Bilingual Specialist, IT Financial and Capacity Management

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement(SCHL); Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 87,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual vacation

Performance incentive

Pension plan

Group insurance

Training & mentorship

Inclusive workplace culture

Job summary

CMHC in Ottawa and Montreal is seeking a Bilingual Specialist, IT Financial & Capacity Management to support planning, analyzing, and optimization of IT workforce capacity, budgets, and resource utilization to ensure that the organization has the right skills, talent, and financial allocations at the right time.

The role integrates IT financial management, budget planning, capacity modelling, workforce analytics, and workforce insights to support organizational priorities and enable effective

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 5 years in financial budget management and analysis or workforce planning.
• Experience with organizational development, engagement, or planning tools.
• Ability to influence IT leadership, HR, and Finance.
• Strong skills interpreting complex workforce and financial data for senior audiences.
• Bilingual English/French required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct workforce and IT capacity assessments, analyzing supply vs. demand, utilization trends, and future workload forecasts.
• Plan, monitor, analyze, and report IT financial resources.
• Oversee IT operating and capital budgets and analyze cost drivers, trends and risks.
• Coordinate development of annual IT operating and capital budgets; consolidate inputs across IT functions.
• Conduct monthly/quarterly budget monitoring for IT cost centres (labour, software, hardware, cloud services, maintenance, telecom, security, projects).
• Analyze IT cost structures to identify key cost drivers across labour, licensing, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, and vendor services.

Skills

Excel

Power BI

Budget management

Financial analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Bilingual English/French

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business, Human Resources, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Job Requisition ID: 12100

Position Status: Permanent Full Time

Position Type: Hybrid

Office Location: Ottawa (ON); Montreal (QC)

Travel Requirement: Limited

Language Designation: Bilingual

Language Skill Levels (Read/Write/Speak): CBC

Security Requirement: Reliability Status

Salary: Our salaries generally range from $ 86,816.59 to $ 108,520.74 and are based on qualifications and experience.

About CMHC

The work you do and the work we do together matters. We come to work every day with a common purpose: to contribute to a well-functioning housing system.

At CMHC, we hold ourselves accountable for our results and support our colleagues in their achievements. We thrive on collaboration, connecting across CMHC and involving the right people to get our work done. Our leadership style is guided by trust, where our leaders favour an adaptive approach based on the needs of their teams.

Join us and be part of a team that's committed to making a real difference and be part of something meaningful.

What’s in it for you

Benefits

• Annual paid vacation.
• Annual individual performance incentive.
• Defined benefit pension plan.
• Comprehensive group insurance plan to support your well-being from day one.
• Support towards your personal and professional growth with training, mentorship and more.
• An inclusive workplace culture and environment.

About The Role

Join the IT Performance and Partnership team, in the Bilingual Specialist, IT Financial & Capacity Management position, where you will support the planning, analyzing, and optimization of IT workforce capacity, budgets, and resource utilization to ensure that the organization has the right skills, talent, and financial allocations at the right time.

The role integrates IT financial management, budget planning, resource capacity modelling, workforce analytics, and workforce insights to support organizational priorities and enable effective execution of the IT strategy.

What You’ll Do

• Conduct workforce and IT capacity assessments, analyzing supply vs. demand, utilization trends, and future workload forecasts.
• Be responsible for the planning, monitoring, analysis, and reporting of all IT financial resources.
• Provide comprehensive oversight of the IT operating and capital and operating budgets, ensure financial performance against approved targets, and deliver analysis of IT cost drivers, trends, and risks.
• Coordinate and supports the development of the annual IT operating and capital budgets, consolidating inputs across IT functions.
• Conduct monthly and quarterly budget monitoring for all IT cost centres, including labour, software, hardware, cloud services, maintenance, telecom, security, and project expenditures.
• Analyze IT cost structures to identify key cost drivers across labour, licensing, infrastructure, cloud consumption, cybersecurity, and vendor services.

What You Should Have

• A bachelor’s degree in finance, Business, Human Resources, or a related field. An equivalent combination of education and/or experience can be considered.
• Minimum 5 years in financial budget management and analysis and/or workforce planning, capacity management, or related analytical roles.
• Experience in organizational development, engagement, or planning tools preferred.Understanding of IT functions, roles, capabilities, and operating models.
• Ability to influence and partner with IT leadership, HR, and Finance.
• Skills in interpreting complex workforce and financial data for senior audiences.
• Ability to navigate sensitive workforce and performance situations.Strong stakeholder engagement, facilitation, and communication skills in both official languages English and French.

It Would Be Great If You Also Had

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Power BI, with demonstrated experience analyzing complex datasets, developing dashboards and reports, and transforming data into actionable insights to support business decision-making.

Posting closing date: Note, the competition will remain active until filled.

Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

We’re committed to employment equity and encourage women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, veterans and persons of all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions to apply. We also welcome applications from non-Canadians who are eligible to work in Canada.

CMHC is an inclusive workplace where diversity of thought – and of people – are recognized, valued, and considered essential to achieving our mission.