Manager, Financial Planning and Review

FI6 Financial Officer 6

Regular/full-time

Manitoba Infrastructure

Financial Services, Corporate Services Branch

Winnipeg MB

Advertisement Number: 37252

Salary(s):   FI6 $72,702.00 - $92,409.00 per year

Closing Date:   March 28, 2021

The Manitoba government recognizes the importance of building an exemplary public service reflective of the citizens it serves, where diverse abilities, backgrounds, cultures, identities, languages and perspectives drives a high standard of service and innovation. The Manitoba government supports equitable employment practices and promotes representation of designated groups (women, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, visible minorities).

Employment Equity is a factor in selection for this competition. Consideration will be given to women, Indigenous people and persons with disabilities.

A 12 month eligibility list may be created from this competition for similar regular, term and full-time or part-time positions

Manitoba Infrastructure is a regionalized, large and complex department currently consisting of four divisions - Corporate Services, Capital Projects, Technical Services and Operations, and Emergency Management.  Emergency Expenditures are also part of the reporting structure for budgeting, controlling, forecasting and reporting.  The departmental financial planning/processing culture reflects both centralized delegations and operations. Services are delivered directly through both contractual arrangements and departmental staff.

Conditions of Employment:

• Must be legally entitled to work in Canada
• A satisfactory Criminal Record Check

Qualifications:
Essential:

• A professional accounting designation (CPA or an equivalent combination of education and experience)
• Knowledge of government financial requirements and processes, including budgeting, financial forecasting, and financial reporting.
• Extensive experience with business planning, budgeting and cost-benefit analysis.
• Extensive experience with interpreting and analysing government and departmental. financial statements and complex financial information and making recommendations.
• Experience as a team leader committed to managing and developing a team and leading organizational changes.
• Strong Interpersonal skills with the ability to deal with wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent Written communication skills.
• Excellent Verbal communciation skills.
• Experience and proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (excel, word, powerpoint, outlook), and approval systems, sharepoint, collaborative work sites (Teams, Zoom, etc.) .
• Organizational and time management skills.

Desired:

• Experience using SAP.
• Experience using an Enterprise Management System or a complex accounting system.

Duties:
Reporting to the Executive Director, Finance and Administration, the Manager, Financial Planning and Review is accountable for providing management direction, leadership and focus to the development of the departmental estimates, budgeting, financial accountability, and reporting process.  This function also includes long range financial forecasting, planning and analysis of funding requirements and expenditures on a program basis; apply various budgeting models; including preparation of cash-flows covering all departmental expense and coordinating the capital investment appropriations.

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Please be advised that job competitions for represented positions may be grieved by internal represented applicants. Should a selection grievance be filed, information from the competition file will be provided to the grievor's representative. Personal information irrelevant to the grievance and other information protected under legislation will be redacted.

We thank all who apply and advise that only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

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