Controller – Budget and Financial Planning

ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW

The City of Spruce Grove is a fast growing, dynamic city committed to building and maintaining a fiscally responsible community that serves our residents, attracts visitors, and promotes future growth.

The “Values, We Live By” are accountability, communication, leadership, integrity, and respect while we work towards maintaining a work/play balance.

We are an organization that cares, an organization that is committed to our city and committed to you. The City of Spruce Grove is committed to public service, where everyone feels empowered to contribute their best work. We believe that by working together in a spirit of collaboration and respect, we can achieve great things.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Controller – Budget and Financial Planning leads the development and implementation of fiscal strategy and policy for the City of Spruce Grove that supports strong sustainability of the City’s fiscal resources into the future. The incumbent also leads the City’s Budget and Financial Planning processes and deliverables.

The Controller – Budget and Financial Planning provides leadership to the Senior Financial Analyst, Assistant Controller – Budgeting and Financial Planning and the team within, to ensure strategic and effective budgeting and financial planning.

The Controller – Budget and Financial Planning is accountable for developing the utility budget and utility rate modeling, municipal operating and capital budgets, asset life cycle modeling, cash management, investment portfolio, restricted reserves management and debt management.

For proposed new strategies and approaches, the incumbent is accountable for preparing Requests for Decision that will seek City Manager and Council approval, as required. The incumbent is accountable for ensuring the strategies, and the associated financial impact, are reflected properly in all financial documentation going forward.

This position works closely with the Director of Finance, and Controller – Accounting and Revenue Services to enhance corporate and regional long-term planning. This position reports to the Director of Finance.

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