Controller and Manager, Corporate Finance

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Are you a dynamic financial and business leader who excels at building and maintaining strong financial processes and relationships with stakeholders and partners? If so, consider this exciting opportunity in the Corporate Finance and Controllership Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources.

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About the job

Reporting to the Director, Corporate Finance and Controllership Branch, you will:

• Lead and manage the full range of corporate financial planning, performance-based budgetary control, forecasting, risk management, financial accounting, reporting and controllership services, including:

o Developing ministry-wide financial reporting and controllership frameworks
o Preparing the ministry's public accounts and other external reports
o Analyzing and negotiating complex financial arrangements for the Ministry of Natural Resources

• Be responsible for the effective management of all corporate financial policy development and business practice implementation projects across the Ministry
• Have full accountability for identification and recommendation of practical solutions to ministry financial issues
• Liaise with central agencies and lead ministries to ensure effective and quality financial recommendations

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What you bring to the team

Knowledge

• You have strong expertise in financial planning, as well as accounting & control principles and practices (GAAP)
• You have expert knowledge of external and public sector accounting, financial reporting, planning and modern controllership practices and processes
• You have experience with practices and applications of modern controllership, financial information systems, contemporary cash/accrual accounting methodologies, revenue management, public sector accounting and internal control mechanisms

Leadership

• You have strong leadership skills and the demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, and mentor staff
• You have management and leadership experience in a fast paced and dynamic environment, delivering high quality financial analysis and services under tight timeframes
• You have experience utilizing project management practices and processes to deliver on large initiatives

Communication

• You have superior issues management skills, including superior presentation and briefing skills, to manage and inform all levels of management and staff on diverse and complex financial issues
• You are able to anticipate and manage resistance to change in order to achieve desired outcomes

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Additional information:

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Language requirements and assessment:
All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.