and allocations; and providing financial modelling and analysis
• Prepare ad hoc reports and Board submissions (e.g. Board Notes) with detailed analysis and recommendations and advice on annual budgeting needs as required
• Prepare monthly quarterly and annual analysis / reporting package including reforecasts variance analyses and total spend summaries for Director Finance and the Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer; Executive Management Group and Board of Directors
• Work with Director Finance to develop policies procedures and strategies consistent with corporate / departmental goals and objectives and contributes to the continuous improvement of the corporations processes and systems