Social Mission Secretary for Business Administration

About The Salvation Army

Mission Statement

The Salvation Army exists to share the love of Jesus Christ, meet human needs and be a transforming influence in the communities of our world.

Vision Statement

We are an innovative partner, mobilized to share hope wherever there is hardship, building communities that are just and know the love of Jesus.

Core Values

The Salvation Army Canada and Bermuda has four core values:

Hope: We give hope through the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Service: We reach out to support others without discrimination.
Dignity: We respect and value each other, recognizing everyone's worth.
Stewardship: We responsibly manage the resources entrusted to us.

About the Position

The purpose of this role is to sustain and evolve the financial and strategic business viability of the Social Mission Department, thereby enabling Mission advancement. This includes the leadership and coordination of financial management, budgetary planning, strategic planning, long-term resource allocation, internal audits and controls, property and facility financial sustainability, risk management, business contracts, policy compliance, and government contracts. The incumbent is a member of the Social Mission Business Committee (SMBC) and is a vital member of the Social Mission Leadership Team working in partnership with all key stakeholders to bring business acumen and foresight to critical decision-making while appreciating and actively supporting the Mission.

Financial Management

• Annual Budgetary Planning and Compliance- accountable for leading the effective development, management, and continuous improvement of the annual departmental budgetary planning process, ensuring sound and balanced financial advice, and prioritized decision-making recommendations related to ministry requests and longer-term financial consequences.
• Financial Consulting and Business Case Analysis - accountable to support and partner with senior leaders to maximize resources for the ministries to advance the Mission, while ensuring the long- term financial sustainability of the Department, enabling the development of disciplined business case analytics and sustainability models to support critical business decisions related to ministry unit financial viability and improvement plans.
• Territorial Finance Office - accountable for the effective management and development of solutions oriented working relationships between the Social Mission ministry units and the Territorial Finance Office through the formation of a strong partnership, to focus on analysis, planning, communication, education, trouble-shooting, escalation processes, advocacy and negotiation related to service level agreements; partnering effectively with Territorial Finance leaders and specialists to solve problems and enable continuous improvements in processes and tools.
• Monthly Reporting and Analysis - accountable to develop and deliver summary monthly reporting to monitor the financial health of ministry units and the aggregate Department (leveraging THQ specialist expertise) providing analysis and metrics to enable trend monitoring, risk management, short- and long-term decision-making.
• Ministry Unit Internal Audits and Risk Analysis - accountable for the development of the audit plan for the division, ensuring rotating on-site ministry unit financial reviews, internal audits and follow up, financial, policy and operational/business risk analysis and compliance reviews.

Strategic Planning and Analysis

• Assists in coordinating the Department Strategic Planning process, in support of the Territorial Social Mission accountability to define the Departments 3-5-year Strategic Plan aligned to the Territory strategic direction. This involves effectively engaging senior stakeholders, facilitating a collaborative process to align on the current state key strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, and formulate strategic objectives to strengthen the Department, both operationally and spiritually, providing the framework to guide Department direction and facilitate executive alignment and decision-making.
• Provides the Territorial Social Mission Secretary with sound analytics, strategic advice, and counsel to manage risk and uncertainty relating to financial viability, sustainable property management, legal contracts, and operational effectiveness and productivity. Partners with leaders across the Department to develop proactive and creative solutions to financial, productivity and operational effectiveness emerging issues.

Operational Leadership

• Accountable for training and coaching to enable Social Mission Ministry Units effectiveness, liaising, and aligning with the Territorial policies and best practices.
• Accountable for providing coordination/management of Departmental IT services, liaising with THQ.

Property

• Through formation of a strong partnership with the Property department, focus on strategically planning investments and managing funding for the acquisition,
• development, release and sustainability of facilities and property. This involves partnering with the Property team and THQ legal staff to ensure that the 200+ contracts in the Department, particularly related to property release and purchase, are well understood financially and meet the Department's current and future needs, while managing risk

Funding

• Acts as a strategic business partner with the PR/Development team and TSMS to understand funding complexities, risks, and sustainability, ensuring that funding cycles, risks and dynamics align with and support ministry unit and Departmental commitments and revenue requirements.

Policy & Governance

• Accountable for ensuring all ministry units and functions within the Department are aware of external, regulatory, and THQ/Divisional operating and governance policies and procedures, and acts as coordinator and Departmental point of contact regarding policy revisions, risk management and compliance accountability.

People Management and Leadership

• Evolve and develop the Finance, Property and Business teams to deliver service excellence and sound analytics while strengthening the ability of ministry units to efficiently manage their day- to-day operations.
• Build Departmental leadership capability and capacity to make sound strategic financial and business decisions by providing strong expert analytics, education, trusted counsel, and advisory coaching.
• Strengthen and evolve collaborative matrix relationships to leverage Territorial expertise in Finance, IT, Legal and Property.

Perform other related duties as required.

Education, Qualifications and Certifications

• Must have University degree related to numerical analysis, commerce, or finance; professional financial designation or master's degree related to business administration are desirable.
• Alternative combinations of education and experience may be considered.

Experience and Skilled Knowledge Requirements

• Must have 15+ years of broad financial and business management leadership experience with at least 5 years managing a professional Finance/analytics team.
• Experience in a complex not-for-profit organization is highly desirable, including previous knowledge and appreciation of The Salvation Army and how the Army works, including appreciation of its faith-based Mission.
• Must have leadership experience supporting a business unit management team, preferably advising the unit leader.
• Advanced business consulting experience successfully providing pragmatic solutions for a wide variety of business/financial issues, both tactical and strategic
• Experience leading a business unit strategic planning process, including coordination of a strong plan for Departmental direction, alignment, and financial viability over a 3-year horizon, aligned with Territory priorities.

• Strong financial acumen and advanced business analytical expertise
• History of building credible, trusted advisory relationships serving multiple diverse functions and facilities.
• Track record of leading efficient and effective financial services delivery and process improvement
• Advanced skills in providing relevant strategic advisory support, reporting directly into a business unit leader.
• Track record of leading positive organizational change to build financial acumen, manage and negotiate tough trade-off decision-making by key stakeholders, and effectively manage and mitigate risk.
• Previous success leading in an entrepreneurial and matrix environment framed with strong policy controls.
• Behavioral Competencies desired include - Relationship Building and Conflict Management, Strategic Solutions Developer and Big Picture Thinker, Personal Productivity and Change Leadership, Influencing and Presenting
• Attention to detail, problem solving and analytical skills.
• Strong sense of integrity and confidentiality with professional ethics and a balanced sense of fairness and flexibility
• Ability and willingness to develop an understanding and support for the mission and purpose of The Salvation Army in Canada and its implications as related to position responsibilities.

Compensation

The target hiring range for this position is $175,260 to $219,075 with the ability to progress to a maximum of $262,890. Placement in the salary range will be based on factors such as market conditions, internal equity, and candidate experience, skills, and qualifications relevant to the role.

Other Details

The Salvation Army will provide reasonable accommodation upon request. Please let us know if you have a need for any accommodation.

We thank all applicants and will contact candidates selected for next steps. Internal Applicants are encouraged to notify their current supervisor when applying for a new position within The Salvation Army.