Budget & Planning Technician — Drive Efficient Municipal Budgets

City of Fort Saskatchewan; Fort Saskatchewan; On-site; CAD 73,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision benefits

Local Authorities Pension Plan (LAPP)

EFAP (Employee and family assistance)

Wellness Spending Accounts

Earned Days Off (EDO)

Training / professional development

City facilities discounts

Job summary

City of Fort Saskatchewan is seeking a Budget and Financial Planning Technician to support budgeting and financial planning activities within the organization. The role reports to the Manager, Budget and Financial Planning and focuses on technical, administrative, and coordination tasks to ensure timely deliverables.

You will assist with operating and capital budget documents, maintain SharePoint resources, and collaborate with internal stakeholders to enhance budgeting processes and governance.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary Diploma in Business Administration, Finance, Public Administration, or related field.
• Minimum 4 years of progressively responsible experience in finance, budgeting, business administration, or a related environment.
• Advanced proficiency in M365 including SharePoint, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams, as well as Adobe Acrobat/Foxit.
• Knowledge of process documentation, workflow design, records and information management, privacy, and confidentiality practices.
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate meetings, correspondence, information requests, document reviews, and workflows among internal stakeholders to support budget and business planning processes and timelines.
• Provide administrative support on confidential or sensitive matters and safeguard budget and financial information.
• Assist with preparing operating and capital budget documents, departmental business plans and workplans, and related materials.
• Coordinate the production and distribution of budget materials for review, Leadership consideration and Council deliberations.
• Administer and maintain the business unit's SharePoint sites, document libraries, workflow, permissions, templates, and content that support effective document management and collaboration.
• Identify and recommend opportunities to improve efficiency, consistency, and effectiveness of budgeting, business planning, and administrative processes.
• Provide support and guidance, respond to inquiries, and help resolve issues related to budget and business planning processes, systems, documentation and timelines.
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Written communication

Verbal communication

Continuous improvement mindset

Learning ability

Education

Diploma in Business Administration / Finance / Public Administration or related field

Local Government Certificate (asset)

Tools

SharePoint

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Teams

Adobe Acrobat / Foxit

Job description

City of Fort Saskatchewan is seeking a Budget and Financial Planning Technician to support budgeting and financial planning activities within the organization. The role reports to the Manager, Budget and Financial Planning and focuses on technical, administrative, and coordination tasks to ensure timely deliverables.

You will assist with operating and capital budget documents, maintain SharePoint resources, and collaborate with internal stakeholders to enhance budgeting processes and governance.