Job ID: 52788
Job Category: Finance, Accounting & Purchasing
Division & Section: Parks, Forestry & Recreation, PFR CPDD Capital Proj Design & Delivery
Work Location: Metro Hall, 55 John Street
Job Type & Duration: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: $113,683.00 - $155,216.00
Shift Information: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week
Affiliation: Non-Union
Number of Positions Open: 1
Posting Period: 11-Jul-2025 to 25-Jul-2025

JOB SUMMARY:

Reporting to the Program Manager, Capital Budget & Finance, for the Parks & Recreation Division, the Senior Financial & Business Operations Analyst will provide financial and complement planning and management, budgeting, and control services to the Division, senior management, Committee and Council. This will involve the planning, development, management, analysis and recommendation of multi-year service plans, 10-year capital and operating budget and plans to ensure informed decision-making regarding City-wide, inter-program or service-specific policies, priorities and issues by all levels of management, Committee and Council. They will monitor and report on the Division’s financial performance, providing oversight and compliance using financial planning and management policies and guidelines, ensuring the City financial and budgetary controls fulfill the City’s fiscal management and accountability responsibilities and financial stewardship obligations. They will also evaluate existing budgeting and financial planning and management policies, guidelines and controls in order to ensure the prudent fiscal management and stewardship of the City’s services and assets.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS:

• Post-secondary education in a discipline pertinent to the job or an equivalent combination of education and experience. CPA designation an asset.
• Extensive experience in the development of operating and capital budgets within a large private or public sector organization including complement planning and management.
• Considerable experience in leading business process reviews and project management, with a track record demonstrating innovation.
• Considerable experience in motivating, leading, providing direction to, and supervising management and unionized support staff in a public service environment.
• Knowledge of computer-based accounting and budget systems, techniques and practices, including Business Intelligence (BI) tools, and various computer applications including MS Office Suite, SAP, CAPTOR (Capital Planning and Budget Application), PBF (Public Budget Formulation) would be assets.
• In-depth knowledge of enterprise-wide financial systems, policies and business processes for capital and operating budgets.
• Thorough knowledge of the principles and practices employed in effective application of financial analysis, planning, reporting and compliance.
• Highly developed interpersonal, communication, analytical, conflict resolution and problem-solving skills, with the ability to establish effective working relationships with employees, senior management and staff at all levels of client divisions, and outside agencies.
• Ability to exercise sound and independent judgement and discretion in handling matters of confidential, proprietary or sensitive nature as they relate to Council and other senior staff, public and employee relations.
• Political acumen including the ability to negotiate and achieve consensus among parties having different objectives.
• Knowledge of applicable legislation and City policies and procedures and support of the Toronto Public Service values to ensure a culture that champions equity, diversity and respectful workplaces.

• Leads the coordination, development and execution of the Division’s capital budget planning process, including preparing detailed budget submissions, drafting motions and briefing materials, and ensuring alignment with Council priorities and corporate financial strategies.
• Oversees the preparation of divisional Capital Budget Notes, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and consistency with service plans, funding strategies, and financial policies.
• Manages in-year capital budget monitoring and reporting processes, including variance analysis, forecasting, and reconciliation, to ensure fiscal accountability, timely project delivery, and adherence to financial controls, Council approvals, and the Capital Budget Manual.
• Incorporates lifecycle costing principles and asset management strategies into capital planning to ensure long-term sustainability of infrastructure investments, in accordance with the Capital Budget Manual.
• Evaluates and recommends debt and reserve funding strategies that support capital affordability, optimize financing sources such as Development Charges and Green Bonds, and ensure compliance with corporate debt guidelines.
• Supports the modernization of financial planning and reporting systems, including enhancements to SAP, CAPTOR, and related tools, to improve capital budgeting accuracy, transparency, and integration with service planning and performance outcomes.
• Implements detailed plans and recommends policies/procedures regarding program specific requirements.
• Conducts research into assigned areas ensuring that such research considers developments within the field, corporate policies and practices, legislation and initiatives by other levels of government.
• Provides input into and administers assigned budget, ensuring that expenditures are controlled and maintained within approved budget limitations.
• Acts as the primary financial advisor to the Division, providing corporate strategic and expert financial planning, management and corporate financial oversight, including the evaluation of strategies, plans and initiatives, capital and operating budget estimates and submissions, recommending program capital and operating budget targets and the quantitative and qualitative factors inherent in service levels provided and the service delivery undertaken, including performance measures, results and outcomes.
• Undertakes the annual evaluation and negotiation to recommend to the Division Head, the Deputy City Manager, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer (CFO), City Manager, Budget Committee, Executive Committee and Council, the operation and capital budgets and plans that are aligned with Council direction/priorities, that meet corporate guidelines/targets and City service and operational needs and that are based on the most cost-effective use of City resources.Undertakes a thorough review and critical analysis of divisional costs and revenues for both operating and capital budgets, including resources, and complement planning and management required to deliver the identified services and appropriate business case analysis.
• Supports the development and participates in the delivery of the City’s public consultation process related to divisional operations and the operating and capital budgets.
• Supports negotiations with officials from the provincial and federal governments, other municipalities and professional organizations regarding financial partnerships, subsidies and fiscal relationships and monitors the Division’s compliance with funding agreements.
• Facilitates and supports the multi-year service planning process for the Division, including coordinating and assisting sections in linking strategic directions to multi-year service planning (service objectives and targets) to the budget process priority actions, monitoring planned results against actual performance.
• Identifies, verifies and analyzes quantitative and qualitative factors such as the analysis of performance trends, unit cost of service and benchmarks to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery.
• Participates in and facilitates budget briefings and reviews for the Division.
• Provides senior-level counsel in the budget review process, responding to and/or anticipating budgeting issues and requests for new, immediate program-specific or corporate information and being accountable to senior management for the collection, analysis and dissemination of that information and resolution of those emergent issues.
• Participates in or leads the development of strategic and innovative approaches, financial strategies and analytical techniques and ensures the effective provision of senior-level advice, guidance, assistance and analytical services, providing fiscally sustainable solutions to meeting the City’s fiscal challenges, including cost containment and revenue maximization.
• Conducts short/long term financial planning studies, analysis and research regarding the economic and operational impact of planned/probable changes in the City’s scope, structure, functions and finances, providing strategic advice on financial issues.
• Monitors and evaluates in-year expenditure and revenue performance, compared to approved budgets and performance measures, reporting on causes for variances and recommending mitigating strategies to the Division Head, the Deputy City Manager, the CFO, City Manager, Council Committees, and Council, as appropriate.
• Prepares and processes sustainable utility revenues for the Division including setting annual user fees, inter-divisional recoveries, tendering the sale of recyclable materials, preparation of subsidy claims and grants such as Annual Data Call, co-ordinates debenture issuances, Development Charges, Community Benefit Charges, Debt issuances including Green Bonds, setting internal renewable natural gas rates and maintain adequate reserves to fund the capital program and operating budget to support a fully sustainable utility model.
• Establishes and maintains productive relations with Budget Committee members, Councillors, the City Manager, Deputy City Managers, the CFO, division heads, Agencies, Boards & Commissions and other orders of government, and briefs and advises on the financial planning and management policies and protocols, as well as other key City policies and legislation and their application to all matters having financial or performance implications, fiscal challenges and strategies, and the budgetary process.
• Contributes to the preparation and delivery of presentations for the Division Head and/or Deputy City Manager on corporate financial planning process, the Division’s service, capital and operating plans, financial challenges and strategies and the Division’s overall fiscal health.
• Participates in/leads debriefing sessions with all client groups that support continuous improvements in the Division’s financial planning and management services, processes and policies.
• Participates in and/or leads special project teams relating to Council-directed, corporate, inter-program or services-specific initiatives or issues, providing sound strategic financial analysis and advice for recommendation, resolution and implementation.
• Provides strategic, financial link between the Division and its Agencies, including advice on the resolution of issues, interpretation of and compliance with Council direction and City policies and procedures.
• Prepares and presents reports, policy papers, briefing notes and/or presentations regarding strategic, financial and operational issues that are either within the purview of the Division or corporation to senior management and/or Committees of Council, providing comprehensive corporate budget data and analysis, identification of all relevant issues and appropriate recommendations for decision-making.
• Reviews and analyzes all City staff reports from Division’s perspective.
• Keeps abreast of the Corporation’s changing strategies, priorities, policies, programs, and provincial legislation, to ensure that the design and delivery of service plans and budgets are linked to strategic objectives and Council priorities; to provide effective financial analysis and advice to the Division as well as senior management, individual Councillors, Committee and Council, and to assess potential financial issues and funding strategies.
• Works with other programs and ensures on-going adherence to Council approved financial protocols, controls, policies and procedures for program operating and capital budgets, reviewing and approving allotments, budget transfers and supplementary adjustments.
• Advises Division on the development, implementation, enhancement and use of corporate and divisional systems and tools that facilitate the preparation, analysis, consolidation and reporting for service planning, budgeting and performance management and that comply with corporate policies and financial planning requirements to support strategic corporate and political decision-making.
• Supports the delivery of financial management training for divisional staff and reviews all organizational change management requests for the Division.