Manager of Finance

**POSITION TYPE**:One (1) Regular, Full-Time Position

**SALARY RANGE**:$83,089.02 - $97,202.40 (Non-Union, Band G)

**DEPARTMENT**:Finance

**REPORTS TO**:Director of Finance

**DIRECT REPORTS**:Payroll & Benefits Analyst; Child in Care Accounting Analyst; Junior Financial Analyst; Accounts Payable Coordinator

Reporting to the Director of Finance, the Manager of Finance assists with the overall accounting and reporting functions of the Halton Children’s Aid Society (Halton CAS), ensuring compliance with sound financial accounting practices. The Manager of Finance will oversee payroll, benefits, general ledger, reconciliations, taxation, financial reporting, and period end audits. The Manager of Finance will monitor and ensure adequate internal controls to provide reasonable assurance that assets are protected, and results are stated accurately.

**Main duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to**:
**Finance Services Management and Monitoring**
- Assists the Director in the implementation of a Finance Strategy to ensure alignment with business objectives of the Halton CAS.
- Oversees accounting operations, financial processing, and financial systems.
- Implements and ensures appropriate internal control systems and risk management plans.
- Ensures compliance with financial legislation, policies, procedures, and adheres to various funding agreements.
- Ensures General Ledger integrity and ensures accuracy and compliance with the approved budget.
- Ensures appropriate capital, cash flow, and expenditure control are followed.
- Provides management of the financial system.
- Assists the Director in the preparation of Budget/Forecast plans and services statistics in close consultation with service leaders.
- Reviews the chart of accounts on a regular basis and provides recommendations for appropriate revisions.
- Ensures that standards and procedures are implemented to maintain proper financial accountability.
- Implements and maintains business systems to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of the finance function.
- Oversees the agencies fixed assets, maintaining a Fixed Asset Register and amortization schedules.
- Ensures purchasing and procurement activities are BPS compliant with sound procurement practices and ministry directives.
- Provides tactical support for strategic directions of the organization

**Financial Reporting**
- Ensures timely financial analysis, reporting, and statistical results against the financial plan.
- Generates all financial reporting outputs.
- Ensures timely and accurate filing of all corporate returns.
- Maintains the financial system up to the production of monthly financial statements, ensuring all entries are complete, balanced, and properly authorized.
- Completes and distributes monthly budget variance analyses and Financial Statements to all Budget leads.
- Prepares all reporting to MCYS and other external bodies for Director’s review.

**Payroll and Benefits**
- Oversees the preparation and distribution of all components of payroll and benefits to ensure a timely and accurate delivery of service.
- Implements and ensures mechanisms for cost monitoring, reporting, and legislative compliance.
- Oversees compliance for the deduction and remittance of all statutory deductions and employee benefits.
- Ensures the preparation and filing of required reports to government agencies and other organizations to include annual reconciliations for WSIB, EHT, and OMERS Form 119.
- Oversees year-end activities, including CRA year-end reporting, T4 and T4A information and summaries.

**Leadership**
- Provides supervision to all team members and manages in a manner that motivates, guides, and directs employees to the realization of Halton CAS’s values, objectives, and performance expectations; maintains a work environment that expects accountability, fairness, consistency, respect, and approachability while promoting staff participation, teamwork, and positive employee relations.
- Exemplifies and inspires behaviours, actions, and attitudes that are consistent with Halton CAS’s vision, mission, and values.
- Provides leadership for the operational success of the financial services team.
- Articulates and constantly monitors key metrics of the team to assess their efficiency and effectiveness to ensure the highest level of service is being provided.
- Establishes and maintains effective and essential relationships with internal and external partners including the leadership team, the Ministry, other funders, numerous community and professional agencies and institutions, and other CASs
- Leads, facilitates, and/or participates in special projects and performs other duties as required.
- Understands and adheres to all applicable Halton CAS policies, procedures, and relevant administrative practices.

**Equity, Diversity and Inclusion**
- Responsive to the knowledge and understanding of the culture, history, and current oppressions experienced by Indigenous peoples a