Metrolinx is connecting communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Metrolinx operates GO Transit and UP Express, as well as the PRESTO fare payment system. We are also building new and improved rapid transit, including GO Expansion, Light Rail Transit routes, and major expansions to Toronto’s subway system, to get people where they need to go, better, faster and easier. Metrolinx is an agency of the Government of Ontario.
At Metrolinx, equity, diversity and inclusion are essential to living our values of serving with passion, thinking forward and playing as a team.
This role is an in‑office position (5 days per week). Our team is highly collaborative, and much of our work benefits from in‑person co‑creation, relationship‑building, and hands‑on partnership with leaders across the organization. We offer flexibility in start and end times while maintaining core business hours for shared availability across the team.
Our Financial Systems office is looking for a Manager, EPM and Analytics Applications. The individual will oversee the sustainment and administration of the OneStream Planning, Financial Close, Reconciliation& Reporting System to ensure that both Budget, Forecast and Actual financial and position (Headcount and FTE) data uploaded and reported from the system is complete, accurate and available on a timely basis to the organization. This position will manage the existing OneStream Admin and Technology Lead positions which support the maintenance of the application artifacts, integration scripts, security, metadata and data within the OneStream Planning & Reporting System.
In addition, the Manager, EPM & Analytics Applications will understand EPM (Enterprise Performance Management) product vision, business needs and develop product roadmap to ensure alignment of goals and plans. Through the development of product roadmap, the manager will advise the business on how they can leverage technology and innovation to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their business.
Note: Candidates must have strong hands-on OneStream experience, production support expertise, and end-to-end implementation experience, including requirements gathering, solution design, development, testing, deployment, and post-go-live support. The role requires both hands-on technical expertise and proven experience leading and managing a team of OneStream developers. The successful candidate will provide QA and technical oversight of application design, development, business rules, integrations, reports, and documentation; manage the product backlog and enhancements; and oversee production support, end-user training, and functional documentation.
What will I be doing?
- Discusses the data issue, root cause and recommendations with the source system stewards for remediation.
- Oversees the implementation of procedural changes and/or the testing of new functionality or system enhancements to maintain the integrity of the data.
- Oversees the management of the EPM OneStream Planning & Reporting System to ensure that both Budget and Actual financial and position (Headcount and FTE) data uploaded and reported from the system is complete, accurate and available on a timely basis to the organization.
- The OneStream system houses the Financial Close, Budgeting and Management Reporting of Revenues, Expenses, Positions (both Headcount and FTE), Capitalization and Cost Allocations for the Organization.
- Identify opportunities to improve the applications and business processes as part of LEAN. Lead the business transformation for PBF (Planning, Budget & Forecasting)
- Provide leadership in the delivery of highly complex project initiatives and the sustainment for the entire suite of EPM OneStream applications
- Define and approve project deliverables, scope and timelines – the what, who, how and when of a project. Work with clients, internal I&IT specialists, external consultants and other stakeholders to ensure that business requirements are clear and accurate
- Lead, control and coordinate all EPM systems, processes, procedures and administrative activities, including process changes, and project and operational documentation requirements
- Stablished proper documentation and testing procedures following ITIL framework
- Communicates within all levels of organization and interact with multiple stakeholders to achieve agreement on scope and schedule of projects
- Facilitated business requirements gathering between the consultants and the client
- Provide guidance to functional and technical design and ensure that the appropriate level of analysis and testing are performed
- Manage change management process for application functional and technical enhancements in a response to business needs. This ensures successful deployment with no regression of existing system functionality and no impact to data integrity
- Provides direction to the OneStream Administrator and contractors in the trouble-shooting of user, system or data issues which the OneStream Admin is unable to handle him/herself by identifying root causes of the situation, providing a solution and directing the fix.
- Develops an intake process whereby the business can request data/reports that are not available or enhancement existing reports.
- Develop and conduct training, support and guidance to the organization on EPM OneStream application and Analytics application features and enhancements.
- Manages staff involved in maintaining the system for EPM corporate financial planning and reporting (OneStream Planning, Financial Close, Reconciliation & Reporting System), and Analytics application.
- Provides leadership, coaching, and motivation to employees in their work processes and performance, to ensure they are equipped with the necessary tools and information to enable their full engagement; monitors the achievement of performance objectives and develops and implements action plans to address performance gaps
- Manages transition plan to retain knowledge from third party contractors to ensure knowledge is retained in teams and with staff internal to Metrolinx.
What Skills and Qualifications Do I Need?
- Completion of an undergraduate degree in information technology, computer science or business administration or a combination of education, training and experience deemed equivalent.
- Demonstrated years of progressive experience in a combination of finance, IT, business process analysis and data governance.
- Certifications or Designations: One of: Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), Certified General Accountant (CGA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Chartered Accountant (CA), ITIL Foundations Certifications or Agile certification would be assets
- Experience establishing business processes, data quality control, data conversion, data stewardship and metadata management
- Understanding of information and information technology and its application to business problems
- Ability to understand and communicate complex business requirements to technology teams
- Experience with all aspects of the product development cycle as well as Agile methodology
- Strong experience in functional area processes and procedures with direct systems experience related to financial (budget, accounting), position (compensation, benefits, workforce planning), and project (salary capitalization) data.
- Knowledge and hands-on use of software and database systems used in financial reporting (e.g. SQL, Microsoft Excel) and OneStream Planning, Financial Close and Reconciliation, OneStream QuickView, Oracle eBS, Analytics
- Verbal and written communication and interpersonal abilities to prepare status reports, updates and brief management; provide information and explanations of a technical nature to a range of internal stakeholders
- Excellent analytical, high-attention to detail and problem-solving ability to address data and reporting requirements
Don’t Meet Every Requirement?
If you’re excited about working with Metrolinx but your past experience doesn’t quite align with every qualification of this posting, we encourage you to apply. You just might be the right candidate for this or other roles. We are always looking for great talent to join our team.
We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from members of equity-deserving communities, including those who identify as Indigenous, Black, racialized, women, people with disabilities, and people with diverse gender identities, expressions and sexual orientations.
Accommodation:
We value the unique skills and experiences each person brings to Metrolinx and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment. We are committed to the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act so if you require accommodation during the hiring process, please let our Recruitment team know by contacting us at: 416-202-5601 or email
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Application Process:
All applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Metrolinx will be using email to communicate with you for all job competitions. It is your responsibility to include an updated email address that is checked daily and accepts emails from unknown users. As we send time-sensitive correspondence, we recommend that you check your email regularly. If no response is received, we will assume you are no longer interested in pursuing the opportunity. Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate.
Should it be determined that any background information provided is misleading, inaccurate or incorrect, Metrolinx reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of your application.
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
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