Chief Financial Officer

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Position Information

Position Title: Chief Financial Officer & Vice President Administration

Who We Are

At BCIT, putting people at the core of everything we do is paramount. This idea is the foundation of BCIT's People Vision, which describes the Institute's goals and priorities in respect to our people. In a complex and uncertain world, it's vital our people feel valued, supported and connected. BCIT champions a culture of innovation and global progress through people's imagination and creativity. With a competitive compensation package, great work-life balance, and career advancement opportunities, see why we've earned the title of one of BC's Top Employers for over ten years running.

Position Summary

BCIT's Finance & Administration department is seeking a regular, full-time (1.0 FTE) Chief Financial Officer & Vice President Administration. This position performs an executive leadership role with Institute-wide influence as a member of the Executive Team. Functions as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and also provides senior strategic leadership to a diverse portfolio, including Financial Services, Campus Planning, Development and Facilities, Information Technology Services, Cyber Security, Internal Audit, Enterprise Risk and Corporate Services. Takes action to maintain the Institute's financial strength through all aspects of financial stewardship. Provides executive advice and consultation to the Executive Team, President, and Board of Governors and its sub-committees. Functions as Treasurer of the BCIT Foundation and represents BCIT on the board of other related subsidiaries.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Performs an executive leadership role with Institute-wide influence as a member of the Executive Team. Engages as a team player, sharing accountability for broad strategic planning and achievement of the Institute's success. Acts as a champion of the Institute's vision, mission and values, emphasizing the Institute's commitment as a people-focused organization.
• Functions as CFO and provides transformative and strategic leadership and vision to a diverse portfolio. Leads and oversees development of over-arching strategic plans, policies, standards, processes, systems and technology, ensuring alignment and integration within the portfolio, and across the Institute. Acts as executive sponsor for finance and administrative initiatives, critical to the Institute's success.
• Takes action to maintain the Institute's financial strength through all aspects of financial stewardship, emphasizing financial planning, delivery of timely and accurate financial statements and reports, compliance with policies, statutory requirements and deadlines, and diligent capital and operating budgets and cost controls. Directs the strategic evaluation and prioritization of technology and capital requirements.
• Fosters financial partnership with leaders across the Institute, overseeing delivery of financial expertise, advice, reporting and information in support of business strategies, and ensuring alignment and compliance with financial plans.
• Oversees the performance of critical administrative and operational functions and services through reporting departments. Includes facilities infrastructure, capital planning and development; IT services and digital technology strategy; cyber security and data governance; risk; strategic procurement; insurance; contract management; and revenue-generating services.
• Ensures all reporting areas are positioned to identify and mitigate risks. Takes executive action on the most critical problems and decisions of the reporting areas, including those with Institute-wide impact. Provides executive oversight of targets and measures for the portfolio functions, directing adjustments to ensure achievement of planned success.
• Provides senior strategic advice and consultation, including presentation of financial statements, reports and information to the Executive Team, President, and Board of Governors and its sub-committees. Facilitates the internal and external financial audit processes.
• Functions as Treasurer of the BCIT Foundation and is BCIT representative on the board of other related subsidiaries. Provides executive advice and consultation to the Audit and Finance Committee of the BCIT Board of Governors.
• Works directly with government agencies, educational institutions and associations, and business organizations, cultivating collaborative relationships, addressing financial challenges, and fostering commercial opportunities and beneficial partnerships. Represents the Institute on external committees as assigned by the President.
• Provides broad direction, coaching, development and performance management for reporting functional leaders, and encourages a dynamic culture of learning. Also oversees the division to ensure adherence to best practice in people management.

Qualifications

• Professional accounting designation combined with a relevant degree.
• 15 plus years of senior management experience, emphasizing senior strategic leadership, financial management and planning in a public sector context.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Expert knowledge of the concepts, theories, practices and techniques of financial stewardship, including strategic financial planning, controls, compliance, reporting, and all related policies, standards, processes, systems.
• Transformative and strategic leadership skills with ability to provide vision, strategy and oversight to the financial affairs, facilities, technology, cyber security, enterprise risk and corporate services of a complex, multi-site Institute.
• Expert project leadership skills, with ability to act as project sponsor on significant Institute-wide change initiatives.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to advise, consult and present at the highest levels of the organization, and ability to build trust and collaboration with internal and external partners.
• Expert problem-solving and decision-making skills, with ability to diagnose and make recommendations on the organization's most critical issues.
• Expert skills in leading others, with ability to direct, coach, develop and manage performance of reporting leaders, and to influence others at all levels across the Institute.

Benefits – Why you'd love working with us

• Competitive pay
• Minimum of twenty-five days of vacation
• Competitive employer-paid extended health and dental plan including access to a Health Care Spending Account of up to $500 if eligible
• Defined benefit pension plan with employer contributions
• Flexible hybrid work arrangements available
• Access to most BCIT Flexible Learning courses free of charge
• Wellness and Employee Assistance programs
• Complimentary membership with free access to the Fitness Centre, Gymnasium, and more
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BCIT is committed to the principles of equity, diversity & inclusion and to promoting opportunities in hiring for systemically oppressed groups who have been excluded from full participation at BCIT and the larger community. This includes Indigenous Peoples, women, racialized persons, persons with disabilities and those who identify as 2S/LGBTQIA+. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.

Persons with disabilities who require accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact RecruitmentAssistant@bcit.ca. Please note that all applications must be submitted via the careers page portal. Email applications will not be accepted.

The British Columbia Institute of Technology acknowledges that our campuses are located on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish Nations of xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh).

Posting Category: Management

Salary Range: $219,355 - $315,323, with a control point of $274,194 per annum

Additional Salary Information: The Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and the maximum base salary for a position. The control point of the range represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications, and experience for the position. In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred, or promoted between the minimum and the control point of the salary range for a job, taking internal equity into account. Salaries above the control point may be considered for extenuating circumstances and must be approved by an external governing body.