Manager, Financial Services

Job Posting Title

Manager, Financial Services

Job Category

Financial Planning & Analysis

Language Requirements

Bilingual Preferred / Bilingue de préférenceIn the event a qualified bilingual candidate is not found, a qualified unilingual candidate will be considered. / Dans l'éventualité où un candidat bilingue qualifié n'est pas disponible, un candidat unilingue qualifié sera considéré.

Flexible Work Agreement Type

Hybrid / Hybride

Posting End Date

Job Grade

L2 Zone A

Pay Range

Commensurate with Experience / Selon l'expérience

Job Summary

Responsible for providing financial services to client portfolio that includes development and monitoring of all financial forecasts and budgets. Develops and prepares quarterly forecasts, and annual budgets; monitors and tracks monthly actuals against these budgets / forecasts. Provides customized reporting to support the client VP's financial requirements. Identifies trouble spots and follows up on trends or issues that will be of concern to senior management. The role also determines which indicators require attention and explanation in reports. Provides financial expertise to both management and senior management respecting group business decision-making and thereby contributing to the financial results of the company.

Job Description

What NAV CANADA offers you:

• Challenging, team-oriented work environment
• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Defined benefit pension plan
• Opportunities for growth and development
• Diverse and inclusive workforce

In this role you will:

• Work directly with the client area Senior Management to obtain the information necessary to establish the annual budgets (Revenue, Opex & Capital).
• Manage a team of financial analysts and oversee monthly monitoring and reporting.  Based on knowledge of the business and input from the client area, analyze variances and identify budgetary impacts.
• Be accountable for the preparation and providing financial analysis and reports, including preparation of annual budget, forecast instructions and quarterly forecasts.
• Support the group with respect to the financial aspects of business / project decision making and designs policies or programs to support the group.
• Work with the client area to identify changes in financial reporting structure (e.g., cost centres) and lead the design of policies and realignment of budgets as may be necessary.
• Identify the need for revisions to system interfaces.  Represent client area in working with other Finance Group Managers and/or Technology in executing the system enhancements.
• Fully accountable for a direct reporting staff, including the responsibility to hire, allocate priorities, assess performance, authorize leave, provide guidance and coaching and take disciplinary action as required.
• Identify, research, and provide recommendations for accounting treatments for transactions that ensure adherence to IFRS and NAV CANADA policies.
• Assist in the development and provides analysis of the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting exercises for the Company.
• Monitor the groups' financial reports to ensure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and the Company's financial policies (IFRS, internal controls).
• Monitor the group's overall performance based on relevant indicators, flags anomalies and tracks source of problem prior to reporting.
• Determine methods of analyzing information, the systems required to support such analysis and the reporting methods that will be used when advising senior management.
• Decide which indicators will be tracked at the client business level and decide when to follow up with the client line managers to obtain operational explanations of financial trends. Recommend actions to address issues or improve information accuracy. 
• Participate in service contract negotiations by providing financial analysis and business decision support.
• Accountable for financial administration of multi-million-dollar contracts which require contract interpretation and financial validation of new and ongoing services. 
• Participate in establishing long-term strategic business plans for commercial business segments.
• Accountable for developing accounting policies and guidelines as required for areas specific to the functional areas of responsibility.
• Responsible for preparing and reviewing business cases when required. 
• Provide financial analysis for collective bargaining, as required.

What you bring:

• CPA Accounting designation
• Strong knowledge of IFRS
• Strong knowledge of computer-based accounting and office management systems and applications (Excel, Word, Power Point, Power BI)
• Experience in financial analysis, external financial reporting and NAV CANADA internal budgeting and forecasting would be considered an asset.
• Knowledge of NAV CANADA's operations and activities and how to apply finance.
• Strong understanding of how to implement business process improvement/reengineering.
• Strong work ethic - sense of urgency & ability to prioritize requests; ability to multi-task & to work efficiently under pressure to meet deadlines while producing timely & accurate deliverables.

How others describe you:

• Strong analytical skills
• Dealing with external agencies on a regular basis requires strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong analytic and decision-making skills, with a proven ability to provide well thought out recommendations and advice.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Customer service oriented.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and influence at all levels in a fast paced, multi-tasking, dynamic organization along with building consensus amongst stakeholders towards common goals and objectives.
• Have demonstrated effective relationship building skills to establish strong key relationships with internal key stakeholders, including senior management, peers, and employees.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage a diverse group people and who is an advocate for team building, leveraging capabilities of diverse groups of individuals (employees as well as clients)
• High standard of ethics, integrity, and professionalism across all levels of the business
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks.
• Exceptional results orientation with a high degree of personal initiative and very hands on, flexible and customer centric attitude
• Strong drive for results and sense of priority; data and metrics-driven
• Proven ability to plan, organize and prioritize the workload of a team.

Working Conditions:

• This position is a hybrid position with a minimum – 3 days per week on site. 
• Occasional travel required

Behaviour Statement: 

• All employees of NAV CANADA are expected to demonstrate behaviours aligned with company's Code of Business Conduct, values, safety and objectives. This includes adherence to any safety policies, standards, and procedures corresponding to job responsibilities and duties.

NAV CANADA is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. If you do not believe that you match every job requirement listed on this job posting, we still encourage you to apply. NAV CANADA encourages a culture of learning and growth, and recognizes that although some technical skills are mandatory, many others can be taught.

Our Company strives to create an inclusive and barrier-free selection process and work environment. If you require accommodations during this competition process, please ensure that you inform the interview coordinator or hiring manager of any accommodation measures you may require. NAV CANADA will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities as required.

The successful candidate must meet the security requirement of the position and be legally able to work in Canada.

We thank all applicants for their interest; only those selected for next steps will be contacted.

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