Manager, Finance

**Position Summary**
Under the direction of the Director, Finance & Contracts Management, the Manager, Finance & Accounting leads and manages the Finance department including accounting treatment, financial reporting, policies, compliance, controls, and procedures. The incumbent provides day-to-day leadership to the finance team, including coaching and employee development.

**Primary Duties**
- **Financial Fundamentals **_
- Guides financial decisions by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing policies and procedures.
- Protects assets by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing internal controls.
- Prepares budgets by establishing schedules, collecting, analyzing, consolidating financial data, and recommending plans.
- Provides financial status reports by collecting, interpreting, and reporting financial data.
- Prepares special reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
- Complies with federal, provincial, and local legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation, anticipating future legislation, enforcing adherence of requirements, filing financial reports, and advising management on required actions.
- Monitors fiscal matters, including financial policies and plans, accounting practices and relationships with the financial community.

 **_Financial Reporting _**
- Maintains all accounting records, designs, and implements budgetary and other systems for internal control.
- Exercises appropriate financial control over organizational segments by establishing policy supported by periodic operating and budget reports.
- Manages all accounting functions including financial reporting, investment management, cash management, payroll, credit, and collections.
- Ensures compliance with assessment, reporting, and remittance requirements of taxation and regulatory regimes.
- Conducts the year end audit for internal audit and for CSAE3416 reporting and all government reporting.

**_Leadership, Employee Development and Performance Coaching _**
- Provides leadership to Finance, Contract Management and Operations employees to promote motivation and teamwork and to ensure the provision of a skilled workforce by:

- setting clear performance objectives for each team member, monitoring skills and abilities of the team members, providing informal coaching and mentoring support for the assigned employees;
- conducting regular formal coaching sessions to review individual performance, conducting formal performance reviews to identify strengths and challenges;
- overseeing training and career development activities for the team;
- conducting regular team meetings to facilitate open communication.
- Maintains appropriate and effective staffing levels of the team through effective workforce planning, interviewing, and selecting employees as required
- Monitors attendance and performance of employees and addresses concerns through effective administration of the Performance Management and Attendance Management Program as required. Participates in the progressive discipline process as required.

**_Department and Interdepartmental Planning and Effectiveness _**
- Develops and maintains procedures, workflow and service in the Finance Department to meet short
- and long-term strategic goals.
- Partners with the Director, creates the departmental tactical plan in line with corporate objectives, establishes individual objectives, communicates organization and department goals and expectations to the team, and ensures effective utilization of resources so objectives are achieved.
- Partners with the Director, creates the department budget, monitors regularly, creates and implements strategies to address gaps.
- Partners with managers and other internal and external stakeholders across the organization to ensure effective cross-departmental planning, communication and implementation of plans in achievement of PBC’s overall strategic plan.

**_Customer, Client and Member Service _**
- Handles or assists employees in dealing with difficult problem inquiries and escalations as required.
- Ensures effective internal customer service and interdepartmental relationships.

**_Project Management _**
- Provides leadership throughout project management cycle in identifying opportunities, establishing objectives, evaluating the ROI, implementing the changes, and evaluating their success.
- Advocates and drives the change within the area of scope, ensures effective communication, reward, and recognition, and manages resistance to change as appropriate.  

**Required Experience**
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in accounting and 5+ years in a leadership position
- Working with Government and Regulatory filings

**Required Qualifications**
- University undergraduate degree in Business Admin, Finance, Accounting, or related field required; Master’s level degree preferred.
- Certified Professional Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA) or Chartered Accountant (CA) designation

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