The Role
The Manager, Financial Strategy is a key contributor to the City's financial leadership, providing forward-looking financial analysis and advice that supports informed decision-making and aligns fiscal strategy with corporate priorities and community needs. The Manager, Financial Strategy focuses on the analytical and advisory work that sits ahead of and alongside those functions: multi-year financial modelling, growth and capital funding strategy, and the financial structuring of major corporate initiatives.
Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer and operating as a corporate resource across departments through the Corporate Management Team, the role concentrates on integrated long-term financial planning, growth-related funding strategies, capital funding and financing strategies, and the financial structuring of major projects and programs. It provides dedicated strategic finance capacity in support of long-term financial sustainability and sound financial stewardship across the corporation. The position is designed as a senior individual contributor role rather than a divisional management role.
The role is intended to complement, not duplicate, existing finance positions. The Chief Financial Officer and the Director of Finance retain accountability for statutory treasury duties, the corporate budget process, accounting and financial reporting, external audit, taxation, and day-to-day treasury and investment operations.
To qualify, you'll need...
University degree in finance, business administration, accounting, commerce, economics, public administration, or a related discipline.
Several years of progressively responsible experience in financial and business strategy, long-range financial and business planning, or capital financing.
Strong analytical and financial modelling skills, with the ability to structure complex problems and develop sound, evidence-based recommendations. In-depth knowledge of municipal finance, growth funding legislation, and capital financing, including the related provincial regulatory framework.
Knowledge of municipal finance, growth funding legislation, and capital financing, including the related provincial regulatory framework.
Business minded and ability to build creative financing and business models within the municipal context.
Sound judgment in a politically sensitive, public-sector environment.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex financial information clearly to Council, senior leadership, staff, and residents without reliance on jargon.
Ability to work effectively across departments and to build trusted working relationships, including with arm's length agencies and external partners.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliverables concurrently and to meet deadlines.
