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 culture

Job summary

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) is hiring for an IT Performance and Partnership role within the IT Financial & Capacity Management team in Ottawa/Montréal. You will analyze IT workforce capacity, budgets, and resource utilization to ensure the organization has the right skills and financial allocations.

Responsibilities include budgeting, cost analysis, and dashboard reporting using Excel and Power BI to support executive decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in finance, business, or related field.
• At least 5 years in financial budget management and analysis or workforce planning.
• Experience with organizational development, engagement, or planning tools is a plus.
• Understanding IT functions, roles, capabilities, and operating models is preferred.
• Ability to influence IT leadership, HR, and Finance.

Responsibilities

• Conduct workforce and IT capacity assessments, analyzing supply vs. demand and forecast trends.
• Plan, monitor, and report all IT financial resources and budgets.
• Oversee IT operating and capital budgets and analyze cost drivers, risks, and trends.
• Coordinate development of annual IT operating and capital budgets across IT functions.
• Monitor IT costs monthly and quarterly across liquidity, software, hardware, cloud services, maintenance, and more.
• Identify key cost drivers across labour, licensing, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, and vendor services.

Skills

Budget management

Workforce planning

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Financial modelling tools

Job description

Job Requisition ID: 12462

Position Status: Permanent Full Time

Position Type: Hybrid

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

Travel Requirement: Limited

Language Designation: English Essential

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

Security Requirement: Reliability Status

Salary: Our salaries generally range from $ 86816.59 to $ 108520.74 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 Specialist, IT Financial & Capacity Management position. 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 delivers 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.
• A minimum of 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.
• An understanding of IT functions, roles, capabilities, and operating models.
• The ability to influence and partner with IT leadership, HR, and Finance.
• Skills in interpreting complex workforce and financial data for senior audiences.
• The ability to navigate sensitive workforce and performance situations.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, facilitation, and communication skills.

It Would Be Great If You Also Had

• An 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.

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