Coordinator of Financial Planning & Services at City of Winnipeg

Under the general direction of the Manager of Finance (Campus Departments), the Coordinator of Financial Planning & Services is responsible for the planning, coordination, and compliance of all financial aspects relating to their assigned departments in accordance with the controllership function and the centralized campus controllership operation. The emphasis is on providing timely, accurate, and objective financial analysis to management and providing suggestions for improvement to accounting processes or policies.

The incumbent is a "Specialist" expected to be the main source for financial information pertaining to their assigned departments. The Manager of Finance and other Senior Managers rely on the incumbent to provide pertinent financial information for decision making.

The Campus Departments include Chief Administrative Offices, City Clerks, Corporate Finance, Innovation and Technology, Human Resource Services, Customer Service and Communications, Elected Officials, Audit, Legal Services, and Museums.

As the Coordinator of Financial Planning & Services, you will:

• Plan, coordinate, research, analyze, and interpret financial and statistical data including Operating, Corporate, Capital, Reserve, and Service-based Budgets, forecasts, and year-end financial statements.
• Manage daily financial activities ensuring they are in compliance with GAAP and City policies while ensuring accounting, administrative, and payroll services, including quarterly and annual reports, are accurate and timely.
• Identify and investigate weaknesses in departmental financial systems, present alternative solutions, and coordinate implementation.
• Review Administrative Reports ensuring financial implications are highlighted through the preparation of Financial Impact Statements.
• Manage, evaluate, and develop Accountant Technicians and clerical staff.
• Assume a significant role in special projects together with the Manager of Finance and act for the Manager when absent.
• Perform other related duties, as required.

Your education and qualifications include

• A professional accounting designation (CPA) in good standing.
• Bachelor's Degree in Commerce or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with independent management of a finance operation that includes budgeting, forecasting, and year-end financial statements for Operating, Capital, and Reserves.
• Ability to identify information needs of staff and management and to integrate into an appropriate reporting system.
• Ability in directing the accounting, administrative and payroll functions for a large, complex department.
• Ability in preparing, analyzing, and interpreting financial and statistical reports.
• Ability to plan, organize, and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to initiate action with limited supervision and instruction.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with a variety of people.
• Ability to prepare reports for senior management.
• Ability to plan, organize, and manage staff.
• Strong knowledge of accounting and control systems with the ability to develop and implement new systems.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and other reporting practices applicable to municipal governments and in general, and other reporting entities.
• Proficient using spreadsheet, word processing, database, and other financial applications.
• Working knowledge of collective agreements, preferably CUPE/WAPSO.
• 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.
• Must maintain a professional accounting designation in good standing.
• A Police Information Check satisfactory to the employer will be required from the applicant or successful candidate at their expense.