Financial System Implementation Project Lead

Job opportunityThe Corporation of the Town of Orangeville invites applications for the position ofFinancial System Implementation Project LeadCorporate Services department(Two-year contract position 35 hours per week)Located on the north-west edge of the Greater Toronto Area less than one hours drive from Toronto and just moments away from the natural beauty of the Niagara Escarpment the Town of Orangeville (Town) offers an excellent combination of location small-town charm and urban amenities. Situated in the picturesque natural setting of the Hills of Headwaters Orangeville is home to over 30000 residents and is the largest urban community and regional service centre within Dufferin is a great place to raise a family with an excellent quality of life and a strong sense of community. The Town is committed to a values-based thriving and collaborative work environment that supports our employees success. Our values of respect integrity team and excellence (RITE) arent just wordstheyre what we live by every day. They guide how we work together do what is RITE make decisions and support each other. These values form the foundation of our workplace culture helping us grow stronger as a team and better serve our community. Our employees are passionate about delivering high-quality programs and services to our residents and are proud to contribute to making Orangeville one of the exceptional places to live in descriptionThe Town has an exciting opportunity available for the position of Financial System Implementation Project Lead (Overall Project Manager). Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO)/Treasurer this senior contract role will lead the Towns end-to-end implementation of a new financial system that includes Finance and Purchasing/PO functionality. This position will be accountable for overall project management coordination of stakeholders vendor management internal controls and successful integration with the Towns HRIS/Payroll system (Dayforce) and budgeting software (FMW).Job dutiesLeading the end-to-end planning execution and delivery of the Towns new financial system implementation serving as the Towns overall project manager; developing and maintaining a detailed project plan with milestones timelines deliverables resourcing and budget tracking; ensuring regular project status reporting and clear governance; leading discovery needs assessment and requirements definition across Finance and Purchasing/PO processes; and function as the Financial Systems subject matter expert and Business workshops to document current-state processes defining future-state workflows internal controls approval authorities and obtaining stakeholder sign-off on requirements; supporting the procurement process in collaboration with purchasing coordinating vendor demonstrations evaluation activities and producing supporting procurement documentation; managing vendor(s) and implementation partner(s) to ensure clear scope and issue escalation implementation delivery activities including system configuration decisions audit-ready controls reporting requirements; and planning and coordinating integrations to ensure end-to-end process continuity including HRIS (Dayforce) and budgeting tool (FMW) and managing the data migration approach including mapping cleansing conversion cycles reconciliation and sign-off of opening balances/subledgers and open PO/commitments (as applicable); and developing and managing test plans and execution (unit/system/integration/UAT).Leading change management activities readiness planning and cutover planning including stakeholder communication development of user procedure/job aids go-live readiness decision support stabilization/hypercare and transitioning to operational ownership (Finance/IT).Other duties as -secondary education in Business Administration Finance Accounting Public Administration Information Systems Business Analysis or a related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in financial systems and/or enterprise implementations including at least one (1) full-cycle implementation in a lead project management experience leading complex cross-functional projects involving multiple stakeholders vendors and dependencies with strong governance and documentation designation and/or project management certification (PMP or equivalent) is considered an in Ontario municipal government and supporting procurement/RFP processes is considered an working knowledge of municipal/public sector finance operations and internal controls (e.g. approvals segregation of duties audit readiness).Demonstrated experience in requirements gathering process redesign planning and delivering system integrations and reconciliations and facilitation of workshops with diverse stakeholder integrating Financial Software with third party software such as a HRMS (Dayforce) budgeting tool (FMW) and/or line of business applications such as ExploreRec and PSDCityWide is considered an written and verbal communication skills including the ability to prepare decision-ready materials and present to senior leadership/steering range: $108671.65 to $127130.46 band 12 on the Towns 2026 pay grid plus a contract benefits packageQualified candidates are invited to apply no later than 4 p.m. onJuly 2 2026. Applications may be submitted online at or in person at Town Hall on 87 Broadway addressed to Human Resources. Please do not email your application. Please note that only those who are selected for an interview will be contacted by Human select the best candidates to serve the Town and its people several screening tools including police record checks may be required as part of the hiring process for certain employment or volunteer positions. When requested applicants are required to provide a police record check as a condition of their offer of employment. Police record checks must be dated within three (3) months of the employment offer to be considered valid. The specific type of police record check required will be indicated in the job posting Town is an equal opportunity employer. Accommodations are available for all parts of the recruitment process and applicants are asked to make their needs known in advance. 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