Senior Financial Consultant

• Assist in coordinating and planning the annual operating budget cycle including preparation of templates and training materials analysis of inputs preparation of reports provide support to budget managers develop options to balance budgets and implement change.
• Coordinate annual and multi-year budgets for operating revenue non-operating revenue depreciation and non-operating expenses (debt servicing).
• Work with Engineering and Technology Services (Eng & TS) to develop funding strategies for the capital budget that align with short term and long-term operating budgets.
• Provide financial analysis and recommendations for different staffing issues and support for union negotiations.
• Assist in the preparation of funding claims associated with special funding (such as Federal/Provincial infrastructure grants).
• Coordinate Information Requests (IRs) from the NSUARB relating to capital budget queries rate applications and other operational applications.
• Assist with the development of financial models for rate applications and business plans and provide support for rate applications submitted for approval to the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (NSUARB) and other regulatory matters. Including responding to IRs supporting panel members and/or participating on panel to provide expert testimony.
• Monitor corporate forecast projections investigate and analyze changes from budget and provide updates to management as required. Work with business units to identify options for dealing with changes including identifying revenue sources identifying cost savings including adjustments to staffing.
• Develop forecasting techniques to identify variances that will assist with decision making.
• Actively participates on internal committees as a representative of Corporate Services to provide technical support and advice as required on financial matters.
• Assists in the development and oversight of key financial policies and processes so as to advance the organizations strategic interests. The work impacts Operating and Capital Budgets Reserves Debt staffing plans and Halifax Waters Strategic Initiatives.
• Ensures that processes are improved and maintained to enable collection and analysis of information on a variety of key operational and capital issues. Identifies need for analysis and carries out or coordinates research as required and prepares effective recommendations for action by the management team.
• Keeps abreast of program business and strategic trends and seeks opportunities to assist Halifax Water to improve efficiency. Identifies and researches best practices and processes problems and identifies strategies and solutions to implement at Halifax Water.
• Carries out analysis and costing of alternatives in support of corporate decision-making such as labour costs union contract negotiations lease versus buy decisions new initiatives special projects or other financing considerations.
• Prepares and makes presentations to Halifax Water staff senior leadership and the Halifax Water Board or the sub-committees as required.
• Supports internal and external auditors in assessing financial controls preparing analysis and financial reports required for audits.

• Education:
  • Post-secondary degree in business public administration or related field
  • A professional accounting designation would be an asset.

• Experience:
  • Five years of broad financial management experience and analyzing financial information preferably in a utility or customer-oriented operation
  • Experience in project leadership participation in projects as a professional finance resource or policy development and research.
  • Experience in leading change.

• Certificates/Licenses/Registrations:
  • Must be willing to undertake and maintain the following safety training:
    • First Aid
    • Globally Harmonized System (GHS) (Formerly WHMIS)
    • Additional safety training as identified based on legislative and operational requirements.

As Atlantic Canadas Largest Water Utility our purpose is to supply and safeguard sustainable high-quality water services.

Everything we do at Halifax Water is tied to our purpose. With employees who are dedicated to supplying high-quality services for water wastewater and stormwater through a One Team One Water attitude we can meet the challenges of a growing population aging infrastructure and increasing regulatory compliance.

Halifax Water employees strive to be stewards of our environment and are fueled by a passion to serve our communities. Employee commitment and dedication of service mean a great deal to our customers stakeholders and to Halifax Water.

As an employee Halifax Water is proud to offer you:

• Pension & Benefits: We invest in our employees. As a member of our team you will have access to a competitive benefits package including health insurance retirement plans long-term disability paid holidays vacation sick leave fitness incentives and much more. Learn more about the benefits of working at Halifax Water on our website;
• Diversity Equity and Inclusion: We continually foster a more diverse workforce representative of our communities at all job levels. We know that a diverse workforce positively contributes to our success and the success of our community.
• Career & Professional Development: We encourage job development opportunities for all employees including on-the-job training tuition assistance eLearning courses classroom-based training and more.

We are committed to providing a safe and hazard-free work environment. Our employees health and well-being are a top priority and we promote a safety-first culture to provide daily healthy safe sustainable and reliable services. We take this responsibility seriously and feel immense pride in reaching beyond industry service standards.

As a public service utility operating critical infrastructure on behalf of our customers our employees are trained in Emergency Measures Operations (EMO) and Incident Command System (ICS). This type of training allows Halifax Water to respond to all emergencies from simple water main breaks to keeping customer water flowing (water wastewater and stormwater) through Hurricanes and other major natural events.

To learn more about What We Do visit Halifax Water .