Corporate Senior Financial Analystbusiness Planning

Description:

The Corporate Senior Financial Analyst, in collaboration with PHSA senior staff, is responsible for identifying opportunities for increased PHSA operational and financial resource utilization and as required, conducts operational reviews, business process improvement reviews and service delivery modeling for the PHSA.

The Corporate Senior Financial Analyst provides financial planning and financial management for specific services or programs that are provincial in scope or cross over agencies, for example the Cardiac Program.

Scope and Complexity

The Corporate Senior Financial Analyst operates at a strategic level monitoring, assessing, interpreting, highlighting and reporting on the fiscal performance of the PHSA with respect to resource utilization, expenditure patterns, statistical and critical indicator data, and the meeting of budgetary targets. Where appropriate, the Senior Analyst recommends corrective action to members of the executive team.
The Corporate Senior Financial Analyst works in a complex, multi-site organization which encompasses highly diverse operations. This role is customer focused and able to balance the needs of the PHSA and its’ agencies which have diverse operations with varying levels of complexity and volume. The Senior Analyst requires a broad understanding of operational and financial issues faced by all corporate and agency entities. This wide scope provides the opportunity for identifying and implementing best practices across the organization.
The Senior Analyst has a comprehensive multi-layered understanding of the financial and business planning processes and tools, has data management skills, and works independently. Timelines for the completion of financial reports are very tight and require strong organizational skills. Reports, analyses, advice and recommendations provided by this position are used by members of the executive team as well as funding agencies and MOH.

This position provides information in an environment where there is a high degree of risk associated with the information generated. Errors or miscommunication can compromise the long term financial viability and credibility of the organization.

Major segments of the work performed by this position are confidential directly supporting management committees of both the PHSA and the agencies. Inappropriate release of information could compromise strategies and initiatives and seriously impact on PHSA’s ability to deliver on its mandate.

What you’ll do

• Working with the Directors, Business Planning and agency Senior Financial Analysts, consolidates PHSA’s interim and year end financial reports and forecasts including a written variance analysis as required for the Executive Committee, Finance Committee and Board of Directors. Assists the Director, Business Planning Support with coordinating the business planning team and reviewing financial reports for consistent quality and content. Responsible for reconciling inter-agency transactions. In the event there are material changes in funding and/ or expenditures during the fiscal year, consolidates the reforecast PHSA annual budget.
• Prepares comprehensive and timely reports for Ministry of Health requests for financial information.
• Prepares confidential analytical reports and briefings as requested by PHSA senior management.
• Working with the agency Directors, Business Planning and Senior Financial Analysts for PHSA’s agencies, prepares the consolidated PHSA Budget Management Plan. Assists the Director, Business Planning Support with completion of the annual Service Plan.
• In collaboration with PHSA senior staff, identifies opportunities for increased PHSA operational and financial resource utilization. Contributes financial expertise required for service delivery modeling, funding applications, operational reviews, and business process improvement reviews.
• Assists corporate and agency staff by:

o Identifying resources required;

o Researching, identifying alternatives, writing, providing a recommendation;

o Developing financial analysis and/ or forecasts incorporating appropriate funding or costing methodology;

o Coordinating the financial aspects of implementation, and

o Monitoring the outcome on PHSA.