Business Advisor

**Business Advisor**:
**Job ID**:

- 234431

**Posting status**:

- Open

**Organization**:

- Ministry of Health

**Division**:

- Digital & Analytics Strategy Division, Health Data Branch

**City**:

- North York

**Position(s) language**:

- English

**Job term**:

- 1 Permanent

**Job code**:

- 6A008 - ProgPlanEval06

**Salary**:

- $82,217.00 - $121,155.00 Per year
- Are you passionate about driving excellence in financial and statistical data standards across the Ontario health system? Are you a natural leader with the ability to provide expert guidance and support to health service providers in hospital and community sectors? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you

If you bring solid accounting and finance expertise and have worked in healthcare settings like hospitals or community care, we'd love to have you on our team to help shape meaningful outcomes.

**About the job**: As a Business Advisor, you will lead the development and implementation of financial and statistical data standards to support evidence-based decision-making across the health system, with a focus on hospital and community sector settings. You will collaborate with key stakeholders, provide expert policy advice, and guide the strategic use of financial data to enhance program and service delivery.

In this role, you will:

- Lead and provide expertise on the development, maintenance and enhancement of financial and statistical data standards (i.e. CIHI MIS Standards, Ontario Healthcare Reporting Standards etc).

Build and maintain business partnerships with key health system stakeholders and lead stakeholder consultations in the development and implementation of financial data standards.
Conduct the research, development and evaluation of strategic financial and fiscal policies, best practices and performance standards to support complex program and service delivery priorities.
- Provide advice on the collection, reporting and use of financial data (i.e Ontario Healthcare Financial System, Healthcare Indicator Tool etc).
- Provide financial policy and reporting expertise and advice, prepare a variety of correspondence and deliver presentations to senior management.

**What you bring to the team**:
**Health Data and Information Management**:

- You have knowledge of financial and statistical standards and financial reporting practices (e.g. Ontario Health Financial Reporting Standards, CIHI's Management Information System Standards) within the health system.
- You have knowledge of the Ontario's health system, its mandate and the linkage to other health system related organizations.
- You have knowledge of program and financial policy analysis and development theories, techniques and practices.
- You have knowledge of fiscal and financial planning, strategic investment planning and related policy issues.
- You have knowledge of performance management approaches to provide leadership and expertise in the development, evaluation and communication of strategic policies, programs, regulations and/or legislation.

**Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills**:

- You can assess the impacts of change to the health system and fiscal plans, and make sound recommendations.
- You have the ability to gain knowledge of government directions, priorities and legislative process to ensure policies are developed within the context of the government's health care agenda.

**Project Management**:

- You have project experience to lead, plan and conduct research, analysis and evaluation projects and balance competing priorities to ensure deliverables are met within set timelines.
- You can provide leadership and guidance to project teams.

**Communication and Relationship Management Skills**:

- You can prepare and develop reports and recommendations, briefing and issues management material, reports, plans and correspondence.
- You can build and foster productive cross-sector relationships with senior management, stakeholders and clients.
- You can develop and present education and learning materials to support effective implementation, use and maintenance of standards.

**How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility**: We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's _Human Rights Code_ and the _Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005._ We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.

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