Portfolio Budget Advisor

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Job Title:
Portfolio Budget Advisor

Employee Group:
Administrator

Employee Type:
Permanent

Start Date:
Monday, June 30 2025

End Date (if applicable):
Job Summary:
Provides financial leadership, strategic advice, assessment and reporting to a portfolio of service departments and academic areas in the development and management of their budgets, forecast, and costing models. As the Budget lead in a client portfolio model, the Advisor works closely with directors and cost center managers to provide financial assessment and strategic advice on confidential budgetary matters. In addition, this role is responsible for the development and review of College reports, analyses and forecasts for internal use and external Ministry compliance purposes.

**Job Description**:
Duties & Responsibilities:
1. Financial leadership and reporting:
- Provides financial leadership, strategic advice, assessment and reporting to a portfolio of service departments and academic areas, including resource use, expenditure patterns, budgetary targets and key performance indicators (KPI’s).- Provides advice to directors and cost center managers on confidential budgetary matters to Identify opportunities to use operational and financial resources effectively. Consultation may include, but not limited to, restructuring, cost efficiency measures, or other labour matters that require consultation with various stakeholders.- Prepares periodic and year-end financial reports and forecasts including variance analysis for operational management and Senior Leadership.- Develops and presents KPIs and key business drivers impacting operations.

2. Budget consultation and financial analysis to support decision-making:
- Trains Cost Centre Managers in the use of financial templates and other planning tools.- Provides guidance and direction to Financial Planning Analyst and staff in junior capacity, in performing a variety of financial activities to facilitate budget management in designated academic and administrative areas. Monitors the work of junior staff and addresses escalated issues accordingly.- Uses financial acumen to support strategic decision-making by providing advice and recommendations based on sound financial analysis.- Plays a key role in ensuring the long term financial viability and credibility of the College by ensuring the data used in analysis is accurate and complete.- Provides operational budget support, promoting front line accountability.- Identifies risks, resolves issues and escalates as needed.- best practices across portfolios and build financial models to analyze scenarios incorporating various funding or costing methodologies.

3. Undertakes special projects as needed to address portfolio requirements.

4. Performs additional duties and participates in projects as required.

Qualifications Required:
Education & Experience:
- Completion of professional accounting designation (CPA) and membership in good standing with regulatory body (CPABC).- At least four (4) years of progressively responsible experience in financial analysis, variance reporting, forecasting and budgeting; managing a large number of cost centres or departments, preferably in a large, complex multi-union organization.- Knowledge of financial accounting and management, control and reporting procedures, practices and policies.- Knowledge of financial performance management, internal control systems and procedures and generally accepted accounting principles. Skills & Abilities:
- Superior writing and presentation skills, with experience in development and review of business cases.- Superior analytical skills including the ability to understand complex issues and present them in concise and meaningful ways.-
- Customer focus, with the ability to facilitate and encourage co-operation between diverse operational groups and skill sets.- Excellent communication skills including the ability to negotiate and persuade and tailor communications to your audience.- Excellent organizational skills including the ability to prioritize workload to meet tight deadlines, work under pressure and multi-task.- Critical thinking skills with the ability to work independently, without direct supervision.

Leadership Competencies:
- Collegiality - values and demonstrates inclusivity, openness, and respect.- Problem solving and decision making - considers a wide range of information and perspectives to solve problems and make reasoned deci