Business and Fiscal Planning Lead

at  Ministry of Health

Do you have strong business and fiscal planning skills along with experience providing financial advice and analytical expertise of business/financial issues to senior management and other stakeholders? Do you thrive in a fast-paced work environment where you have tight timelines? Consider this excellent opportunity to showcase your skills as you conduct complex analysis and provide strategic advice in support of the ministry’s business planning processes with the Ministry of Health’s Financial Management Analysis and Reporting Unit.
Note: This position is located at 5700 Yonge St, North York, however, alternate work arrangements may be available.

LEADERSHIP SKILLS:

• You can provide team leadership, including scheduling work, providing training, and ensuring quality of work.
• You have demonstrated leadership skills to lead and support staff, promote teamwork, and motivate staff towards achieving goals.

FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• You have demonstrated knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and financial and accounting principles (e.g., PSAB).
• You have demonstrated knowledge of modern controllership and risk management principles to ensure quality of work.

ANALYTICAL AND PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS:

• You can review forecasts and financial statements for accuracy and completeness.
• You can identify potential financial issues and provide recommendations.
• You have analytical skills to analyze financial and resource management and recommend allocations in response to constraints, priorities, and pressures.

COMMUNICATION AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:

• You have demonstrated the ability to prepare and deliver presentations on recommendations, and reports, and provide advice to the audience.
• You have demonstrated consultation and advisory skills to work with senior staff regarding issues and provide financial expertise and advice regarding accounting policy and standards.
• You can collaborate with staff and senior management to address and resolve issues.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• You have demonstrated the ability to use software applications (e.g. spreadsheet, data management, word-processing, presentation software) to prepare materials, analyses and reports.

You will:

• lead the development of the ministry’s business and fiscal plans, and the development of proposals to secure program resources
• lead the development of, and provide advice to senior executives on, ministry responses to government fiscal management strategies
• lead the analysis of financial planning and performance, and provide advice to ministry program areas, including recommending business priorities and options to meet ministry strategic objectives within fiscal boundaries
• provide advice, subject matter expertise, and recommendations to ministry management and central agencies on effective business planning and analysis, including the evaluation of program business/financial management practices, processes and risk
• communicate business plan requirements throughout the ministry, and/or with ministry agencies, and ensure that central agency planning requirements are met
• provide strategic business and financial advice and recommendations to inform policy and program development and decisions
• provide technical guidance, leadership and supervision to staff, including assigning and reviewing work, to ensure that requirements and timelines are met
• provide training and mentoring to new staff
• lead assigned project teams, including development of plans, coordination and oversight of activities/resources in order to ensure delivery of quality outputs within required timelines