Manager, Strategic Finance Systems Integration & Innovation

1. Manages the operations of Financial Systems department by developing, implementing and planning short and long range service goals and objectives for the portfolio; ensures the financial management of the service including budget preparation and the authorization, control, monitoring and reporting of expenditures.
2. Works with the end-user to review current financial systems applications, identify needs, determine costs and provide recommendations to the Director; oversees and/or coordinates end-user support to financial system applications regarding systems development, maintenance, future needs assessments, project work plans and related documentation.
3. Develops, recommends and implements appropriate policies and procedures and systems for the Finance portfolio such as simplifying workflow and assuring compliance with regulatory requirements; oversees and/or coordinates user-training programs and identifies or allocates appropriate resources in order to resolve existing issues by providing advice, consultation and expertise for the applicable financial systems.
4. Works with other departments to evaluate areas for business process improvement; identify information technology requirements; manage the technology build or adaptation including the build of business intelligence to enable timely and accurate financial reporting.
5. Provides recommendations to Senior Executives on areas of non-compliance and performs regular reviews of processes to ensure efficient and effective information processing; provides recommendation for improvements and provides updates to FH users on process changes.
6. Oversees and/or coordinates the accurate and timely reporting of financial and working reports including integrity of workload data and quality reviews, as required; develops, implements and evaluates quality improvement initiatives for the portfolio and participates in quality improvement programs by developing performance indicators.
7. Manages designated staff by selecting, directing, monitoring and when necessary, disciplining service staff, developing and implementing appropriate staff training, development and retention plans; investigates performance issues and/or related staff issues and implements disciplinary action up to and including employee terminations, where required.
8. Plans and implements operating and capital budgets for the portfolio including budget preparation, authorization control and reporting of expenditures; implements corrective action, as required to ensure expenditures are within approved budget.
9. Oversees and/or develops financial systems reporting standards for FH in collaboration with the Director, Corporate Reporting & Systems Improvement, internal and external stakeholders; analyzes and reports on impact/effect of data reporting; leads various projects related to financial system operations reporting by defining project scope, developing project plans, overseeing project implementation and evaluating project results.
10. Develops short and long term work planning and control procedures to ensure critical period and year-end reporting deadlines are met; reviews financial systems reports against applicable benchmarks/standards and prepares justification analyzes in case of financial anomalies and/or reports; advises the Senior Executive and/or Ministry of Health officials, as required.
11. Represents FH through participating on committees, organizations and advisory activities as appropriate.

CPA professional accounting designation and completion of an undergraduate degree in information systems or computer science.

Seven (7) years' recent related financial accounting and financial systems experience in a large complex organization, including two (2) years' supervisory experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Professional/Technical Capabilities:

• Demonstrated experience and ability to manage organizational wide projects using structured project management skills
• Demonstrated ability to teach and provide instruction/training to various individuals
• Demonstrated ability to lead, plan, direct and implement processes
• Knowledge of systems analysis, design and development life cycle theory, concepts and practices
• Excellent analytical reasoning and problem solving skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Demonstrated ability to function in a highly dynamic environment with continuous change
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines in a complex organization with changing priorities
• Ability to operate related equipment including applicable software applications
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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