Business and Fiscal Planning Analyst

**Business and Fiscal Planning Analyst**:
**Job ID**:

- 228176

**Posting status**:

- Open

**Organization**:

- Ministry of Health

**Division**:

- Corporate Services Division - Financial Management Branch

**City**:

- Toronto

**Position(s) language**:

- English

**Job term**:

- 1 Permanent

**Job code**:

- 4A001 - Finance04

**Salary**:

- $71,563.00 - $100,052.00 Per year

**Use your financial skills to make a difference at the Ministry of Health**

Are you ready to leverage your financial expertise in a meaningful way? Join the Ministry of Health's Financial Management Branch, where your skills in analysis, budgeting, and forecasting will drive impactful decisions. This role offers you the chance to guide management, support strategic planning, and contribute to the financial health of the ministry. If you're looking for a dynamic environment where your talents can make a difference, this is the opportunity for you**About the job**: You will:

- provide advice and technical guidance to management and staff
- support ministry budget and business plan development, expenditure forecasts, expenditure management/control, in-year reporting, and presentations on the financial planning process
- analyze and interpret complex financial information and program objectives
- prepare a variety of regular and ad hoc reports to support senior management decision making processes and central agency requirements
- develop options and recommendations for business plan adjustments in response to financial/business process issues

**What you bring to the team**:
**Financial expertise**: you have:

- understanding of financial management principles and policies
- skills in budgeting, forecasting expenses, and analyzing costs
- ability to read and analyze financial documents for reporting
- knowledge of the ministry's structure, programs, and budget processes

you can:

- evaluate budgets and performance, and improve cost efficiency
- manage financial information and systems
- measure and report performance data effectively

**Analyzing and problem-solving skills**: you have:

- knowledge of risk assessment to identify financial risks, assess impacts, and suggest solutions
- ability to understand financial information requests and give timely advice to senior management

you can:

- analyze financial problems, variance reports, and funding gaps, and suggest fixes
- evaluate financial performance, assess cost efficiency and risks, and advise on accounting issues for better planning and management

**Communication, interpersonal and influencing skills**: you have:

- skills to prepare and present briefing notes, business cases, and financial reports, and explain financial analysis to non-technical audiences
- ability to work with senior staff to gather information, solve complex issues, and meet deadlines
- skills to build and maintain relationships with ministry managers and central agency staff

**Coordination and planning skills**: you can:

- organize and prioritize workload, and coordinate information from multiple sources to complete tasks and meet deadlines

you have:

- project planning and management skills to work in teams, gather data, and report findings
- initiative and ability to work independently in a team environment

**Computer skills**: you have:
**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.

Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:

- diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
- accessibility
- Anti-Racism Policy

**What we offer**: The Ontario Public Service is one of Ontario's largest employers. Employees work for a wide range of ministries, with offices in more than 70 cities across the province.

We offer:

- a career that can grow across ministries and job functions
- flexible learning and developmental opportunities, including education and mentorship programs
- many employee networks offering support for and education about underrepresented groups
- tailored work arrangements, including opportunities like flex hours, self-funded leave and more

Our comprehensive compensation and benefits package includes:

- a defined-benefit lifetime pension pl