Job Description

• Job ID: 34700
• Job Category: Finance, Accounting & Purchasing
• Division & Section: Children\'s Services, ChildSvcs Strategic, Business & Fin Svcs
• Work Location: Hybrid Remote Work, Base Office is Metro Hall, 55 John Street, Toronto
• Job Type & Duration: Full-time, 1 Permanent & 1 Temporary (24 months) vacancies
• Salary: $93,500 -$119,274 per year
• Shift Information: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week per week
• Affiliation: Non-Union
• Number of Positions Open: 2
• Posting Period: 26-May-2023 to 09-Jun-2023

Information Session

Please note, an Information Session will be conducted for this position on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at 11:00am. For those who are interested in learning more about this role, please join us:

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About the Role:

Toronto is home to more than 2.9 million people whose diversity and experiences make this one of the world\'s most diverse and livable cities. Reporting to the Manager, Financial Review Service Providers, the Budget Coordinator is responsible for the analysis of operating and capital budgets, completing financial reviews and communicating the findings to external partners and internal staff, monitoring budgets and payments against established financial control systems, support the development of financial control documents and systems and uses data to inform decision making.

Major Responsibilities

• Analyzes operating and capital budgets, funding requests, audited financial statements and financial management reports for purchased of service operators.
• Prepares and presents recommendations to internal staff and the external funded agencies on financial and operational matters relating to funding application and review processes as well as existing and changing policies and standards.
• Provides support to senior management by ensuring the division\'s short and long term financial and operational objectives are being met, all funds paid align with the requirements of the Service Agreement Contracts and the division\'s cost sharing relationship with the province is safeguarded.
• Provides support to senior management with advice and guidance when new funding programs are available to the sector from other levels of government.
• Responsible for processing and reporting on payment and recovery processes
• Monitors and recommends per diem rates paid to purchase of service operators Supports and monitors payment vouchering / direct deposit and resolves system issues between Children\'s Services Information Systems (CSIS) and City Corporate Finance\'s SAP system and payment issues.
• Develops and provides recommendations for effective financial control mechanisms to ensure expenditures comply with approved budgets and coordinates the preparation and analysis of regular variance reports related to the contracted service targets and expenditures.
• Analyzes and reports on key operational data that measure program effectiveness and administrative efficiencies to support individual funding decisions and system level funding direction.
• Develops new or enhanced reporting systems and communications in order to provide accurate and timely information to division management, Council members, other levels of government and the media, and to ensure compliance with corporate requirements.
• Prepares the service contracts or amending schedules for purchase of service operators; coordinates the preparation of information reports in compliance with divisional reporting requirements to other regulatory authorities.
• Supervises the day-to-day operation of all assigned unionized staff, which consists of training and development, work assignment and direction, scheduling, approval of salary increments and handling of day-to-day labour relations matters.
• Provides direction, support, training and a co-ordination role to other staff in District Operations.

Key Qualifications * Post-secondary education in a discipline pertinent to the job function e.g. Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, Finance or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Extensive experience in preparing and/or analyzing budgets and/or audits against established funding criteria and financial practices ensuring compliance and accuracy.
• Experience in completing financial analysis to verify accuracy and compliance and clearly documenting and communicating the findings and outcomes, both written and orally.
• Considerable experience in developing, implementing and using financial control documents (e.g. audit guideline, funding guideline, review processes).
• Considerable experience working with large datasets and tools (e.g. Oracle, SAP, Salesforce, Microsoft Excel, etc.) for detailed system analysis that will evaluate trends, forecast outcomes and inform decisions.
• Considerable experience in using web-based applications, including developing the rules/thresholds, inputting and extracting data, and supporting internal and external users.

The following are considered assets

• While all qualified applicants will be considered, preference may be given to those who identify as Indigenous, Black and/or from any of the equity deserving groups (e.g. people with disabilities, racialized people, members of 2SLGBTQ+ community, etc.).
• Highly developed interpersonal, conflict resolution, and problem solving skills with the ability to interact, work and communicate effectively with external partners, senior management and staff at all organizational levels.
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate to different/specific audiences.
• Ability to supervise staff (in a unionized setting is an asset) and motivate and train staff in both internal and provincially established budget and accounting systems.
• Familiarity with relevant collective agreements and government legislation e.g. Occupational Health and Safety Act, Employment Standards Act, Ontario Human Rights Code, etc..
• Bilingualism (English & French) is an asset.
• A professional accounting designation (CPA) is an asset.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

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Accommodation

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