Financial Analyst I Full-time Job

Main Purpose and Function

Reporting to the Senior Financial Analyst - Corporate Support, the Financial Analyst is a strategic finance partner to a range of corporate support service groups including Finance & Supply Chain Management, Legal Services, City Clerks, the City Manager’s office, Human Resources, Mayor and Council and Office of the Chief Safety Officer. The Financial Analyst is a key point of contact for strategic financial decision making for these groups. This includes understanding the financial implications of decisions, long-term financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting.

 

Specific Duties/Responsibilities

• Budgeting, Reporting, Forecasting and Operational Support
• Strategic financial advice and decision support
• Explain monthly actual financial results and forecast future results
• Link department strategies and City priorities to the budget
• Works with City-wide FP&A, Financial Services, Supply Chain and other stakeholders to provide capital budget management support

• Provides financial and budget management support to the operations group with shopping cart approval processes and prepares financial summaries for bid committee reports for contract management

• Sets up WBS numbers in SAP for approved capital project and creates orders for Project Managers to support with capital project budget management and monitoring
• Assists Management in developing and analyzing business cases for proposed projects, including cost benefit analysis to justify spending proposal and quantifies impact on budgets and forecasts
• Develops and maintains all necessary financial models
• Assists with development and review of financial and administrative policies including recommending and validating appropriate funding sources
• Other duties/responsibilities as assigned

 

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance, or related discipline
• A professional accounting designation such as CA, CGA or CMA or MBA with a combination of experience and education related to the requirements of the position
• Minimum 4 - 5 years post designation experience in budgeting, financial analysis, forecasting, reporting, and accounting
• Strong financial systems experience preferably within an ERP environment - experience with financial modules of SAP would be an asset
• Strong financial modelling and business case analysis experience
• Good working knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles as they relate to local government including PSAB
• Experience with preparing presentations for Senior Management
• Formal reporting writing experience

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong knowledge of finance, and business concepts
• Strong business acumen and capability to link finance to the business
• Demonstrated ability to make sound judgements on a wide variety of decisions in complex situations with no established precedents
• Developed financial modelling and excel skills
• Real Estate knowledge and experience is considered an asset
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a member of a team
• Excellent organizational and project management skills with ability to manage multiple tasks with competing priorities
• Strong research and analytical skills
• Problem-solving and issue resolution skills in a complex business environment
• Ability to maintain professionalism, objectivity, confidentiality, tact and diplomacy
• Ability to communicate complex financial concepts in simple terms

 

Where operationally appropriate and subject to change, the City of Vancouver has a Flexible Work Program. This program allows staff to work remotely 1 – 4 days a week from locations that are a daily commutable distance from their work at a City worksite.  At this time this position is eligible to be part of the Flexible Work Program.

 

Business Unit/Department: Finance & Supply Chain Mgmt (1150) 

Affiliation: Exempt 

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time 

Position Start Date: November 2024 

Position End Date: June 2025 

Salary Information: Pay Grade RNG-080: $97032 to $121294 per annum

 

Application Close: September 29, 2024

Located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Peoples, Vancouver has a commitment to becoming a City of Reconciliation. Vancouver consistently ranks as one of the worlds most liveable cities and is working towards being the greenest city in the world. Named among Canada's Top 100 Employers, BC's Top Employers, and Canada's Greenest Employers, the City of Vancouver seeks colleagues who can help shape and embody our core commitments to sustainability, reconciliation, equity and outstanding quality of life for all residents.