Job Description

Under the general direction of the Chief Financial Officer, the Manager of Finance provides financial based services necessary to help the Director of Water & Waste Department fulfill its mission to provide services to the citizens of the City of Winnipeg. The Manager of Finance is charged with a diverse portfolio, ensuring the department is supported with accounting, financial planning, reporting, and other finance related services. This position also works with the CFO to ensure that fiscal responsibility is maintained.


The Manager of Finance provides financial leadership to operations with an operating budget of $605 million and a long term capital budget estimated at over $2.7 billion to six major lines of business - water distribution and treatment, sewer collection and treatment, land drainage and flood control, solid waste disposal, recycling and waste diversion, and garbage collection; leads the department's utility rate modeling; and billing system and process.

As the Manager of Finance,

you

will:

Work with the CFO to deliver financial services to the department, ensuring effective and efficient service to the department. Manage the financial function of the department to ensure all accounting and financial transactions comply with City policies and GAAP for municipalities and ensure all statutory responsibilities under the City of Winnipeg Charter are properly fulfilled. Carry out the Controllership function for the department in accordance with the City's Service Level Agreement. Provide support to the department by coordinating, preparing, and/or reviewing various financial reports, including the preparation, reporting, and analysis of operating and capital budgets, year-end reporting, in-year financial status updates, financial impact statements, and cost/benefit analyses. Lead the annual budget process, including discussions and presentations to the department and Corporate Senior Administrators, and Elected Officials, and develop and recommend related strategies. Provide strategic financial leadership to the department, including the Directors and Management teams, ensuring strategic direction aligns with organizational goals and objectives. Manage department's customer billing system and processes. Lead department accounts payable processes, ensuring compliance with organizational policies and external regulations. Recommend and implement business process re-engineering and continuous improvement opportunities. Participate as a member of the department's senior management team. Manage daily activities and supervise the performance of staff in the department's financial services branch. Oversee the delivery of accounting, budgeting, accounts payable, and accounts receivable functions, as well as revenue and cash processing services for the department. Participate as a member of the City Controllers Group and various other Finance teams and committees. With the Director, calculate and manage the 5-year rate plan and 10 year financial plan for approval by the CAO and Council and monitor and adjust underlying rate assumptions. Provide financial management and oversight of large Capital Programs/Projects such as the upgrade of sewage treatment plants.

Your education and qualifications include:

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Commerce, or Business Administration.

A professional accounting designation (CPA) in good standing.

Extensive financial management experience at a senior level including directing, coordinating, and supporting the delivery of financial, accounting, budgetary, and administrative services/functions or a large, complex organization.

Experience implementing and overseeing a controllership framework or an equivalent framework or internal control process within an organization; preferably in a senior public sector environment.

Experience with strategic planning, including change management and determining and setting priorities based on government and department initiatives.

Supervisory and leadership experience including planning, organizing, and managing a large team of professional and administrative staff.

Experience researching, analyzing, interpreting, and preparing complex financial information or proposals, with the objective of providing advice / direction to management and preparing financial/informational reports.

Experience preparing large complex budgets complemented with knowledge of government, budget processes, current and capital budgets, including the estimates process.

Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of people, including private and public officials, all levels of staff, the general public, and union officials.

Working knowledge of contemporary financial management systems and tools including internal controls, risk assessment, and business plan development.

Thorough knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles as they are applied in the public sector.

Excellent verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate and deliver technical financial information to non-financial individuals/to all levels of audiences.

Excellent written communication skills with the ability to communicate technical financial information clearly and concisely.

Superior organizational skills including the ability to work with competing demands, often under stress, and ability to meet multiple deadlines in addition to managing workflow and human and fiscal resources to meet operational demands in a changing environment.

Experience with, and proficiency in the use of, various computer applications such as PeopleSoft or similar fully integrated financial systems.

Excellent political acumen skills demonstrated through experience providing advice to senior leaders and elected officials on politically sensitive issues.

IMPORTANT

: Applicants who have been educated outside of Canada must have education which is comparable to the minimum qualification in Canada. Applicants submitting foreign credentials require an official academic assessment report issued by a recognized Canadian assessment service https://www.canalliance.org/en/ at application.

Conditions of employment:

The successful applicant must maintain legal eligibility to work in Canada. If the successful applicant possesses a work permit, it is their responsibility to ensure the permit remains valid. A Police Information Check satisfactory to the employer will be required from the applicant(s) or successful candidate(s), at their expense. * Maintain professional accounting designation in good standing (CPA).