Associate Manager

2 weeks ago


Vancouver BC, Canada City of Vancouver Full time

Associate Director of Financial Planning and Analysis
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. 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.
The Associate Director of Financial Planning and Analysis role is to advance the City of Vancouver’s mission and operations through financial leadership, service excellence and innovation. The role is responsible for the City’s consolidated budget and five-year financial planning process, including operating, capital, financial forecasting and analysis, monthly and quarterly financial reporting, revenue strategy, and workforce financial planning and analysis. The Associate Director of Financial Planning and Analysis is also responsible for leading and transforming the financial planning, budget and reporting processes and systems to align with the North American public sector best practices and the City of Vancouver’s long-term financial strategy. The Associate Director of Financial Planning and Analysis will be responsible for integrating the capital and operating processes and ensuring strategic alignment with Service Planning and budgeting. The Associate Director of Financial Planning and Analysis is responsible for implementing the City’s standardized financial planning and budgeting and the standardized City’s Service planning and metrices processes across a portfolio of Business units, recognizing the uniqueness of the Business Units; leads a team of FP&A Business Unit and City-wide managers to provide strategic Decision Support and financial support to drive improved business results within the business units. The Associate Director of Financial Planning and Analysis supports the Director of FP&A’s implementation of the City’s financial plans, strategies, and processes.
Design and build a budget and five-year financial plan aligned with best practices, drive budget strategy to deliver a budget that meets Council objectives in accordance with city financial sustainability guiding principles.
Deliver high quality financial analysis and decision support to Council, the Director of Finance, Finance Committee, CLT, and other city-wide leadership committees.
Drives the City’s budget 5-year financial plan and leads strategic financial planning and investment processes for both operating and capital, in alignment with long-term service and financial plans and strategies.
Responsible for Strategic Departmental financial planning across a selection of Business units. This includes the Capital plan, capital and operating budgets, financial and service metrics and regular reporting and analysis.
Leads a selection of Business unit Service plans and service metrics including cost per service and comparison to benchmarking data to develop plans and actions, and ongoing reporting and analysis of services.
Aligns selected Business unit plans and activities to the City’s Financial and Capital strategies and programs in with City strategies and goals as defined in the City’s Corporate Business Plan and the Departmental Service plans.
Ensures departmental compliance with financial planning policies and standards.
Provides leadership to selected business units to drive value for money and business case analysis for investments.

Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field.
Accounting designation or MBA with strong business acumen.
Minimum 15 years of financial experience, 10 managing financial staff.
Strong experience in building, leading, and managing a team.
Strong leadership experience with the ability to influence at senior levels of an organization.
Ability to manage risk in a high paced, dynamic environment.
Understands business strategy and effectively translates business strategy to financial plans.
Communicates and coordinates with Business Unit leaders to develop strategic financial plans that recognize the city-wide FP&A priorities and Business Unit priorities.
Excellence in analytical and technical skills to turn data into information, analysis, and strategic insight.
Lead and influence project and program initiatives providing overall governance on Finance matters.
Strong negotiation and relationship building skills to work effectively with diverse groups and differing interests.
Effectively lead and manage a large group of multi-disciplinary professionals, non-union and unionized staff.
Effectively collaborate and support peer Directors across FRS and particularly FP&A and Long-Term Financial Strategy in executing City-wide Finance programs through the Business units.
Ability to analyze complex situations, determine appropriate courses of action, evaluate risk and make decisions where there is little or no precedent.
Ability to manage in a rapidly changing environment; Ability to align and communicate business strategy and plans into financial plans and budgets.
Ability to assess and balance risk with operational needs so that business continuity is preserved.

Where operationally appropriate and subject to change, the City of Vancouver has a Flexible Work Program. This program allows staff to work remotely 2 – 3 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, Risk & Supply Chain Management (1150)
Senior Exempt
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time
At the City of Vancouver, we are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce that represents the community we so proudly serve. Indigenous peoples, people of colour, 2SLGBTQ+ persons including all gendersand persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.



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