Manager

Description:

Reporting to the Director Financial Planning, Analysis & Reporting (FPAR), this position will be responsible for the completion of timely and compliant budget, financial reports, and statements. The Manager is accountable for the preparation of the overall budget of the College (currently at about $450M) on an annual basis for Statement of Operations completion, analysis, and reporting.

Key responsibilities:

Plans, organizes, and manages the College’s budgeting process within the context of the College’s annual Enrolment and Business plan by:
Preparing budget timetables and guidelines.
Maintaining and enhancing budget model and system.
Simulating divisional budget allocations with various financial information and assumptions.
Overseeing budget training workshops delivered by the Senior Financial Analysts and providing guidance to end-users throughout the budget process.
Proactively seeks opportunities to make certain College-wide operations in the areas of budgeting and financial analysis more effective and efficient and in line with the College strategic direction by:
Developing and re-designing processes, procedures, forms, and templates.
Automating processes.
Using new innovative tools for budget development, communication, and information exchange, if/where appropriate.
Prepares, reviews, and validates financial analysis, models, and formal financial reports for management decision-making.
Provides advice and guidance related to budget and financial analysis area to non-Finance budget holders. Prepares Budget Guidelines document on an annual basis.
Reviews financial projections for new academic programs and recommends for approval by the Director of Financial Planning, Analysis & Reporting
Prepares, reviews, and validates various ad hoc financial analysis and projections as required.
Guides and coaches Senior Financial Analysis for reviewing and making appropriate recommendations to the divisions regarding their budget and financial matters
Ensures the Statement of Operations is prepared accurately and timely in the specific format for monthly management reviews, and for the annual audit conducted by the College’ external auditors, along with the supporting commentaries and variance analysis.
Accountable for the Statement of Operations reporting (actual, budget and forecast) to the Ministry of Colleges and Universities.
Maintains high level of staff performance through effective recruiting, selection, training, developing, motivating, evaluating, and managing performance on regular basis.
Ensures the team is properly resourced to achieve the departmental goals and objectives.
Other related duties as assigned.
Educational and Experience requirements:
Four-year Degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in a related field.
Canadian recognized Professional Accounting Designation is required (CPA).
Seven (7) years’ progressive experience:
Budgeting – demonstrated ability to lead a complex budget process and manage multiple stakeholders using digital budgeting software. Strong commitment to timeline. Exceptional analytical, organizational and prioritization skills.
Financial Analysis – demonstrated ability to deliver relevant, accurate and timely budgetary and financial analysis and financial models as required by internal and external stakeholders.
Financial Reporting – demonstrated ability to deliver accurate, compliant, and timely budget schedules, financial statements, related reports, and notes to the financial statements (Statement of Operations).
Minimum two (2) years of Supervisory experience, preferably in a unionized environment, is required.
Experience working with a large ERP system and financial planning and reporting software is required. Knowledge of both Banner and Millennium FAST Software is preferred.
Advanced Excel and Power Point skills are required.

Skills and Attributes:
Client Service Skills – necessary to provide financial leadership and expertise to the divisions, departments, and budget holders across the College.
Organizational and Leadership Skills – necessary for leading the annual budgeting process cycle usually lasting over 4-5 months with various critical milestones and dependencies in the environment of tight timelines, and liaison with >50 budget-holders. Critical for leading the year-end and MCU financial reporting (CFIS) processes usually lasting over 2 months with various critical milestones and extremely tight timelines.
Project Management Skills – necessary for leading cross functional projects.
Analytical Skills – necessary for providing budgetary and financial analysis as required by internal and external stakeholders.
Mentoring and Coaching Skills – necessary to lead the team of Senior Financial Analysts.
Conflict Resolution Skills – necessary to ensure successful resolution of disputes around the budget targets, budget methodologies, resource and expense allocations, etc. This skill is also important to manage a team of direct reports, cross functional projects, etc.
Demonstrated commitment to uphold the College’s priorities on diversity and equity.