Financial Analyst, Major Capital Projects

**Article Flag: Mandatory Vaccination Please Note**:
As per the current Public Health Orders (Long Term Care/Seniors Assisted Living Provincial Health Order and the Health Sector Order), as of October 26, 2021, all employees working for Providence Health Care must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Proof of vaccination status will be required.

**Summary**:
Reporting to the Financial Manager, Major Capital Projects and receiving work direction or guidance as needed from the Executive Director, Financial Services, the Financial Analyst performs at a full working level capacity—within established standards, processes, best practices and generally accepted principles—to support Providence Health Care major capital projects as required, and to respond to internal and external financial/business needs such as resource planning and utilization, analysis, monitoring, forecasting, and reporting. Performs duties such as developing project budgets and managing confidential information. Develops financial reports that are in keeping with legislated reporting requirements, guidelines and other timelines or requirements. Assists with the development and implementation of principles, processes, and guidelines for the department. Working in liaison with the Manager, supports projects as required, including providing input into the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of project plans and deliverables.

**Qualifications / Skills and Education**:
Education
Completion of a professional accounting designation (CPA), plus three (3) years’ recent, related experience in financial planning, analysis and system implementation in a large, multidisciplinary environment with complex computerized systems, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Skills and Abilities
Comprehensive knowledge of CICA handbook, Generally Accepted Accounting principles (GAAP) and MIS Guidelines.
General knowledge of current health care systems, issues and trends.
Comprehensive technical expertise, process management and analytical skills.
Ability to work in a team environment with mínimal supervision.
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with staff at all levels within the organization, both verbally and in writing.
Demonstrated collaborative problem solving, critical thinking, and evaluation skills.
Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and in collaboration with others.
Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Ability to organize and prioritize workload to meet deadlines with mínimal supervision.
Working knowledge of computerized financial/data systems, databases, tools, and procedures.
Ability to effectively and efficiently operate related equipment and software.
Physical ability to perform the duties of the job.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
1. Manages confidential information and works collaboratively to provide support for internal and external financial/business needs such as the preparation of regular period-end capital reports, summaries and schedules for PHC.
2. Participates in the consolidation of financial statements related to all aspects of major capital projects including the associated capital reports for PHC and all other associated entities by working with project staff to review project level financial statements and verify all content is correct. Makes adjustments as required.
3. Provides related business support and maintains operational planning and project, budget and tracking documents.

4. Coordinates and produces comprehensive, timely and quality data sets, extracts, staging, cleansing, analysis, reconciliations, reports/reporting, and deliverables for use by stakeholders and/or members of the executive team.

5. Proactively provides customers with relevant financial and workload information as required.

6. Coordinates the compilation of financial information and working papers for the audit files given to PHC external auditors for both the interim audit and the year-end audit, ensuring the information is correct with full supporting documentation and compiled in a timely fashion to meet the tight schedules.

7. Analyzes deviations and investigates causes. Prepares written variance analyses highlighting resource utilization, expenditure patterns, statistical and critical data/information.

8. Documents and finalizes reporting requirements/statements that are in keeping with legislated reporting requirements, guidelines and other timelines or requirements.

9. Keeps Manager regularly apprised of issues and obstacles encountered.

10. Supports general projects as required including the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of project plans and deliverables.

11. Ensures capital spending is according to budget by comparing actual expenditures to budgeted figures and preparing the committed funds status report.

12. Participates in quality improvement and utilization management