Make a real impact, shaping how public resources are managed!
Join the
Budget and Expenditure Management Strategy team, where smart analysis, trusted advice, and meaningful collaboration drive our work. In this role, you'll help ensure ministry capital funding supports the right priorities while contributing to work that truly matters.
About the job
As a
Business Strategy and Decision Support Advisor, you'll work closely with senior leaders and ministry partners, using your financial insight and problem-solving skills to support planning, reporting, and decision-making associated with the Ministry of Natural Resources capital portfolio. You'll help ensure financial data is accurate and reliable while contributing to strategic analysis that guides ministry capital programs and investments.
In this role, you will:
• provide strategic financial analysis and support program evaluation and performance measurement related to capital planning and reporting
• offer advice to client program areas on financial management principles, identify risks, and propose options for capital planning and forecasting
• develop and update financial and logic models and program performance measures
• conduct research to support strategic planning and business delivery models
• prepare investment and savings proposals to improve funding effectiveness
What you bring to the team
Research, analytical and problem-solving skills
• you have research skills to investigate and assess relevance of information and identify key issues and emerging problems, conduct risk assessments (e.g. financial and other risks) and support strategic financial priorities for the ministry
• you can manage and evaluate complex information/data accurately
• you have the ability to identify data requirements of the ministry strategic plan and synthesize complex models and formulas into understandable summaries
• you can provide advice and recommendations of alternatives for use in the development of funding and investments strategies
Strategic program analysis and risk management knowledge
• you have knowledge of evidence-based scenario development, program analysis and strategic planning to develop options
• you have the ability to gain knowledge of government decision making processes and recommend funding and program scenarios for decision-making
• you have knowledge of financial and program analysis, to prepare findings, risks and opportunities for improvements, and can advise on implications for strategic program/business planning and strategic investment planning
Accounting skills
• you have knowledge of financial and accounting principles, policies and processes and can advise on the preparation of strategic planning options, risks, and optimal financial management practices
Communication, interpersonal and presentation skills
• you have effective communication skills to write clear, concise reports, recommendations, and prepare and present compelling presentations
• you have consultation skills to facilitate consultations and provide advice to ministry stakeholders on program objectives and strategic planning requirements
• you have advisory and facilitation skills to work with the ministry staff and other ministries to develop persuasive presentations in support of strategic planning, program strategy development, and financial management strategies
• you have influencing skills, and the ability to distil complex technical/specialized language into presentations that are easily understood
Computer skills
• you are proficient with standard desktop computer applications (e.g. word processing, presentations, spreadsheets)
• you have demonstrated experience with specialized/customized databases/financial information systems (for example: Integrated Financial Information System)
Don't meet every qualification?
If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!
How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility
We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.
Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's
Human Rights Code and the
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer
accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please
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