BUDGET ANALYST PPFA Full-time Job

Major Responsibilities: 

As a member of the Financial Planning team, within the Policy, Planning, Finance & Administration Division, which supports Infrastructure and Development Services (IDS) programs, the Budget Analyst is responsible to prepare, consolidate and analyze the assigned client division's operating and capital budget, review actual financial transactions as well as monitor and report variances.

Reporting to the Financial Planning Manager, of Policy, Planning, Finance & Administration Division, the Budget Analyst:

 

• Coordinates the preparation of the annual estimates and the review and input of budget information into divisional and corporate systems in accordance with budget guidelines.
• Establishes and maintains an effective program for financial control of various services, service elements and activities, including the management & maintenance of divisional account hierarchy.
• Provides sound advice, guidance and analytical service regarding the preparation of the budget, corporate variance reporting and related financial issues.
• Performs analysis of assigned program expenditures, revenues, and service factors on monthly basis and provide sound advice and guidance respecting budget variances and financial issues.
• Performs analysis / reconciliation of financial transactions and prepares adjusting journal entries to ensure consistency with approved budgets.
• Meets with managers to review significant variances, develop formal explanations and determine the impact on service levels for corporate variance reporting purposes.
• Assists divisions in making recommendations on opportunities for contracting service in or out, prepares cost/benefit analyses, as well as assists with the evaluation of alternative delivery options.
• Works with human resources staff and managers in monitoring and updating organization structure, position data and corresponding incumbents including providing complement management support in all phases of the staffing function for new hires, alternate rates, promotions, recalls, transfers and terminations.
• Assists in the development and implementation of business processes relating to maintenance of organization structure and position management including the support of related guidelines, policies and standards for complement management.
• Monitors performance of operating unit and participates in team projects, such as the development of new budget/ financial systems, policies and procedures to improve financial control and evaluation of operational performance.
• Provides assistance in the maintenance of divisional organizational structure and required changes to financial system chart of accounts.
• Prepares service adjustment scenarios, which may involve operational or labour relation issues; assists with the preparation, review and summation of business cases and/or briefing notes.
• Ensures divisional compliance with divisional/corporate financial planning policies and procedures.
• Coaches divisional staff on financial planning methodology and practices including conducting workshops and training sessions on budget preparation
• Develops and maintains budget databases and other related databases/spreadsheets.
• Develops and maintains salary cost planning systems for the division's Complement/HR
• Establishment as well as ensuring that the divisional gapping targets are met.
• Prepares statistical reports, spreadsheets, graphs, analysis and budget presentations as requested by management for the various standing committees to support the overall approval of the budget.
• Contributes to the development of enhanced or new financial planning systems, helps define divisional requirements and identify impacts on financial planning processes.
• Providing assistance to the Manager and Senior Budget Analyst in the performance of their work.

 

Key Qualifications:

1. Experience in the preparation, evaluation and administration of operating and/or capital budgets, including variance analysis and forecasting.
2. Experience in preparing comprehensive reports and analyzing large amount of data, interpreting and summarizing information for the purpose of supporting decision making regarding financial, budgetary, policy and/or services issues.
3. Considerable experience using Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word and PowerPoint including experience using SAP and/or other equivalent database systems for financial reporting or accounting purposes.
4. Post-secondary education in a discipline pertinent to the job function, such as financial planning, accounting, business administration or combined equivalent of education and experience.
5. Professional accounting designation (E.g. CA, CGA, CMA, or CPA) is an asset.
6. Full understanding of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS).
7. Knowledge of using CAPTOR and PBF systems is an asset
8. Knowledge of relevant government legislation and regulation in the area of governance, budgeting, financial reporting and service delivery. Municipal knowledge and experience is an asset.
9. Highly developed communication skills with the ability to write effective briefing notes, business cases, reports, and prepare and give presentations.
10. Excellent analytical, problem solving and conflict resolution skills and the ability to provide strategic recommendations.
11. Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to establish effective working relationships with clients at all levels of the organization, fellow employees and external stakeholders
12. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with frequently changing and competing priorities and deadlines, multiple tasks and high performance expectations.

Toronto, the capital of the province of Ontario, is a major Canadian city along Lake Ontarios northwestern shore. It's a dynamic metropolis with a core of soaring skyscrapers, all dwarfed by the iconic, free-standing CN Tower. Toronto also has many green spaces, from the orderly oval of Queens Park to 400-acre High Park and its trails, sports facilities and zoo.