Strategic Funding Specialist

4 weeks ago

Newmarket, Ontario, Canada The Regional Municipality of York Full time
Job Summary

Reporting to the Supervisor, Debt and Investor Relations, the Strategic Funding Specialist is responsible for supporting a comprehensive and integrated funding strategy for the Region's capital program that optimizes the use of debt and reserves. This role involves administering current and future financial obligations, assisting with investors and credit rating agencies, and supporting the development of related policies.

Main Responsibilities
  • Develops financial models with respect to the Region's Long-Term Debt Strategy, optimizing the use of development charges, tax levy, user rates, and reserves, including the impact of other funding.
  • Develops multi-year capital funding models for 10 and 20-year forecast periods that optimize the available debt capacity, reserves, and other funding sources.
  • Analyzes and presents the results of findings and prepares recommendations for optimized funding to support York Region's capital plan.
  • Compares debt positions with peer municipalities, identifies, calculates, and recommends appropriate benchmarks and/or best practices relating to municipal debt programs.
  • Analyzes the requirements of existing reserves to determine adequacy, proposes appropriate reserve targets and funding strategies, determines the need for new reserves and/or the collapse of existing reserves.
  • Forecasts multi-year reserve balances and models long-term cashflow requirements for the Region to assist in the Corporate budget process and provide investment term guidelines for portfolio management purposes.
  • Develops financial models required for the development of the annual Long-Term and other Financial Obligations Management Plan (Debt Management Plan), including an examination of the risk and mitigations.
  • Develops presentations for potential investors of the Region's debentures.
  • Communicates and coordinates with internal Departments and external institutions, municipalities, lawyers, bond rating agencies, investors, vendors, and service providers, in the execution of borrowing, lending, and negotiating functions.
  • Participates on inter-governmental committees as a Regional representative, providing leadership and guidance on financing and reserve management issues.
  • Performs other duties, as assigned, in accordance with Branch and Department objectives.

Qualifications
  • Successful completion of a Master's Degree in Business Administration, Mathematics, or Economics, or a Chartered Accountant designation, or an approved equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Demonstrated experience in writing analytical reports/studies, including the ability to identify problems, analyze and interpret data, and make and defend recommendations from the results of studies.
  • Demonstrated experience in the analysis, design, and creation of computerized financial models.
  • Thorough understanding of accounting principles.
  • Knowledge of provincial and municipal statutes and regulations pertaining to debt issuance, establishment of reserves, and governance issues, including the ability to interpret and explain complex legislation.
  • Sound knowledge of financing principles and practices and the workings of domestic capital markets.
  • Knowledge of and demonstrated ability in corporate core competencies, including customer service, communication, team work, initiative/self management, and accountability, and flexibility/adaptability.

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