Senior Financial Analyst (Grants)

Toronto-Community-Housing; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 107,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan with OMERS

Health & dental benefits

Maternity/ parental leave top up

Tuition reimbursement

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Toronto Community Housing is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst, Grants, to act as the finance lead for centralized grants, support senior management, and guide grant-related budgeting and reporting. The role emphasizes partnership with internal teams and external funders to ensure compliance and strategic financial planning.

The position requires a CPA-preferred candidate with 5–7 years in public sector finance and strong Excel and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field; CPA preferred.
• Minimum 5-7 years in public sector finance, non-profit or housing sector funding.
• Experience with grant administration, budgeting and forecasting.
• Advanced Excel skills essential.
• Strong relational and cross-functional collaboration abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead grants financial reporting, budget development, and funder compliance.
• Manage month-end close, reconciliations, journal entries, and audits.
• Support annual planning, forecasting, and funding model analyses.
• Collaborate with management to gather data for grant applications and reports.
• Provide ad-hoc analyses and board reporting on grant performance and funding.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Attention to detail

Time management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Self-motivated

Verbal and written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

CPA preferred

Tools

Excel

Job description

Vacancy Type: Full-timePermanent

Salary/HourlyRange: $107,358 - $118,094

Work Details (Days/Hours): Monday – Friday 36.25 hours per week

Hybrid Eligible: Yes

Affiliation: Non-Union: Management/Exempt

Divisionand Department: Finance - Treasury

Location: 55 John Street, Toronto

Number of Vacancies: 1

Existing/New Job: New

Grade: 07

Vacancy Status: New

Candidate List or Eligibility List: Candidate List

What we offer

In addition to a competitive salary and a rewarding career where you can truly make a difference, we offer a comprehensive package that meets the various needs of our diverse employees, including:

• Ability to participate in inclusive employee-led networks to educate, inspire, amplify voices, build relationships and provide development opportunities;
• Minimum three (3) weeks of paid annual vacation days, increasing with years of service;
• Four (4) paid personal days;
• Defined benefit pension plan with OMERS, includes 100-per-cent employer matching;
• Health and dental benefits, including a health spending account available upon your start date;
• Employee and family assistance program;
• Maternity and parental leave top up (93% of base salary);
• Training and development programs including tuition reimbursement of $1500 per calendar year.
• Fitness membership discount;

This job offers the opportunity to work from home as part of a hybrid work arrangement. This arrangement will allow you to work some days at a TCHC work location and the rest of the time from home. The amount of time required to work at a TCHC work location is flexible, while considering operational and service delivery requirements.

Make a difference

Reporting to the Manager, Treasury, the Senior Financial Analyst, Grants will serve as the finance lead for the centralized grants function and support senior management and act as the finance lead for grant-related matters across TCHC. The incumbent will become a trusted advisor and provide financial expertise and guidance to support business decisions including but not limited to grant applications, funding agreements review, budgeting and financial planning, financial reporting, compliance reporting and various ad-hoc analyses. The role requires a self-motivated individual who can work independently while also fostering relationships with our stakeholders, including internal stakeholders and external funding agencies.

What you’ll do

Grants Financial Reporting and Compliance

• Analyzing, and presenting grant applications, funding agreements, ensuring compliance with funding requirements, and providing insights for strategic financial planning which includes grant application and life cycle costing, and funder reporting packages
• Performing month-end close process which includes but not limited to reconciliation of balance sheet accounts, performing monthly journal entries, accruals, and approval of invoices
• Ensuring the accuracy and integrity of grant-related financial data, developing and implementing internal controls, and ensuring compliance with funding agreements.
• Assisting in internal and external audits. Monitoring grant audits progress.

Financial Planning and Business Support

• Lead the annual business planning oversight process with the business units in relation to identifying funding opportunities for operating and capital, including in-depth review of models/long-term assumptions, developing and maintaining financial models, conducting in-depth analysis of financial data, preparing forecasts and budgets, and providing recommendations to senior management to improve financial performance and drive business growth;
• Collaborate with TCHC management teams to gather necessary data and inputs for grant application development
• Conduct sensitivity analyses and scenario planning to assess the funding impact to senior management for decision-making support
• Conduct various analyses and reports for senior management and the board of directors to support business decision making;
• Ad-hoc analyses and presentations on grant funding opportunities, program results, as well as supporting any special projects

Governance & Reporting

• Conduct regular meetings with business units and TCHC management for financial results and compliance review
• Review all of the grant proposals, funding agreements and related reports prepared
• Tracking outstanding grant requirements from funders and senior management and ensuring all requirements are addressed
• Monitor and report on monthly key financial performance indicators and metrics
• Monitor and ensure compliance with the funding agreements. Perform procedures for corrective actions as required

Other

• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including TCHC Staff, external funders and consultants
• Support continuous improvement and productivity initiatives within the overall financial function
• Acting as backup for TCHC finance staff as required
• Other duties as assigned

What you’ll need

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, Public Administration, or similar discipline;
• Experience in grants administration, government funding programs or funding agreements;
• Recognized professional accounting designation (CPA preferred)
• Minimum 5-7 years of experience in public sector finance, non-profit or housing sector funding, relevant environment or related field;
• Experience and knowledge working with government agencies and external funders;
• Demonstrated experience with grant administration, financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting;
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and work with and across various business units within the organization;
• Advanced Excel skills are essential;
• Attention to detail and excellent analytical, reasoning and time management skills;
• Ability to perform detailed reconciliations and numerical analysis;
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills with the ability to maintain professional and effective working relationships;
• Self-starter; highly motivated and able to work independently;
• Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities and meet strict deadlines
• Experience drafting, preparing and formatting grant applications, funding reports, board reports, letters, memos and statistical summaries.