Business and Financial Planning Intern

**Grow your future with the Ontario Public Service and help us make Ontario a better place to invest, work, live and succeed** The Ontario Science Centre is diversifying its talented workforce and offering this unique opportunity for a recent Indigenous post-secondary graduate to work with a dynamic team of professionals and leaders in the Finance department. We are working to make Ontario's programs and services more convenient, reliable and accessible through a more modern, efficient and customer-focused government. We seek to recruit and advance bright talent for the future, and we offer personal and professional growth, coaching and mentorship, along with a competitive salary. **OPS Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism**: We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace. Visit the **OPS Anti-Racism Policy** and the **OPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint** pages to learn more about the OPS commitment to advance racial equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the public service. We offer employment accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario's **Human Rights Code**. Refer to the "How to apply" section if you require a disability-related accommodation. **What can I expect to do in this role?**: The Finance department provides oversight of the financial management of the Ontario Science Centre's resources. Key deliverables include the preparation of the Business Plan, Quarterly Financial Statement Reporting, forecasts, expenditure and revenue management and reporting, financial and attendance data analysis, dashboards, procurement advice, RFPs, Treasury Board submissions, tax filings and receipts and other ministry reporting. As a business and financial planning intern, you can: - Learn about public sector accounting, financial management and internal control practices - Acquire hands-on experience with business planning, risk management and strategic resource management - Design financial and business processes that support the implementation of program initiatives and changing business requirements. - Support the drive to implement major changes to government delivery by making government services more digitally accessible and creating more responsive and flexible public services **How do I qualify?**: **Mandatory**: - You must have graduated from a college or university, with a degree, diploma or post-graduate certificate, within the past 5 years. - You must be an Indigenous person (i.e. First Nations, Métis, Inuit). **View Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for Indigenous Self-Identification **Financial and business expertise**: - knowledge of general financial and accounting principles, policies and processes, including accounting procedures to develop understanding of budget, estimates, in-year expenditure management, internal controls and compliance, and financial reporting - knowledge of general approaches and considerations for resource planning, business planning and program development/implementation, such as long and short-range financial planning, financial and economic forecasting, allocating budgets and targets, risk management and performance measurement, monitoring, financial controllership and reporting - knowledge of risk assessment and risk management principles to contribute to ministry assessments on financial and non-financial issues - experience contributing to the preparation of financial estimates, budget proposals, financial reporting including providing input financial decision-making processes **Communication and interpersonal skills**: - written and oral communication skills, to develop internal resources (presentations, communication plans, intranet postings) and prepare analysis and briefings materials - presentation skills to make presentations to senior management on the analysis and recommendations on various financial and non-financial issues - interpersonal skills to establish effective working relationships both within and outside the Ontario Science Centre and participate on committees, project teams and working groups in a respectful, equitable, accessible, diverse and inclusive workplace **Analytical and organizational skills**: - planning and organizational skills, to undertake various work activities, balance and manage multiple tasks; meet deadlines - able to identify trends and relevant themes to support the development of user-focused and evidence-based findings, assess the impact and make recommendations - knowledge of research and statistical tools/techniques to produce analysis, conduct risk assessments, recommend financial processes/tools and assess business and financial options and implications - identify and prioritize issues to bring to the attention of the Manager or senior staff **Comp