Strategic Financial Business Partner

1 week ago

Calgary, Alberta, Canada Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Full time

The Opportunity

As a key member of the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology's (SAIT) Finance team, the Finance Business Partner – Capital will play a pivotal role in providing strategic financial support, ensuring timely and accurate reporting, and delivering decision-making insights. This position will oversee the budgeting and forecasting processes related to the institution's capital requirements, ensuring stakeholders clearly understand their budgets, forecasts, financial reporting, actuals, and any ad-hoc reports.

As a trusted advisor to senior leaders, the Finance Business Partner will provide financial analysis and business planning support to drive the effective allocation of resources. Additionally, this role will collaborate with operations to implement best practices, ensuring adherence to accounting policies, institutional procedures, and strong internal controls.

The Role

  • Strategic and Financial Support
  • Provide strategic and financial support to stakeholders across the organization, developing meaningful insights that drive planning and analysis activities.
  • Ensure stakeholders have a comprehensive understanding of their annual budget, quarterly forecasts, regular financial reporting (monthly, quarterly, year-end), ongoing actuals review, and ad-hoc reporting as needed.
  • Review School/Department results for alignment with strategy, budget, prior year performance, forecasts, and current trends.
  • Manage the development and monitoring of capital budgets for institutional capital requirements. Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure capital expenditures align with strategic objectives and are properly forecasted.
  • Prepare and present comprehensive financial analyses, including cost-benefit analysis, ROI, and risk assessments for capital investments. Ensure timely and accurate reporting on capital expenditure performance, variances, and projections.
  • Consolidate and review capital reporting for senior leadership, including variance analysis and presentation materials, including annual capital budget submissions.
  • Monitor capital project costs and ensure expenditures stay within approved budgets. Proactively identify cost-saving opportunities and recommend alternative solutions to optimize capital spending.
  • Serve as a trusted financial advisor to project managers, engineering teams, and senior leadership. Provide financial insight and recommendations that enable informed decision-making on capital investments.
  • Provide financial expertise and support for ad-hoc projects, business cases, and initiatives related to capital investments or infrastructure planning.
  • Coordinate training and provide guidance to School/Department stakeholders on financial policies, processes, expectations, and how to interpret financial reports.
  • Participate in departmental and divisional projects and initiatives.
  • Relationship Management
  • Participate in development and action of standard service level requirements between FP&A and School/Department.
  • Oversee the work of the Capital analyst to ensure client service expectations are met, maintaining high standards for the quality of services provided. This includes responsibility for the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of reporting and analysis presented to stakeholders.
  • Build and sustain strong relationships with key internal stakeholders, fostering collaboration and aligning financial strategies with institutional and government priorities.
  • Collaborate with other Finance Business Partners to develop high functioning team dynamic and general understanding of operations, issues, risks of their portfolios.
  • Exercise a high degree of discretion and sensitivity to confidential information at all times.
  • Innovation & Process Improvement
  • Drive strategic reporting with an innovative mindset, continuously seeking opportunities for automation, efficiency, cost savings, and process improvements.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders and process owners to implement innovative solutions.
  • Be a positive agent of change and direction.
  • Proactively understand emerging process improvements, tools and changing requirements being implemented by all areas of Finance and provide supporting communication and awareness with operational stakeholders.

Qualifications & Skills

  • Minimum Required
  • Bachelor's degree, with preference for Business (Accounting).
  • 5+ years of related budgetary and accounting experience.
  • Completion of a professional accounting designation.
  • Preferred
  • Proficient with ERP systems and Microsoft Office.
  • Experience and knowledge in post-secondary/higher education environment.
  • Experience in Capital resource management.
  • Skills
  • Strategic Orientation - understanding financial implications of broader business strategies and market conditions.
  • Translating financial data into clear, compelling narratives that can be easily understood.
  • Demonstrable organizational and time management skills.
  • Ability to initiate, implement and support new or modified approaches, practices and processes in the organization.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
  • Interpersonal skills to build confidence within SAIT in the quality, reliability and timeliness of financial services provided.

Job Classification: P5936 - Finance Specialist

Hours Per week: 37.5 hours

Salary Range: $74,000.00 - $110,000.00

Paid Leave: 4 Weeks Vacation / 14 Flex Days per year

Posting End Date:

View a summary of our benefits and perks for salaried employees as one of Alberta's Top Employers, including health & dental care, pension plan, vacation & special leave and flexible work options at our beautiful inner-city campus.

A flexible Hybrid work model can be offered for this role in accordance with SAIT guidelines.

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