Senior Business Consultant

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Apply your business and financial planning skills to facilitate the research, planning and implementation of business practices, strategies and policies for Provincial Highway Management Division.

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About the job

You will:
- provide financial controllership functions for the division
- facilitate the research, planning and implementation of business practices, strategies and policies
- co-ordinate the development and implementation of the divisional business plan
- provide strategic business advice and consultation services on business processes and change initiatives
- prepare briefings, reports and project plans
- provide executive support to the Divisional Management Team.

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What you bring to the team

Communication, consulting and team leadership skills:

-You have well developed oral and written communication skills to prepare and present material such as business cases, marketing and communications plans, policies and procedures, and briefing notes.
-You have strong consulting and team leadership skills to provide expertise, advice and guidance to senior management and to effectively work in a team environment.

Business related knowledge and skills:

-You have strong knowledge of strategic, operational and financial-planning, financial management and controllership, policy development, and the business planning cycle.
-You have knowledge and skills in project planning, monitoring and evaluation methods.
-You have demonstrated knowledge and understanding of research methodologies and techniques and statistical analyses to conduct research projects and to develop/utilize various models, tools and prototypes.

Other essential knowledge and skills:

- You have judgement, problem solving and negotiation skills to develop recommendations to senior management.
- You have applied knowledge of various software packages including word processing, databases, graphics and project management and financial systems.

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Additional information:

Note:

• As a result of the recently agreed to AMAPCEO collective agreement, a new job evaluation system will be implemented on October 1, 2013 and the job code identified in this posting is subject to revision. In the new job evaluation system, the classification level of this position has not yet been determined

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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.