Senior Financial Analyst - Budget, Finance

Nova Scotia Health Authority; Halifax; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Nova Scotia Health Authority seeks a Senior Financial Analyst to lead budget processes and provide strategic advice. Applicants must have an undergraduate degree in business or accounting, with a minimum of five years in a senior financial role. This position involves oversight of budgeting processes and teamwork with various departments, offering a competitive hourly salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Long-term disability

Defined benefit pension plan

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of strong senior level functional system experience.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills preferred.
• Experience with budgeting methodologies and processes.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates the overall budgeting process and activities.
• Provides strategic advice on financial opportunities and issues.
• Monitors the performance of budget processing activities for efficiency.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Undergraduate Degree in Business or Accounting

Tools

Budgeting software

SAP

Job description

Senior Financial Analyst - Budget, Finance

Req ID: 159286
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Provincial Zone, Halifax Infirmary Robie Street Entrance - QEII
Department: FI Budget & CQI CZ
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT ( 100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: MGMT/NON-Union Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 6-Jul-23

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

About the Opportunity

The Senior Financial Analyst - Budget role is a key leadership role within the Financial Planning, Budget and Revenue team; the Senior Analyst is responsible to provide leadership to analysts and students and to coordinate work under the direction of manager. The Senior Analyst provides mentoring to the analyst team and takes on oversight and accountability for the more strategic, and complex situations and initiatives requiring action and support from the finance team.

The Senior Analyst will be responsible to coordinate the overall budgeting process and activities along with compensation analysis under the direction of the Manager.

The Senior Analyst will have the accountability for processes related to the following: the operating budget process, providing support to capital budgeting processes as necessary, budget maintenance, the technical “Budman” budgeting system, forecasting support, and compensation analysis and support.

Responsibilities include:

• Analyzes activities/processes with a view towards identifying enhancement opportunities to improve processes.
• Provides strategic advice to the respective Manager, on all opportunities and issues.
• Oversees the timely preparation and analysis of numerous financial reports.
• Reviews and validates reconciliations and analyses performed by analyst team. Coordinates the efficient and effective completion of work assigned to analyst team.
• Monitors the performance of budget processing activities for efficiency, integrity, accuracy and quality.
• With direction from the Manager, supervises and oversees the work of the analyst team and students by championing and following sound financial management through accurate processing, reconciliation, monitoring and reporting.
• Communicates and discuss Nova Scotia Health Authority budgeting guidelines and procedures with analysts to ensure responsibilities, authorities and accountabilities are defined and understood.
• Contributes to the overall effectiveness of Nova Scotia Health through involvement or leadership in committees.
• Builds and maintains internal and external relationships with customers and government department and agencies related to position.
• Supports key NSH leaders by providing expertise in variance analysis, forecasting, compensation analysis, budget and planning.
• Collaborates with People Services, Decision Support, Financial Reporting, Payroll, and Financial Analytics and other colleagues to effectively value-add analysis on overall compensation.

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Graduate of a recognized post-secondary business and/or accounting program, Undergraduate Degree preferred
• Minimum Five years' strong senior level functional system experience and knowledge of budget, general accounting and financial analytics required
• Experience with budgeting software, methodologies and processes
• Possesses a solid understanding of key finance and accounting processes and standards
• Excellent collaboration, verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical, problem solving, technical and conceptual thinking skills
• Highly knowledgeable of SAP functionality for both financial and payroll processes. Highly knowledgeable of technical aspects of SAP and how they relate to or impact business processes.
• Experience in engaging and leading teams and processes in a collaborative, participative manner to respond to the mission, vision, goals and objectives an organization
• Ability to prioritize workload, meet deadlines, and work effectively under pressure with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

Hours

Compensation and Incentives

$36.33 - $45.42 Hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.

Once You've Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

This is a Management/Non Union bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

Preferred candidates must be able to demonstrate proof of primary series of COVID -19 vaccine at time of hire.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.

The Nova Scotia Health Authority is a provincial health authority serving Nova Scotia, Canada.

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