Finance Capital Business Partner

Halifax Regional Municipality is inviting applications for the permanent position of Finance Capital Business Partner with Finance & Asset Management.

Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) is committed to reflecting the community it serves and recognizing Diversity and Inclusion as one of the Municipality’s core values. We have an Employment Equity Policy and we welcome applications from African Nova Scotians and Other Racially Visible Persons, Women in occupations or positions where they are underrepresented in the workforce, Indigenous/Aboriginal People, Persons with Disabilities and 2SLGBTQ+ Persons. Applicants are encouraged to self-identify on their electronic application.

As a member of the Asset Management team and reporting to the Manager, Capital and Asset Management, the Financial Business Partner provides professional financial analysis and advice to HRM business units on very large and strategic capital projects. The Financial Business Partner supports HRM business units to identify short- and long-term impacts of capital projects on their operations and the assets required to support the services delivered.

As an integral member of the Finance and Asset Management delivery team, the Financial Business Partner ensures that generally accepted accounting principles are adhered to within the organization, HRM Financial Policy is respected, and outcomes contained in the Finance and Asset Management business plan are achieved. The Financial Business Partner plays an important role in the development of the annual capital budget, preparing the budget book, supporting project managers with their submissions and queries, analyzing trends, and making recommendations for continuous improvement of the budget process.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Working with the business unit management teams, ensures that financial aspects of corporate strategic initiatives are reviewed and that options are considered as planning progresses and recommendations are made to include projects in the capital budget.
• Working with the business unit management teams, ensures that processes are in place, maintained, and improved to enable collection and analysis of information of value in managing the planning and delivery of large capital projects. Identifies when the business needs analysis, carries out or coordinates research as required, and prepares effective recommendations for action by the management teams.
• Prepares and makes presentations to HRM staff, senior management group, Regional Council, Community Councils and the general public as required.
• Keeps abreast of program/business trends, seeks opportunities to assist clients to do their business in the most effective ways possible.
• Leads or carries out analysis and costing of alternatives in support of corporate decision-making such as the costs associated with contract negotiations, lease versus buy decisions, full asset lifecycle, new initiatives, or other financing considerations.
• Working with the business unit management teams, understands the funding options available to deliver large capital projects. Offers support and guidance to ensure terms and conditions of grants and/or cost sharing are met.
• Prepares and submits reports required by Statistics Canada & governing Funding programs.
• Advises and supports business units in the development of the capital budget, including cash flow analysis and impacts on operations.
• Works with the Asset Management Office team to review accounting procedures within HRM’s various systems to ensure they are operating as intended.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education and Experience:

• Post secondary degree in Business or Public Administration or related field and five years of broad financial management experience;
• A professional accounting designation;
• Experience in project leadership or participation in projects as a professional finance resource;
• Experience in leading change;
• Experience in facilitating working groups.

Technical / Job Specific Knowledge & Abilities:

• Professional level knowledge of financial records and systems, budget and planning tools and methods, with demonstrated ability to apply this knowledge to programs and services and prepare, analyze and interpret complex financial and statistical reports on those operations.
• Sound knowledge of cost benefit analysis, business case analysis, corporate financial modelling and the latest financial management technology.
• Professional knowledge of public finance and public administration, advanced computer skills, strong interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Professional knowledge of the application of software, including enterprise platforms, spreadsheets, and databases in accomplishing goals. Sound knowledge of the applications of statistical techniques.
• Sound knowledge of municipal government accounting and reporting and generally accepted accounting principles.

Security Clearance Requirements:

Applicants may be required to complete an employment security screening check.

COMPETENCIES:

Analytical Thinking, Communication, Customer Service, Impact and Influence, Initiative, Networking/Relationship Building, Organizational Awareness, Teamwork and Cooperation, Valuing Diversity.

WORK STATUS:

Permanent, full-time

HOURS OF WORK:

Monday to Friday, 8:30am-4:30pm 35 hrs/wk. Flex options to work outside of these hours and hybrid may be available.

SALARY:

NU8 $88,690-$114,770

WORK LOCATION:

40 Alderney Drive, Dartmouth, NS

CLOSING DATE:

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 pm Sunday, Nov 10, 2024

Please note: We thank all applicants for their interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview/testing will be contacted. During the recruitment process, applicants have the right to request an accommodation. Applicants invited to participate in an assessment process (such as interview or testing) and who require an accommodation, should discuss their needs with the recruiter when invited to the assessment process.

(position #78640282)