Manager, FPA & Reporting

Metrolinx is connecting communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Metrolinx operates GO Transit and UP Express, as well as the PRESTO fare payment system. We are also building new and improved rapid transit, including GO Expansion, Light Rail Transit routes, and major expansions to Toronto’s subway system, to get people where they need to go, better, faster and easier. Metrolinx is an agency of the Government of Ontario.

At Metrolinx, equity, diversity and inclusion are essential to living our values of serving with passion, thinking forward and playing as a team.

In-Office Requirement – NON-HR: This role is an in‑office position based at our 20 Bay Street Office location. Our team is highly collaborative, and much of our work benefits from in‑person co‑creation, relationship‑building, and hands‑on partnership with leaders across the organization.

Our Operations Finance Office is looking for a dynamic and strategic Manager, Financial Analysis & Reporting, to join our team. In this role, you’ll play a key part in driving financial insights and decision-making by collaborating with a wide range of Metrolinx stakeholders, including Sponsors, Planning, Commercial, and Operations.

You will lead and support the development of business cases, strategic procurements, operating budgets, forecasts, and financial models, ensuring strong alignment across the organization. This role offers an exciting opportunity to influence financial strategy while enhancing collaboration, strengthening governance, and advancing reporting processes.

If you’re passionate about turning data into meaningful insights, driving continuous improvement, and partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver impact, we’d love to hear from you.

What will I be doing?

• Leads and provides insight into the identification of business and strategic opportunities and risks; proactive relationship management to ensure risks are detected, assessed, managed and/or resolved; partners with the business to provide financial assessments, monitors and analyzes development and implementation of mitigation plans to maximize opportunities to achieve the financial performance or financial recovery. Leads or supports negotiations as it relates to finance or funding.
• Identifies emerging cost pressures and productivity trends, providing strategic insight on efficiencies and representing financial interests in cross-functional initiatives.
• Provides leadership in strategy, governance, and alignment related to financial performance and reporting and executive-level financial analyses contributing to the enterprise Operating Budget and Forecast.
• Leads the development of budget strategy, key financial messages, and executive briefings, clearly articulating financial impacts, risks, trends, and recommendations.
• Drives continuous improvement across financial planning, reporting frameworks, and governance practices to enhance organizational performance and decision support.
• Supports Business cases and leads what- if Analysis, market/peer research, and financial/economic modelling to ensure that all options and opportunities are properly evaluated for sound decision making (i.e. new service introductions, business transformation, revenue opportunities, etc.)
• Communicates and provides support to both internal and external clients to enhance and achieve organizational goals; collaborates with other stakeholders across Finance Metrolinx to ensure alignment of activities and other ongoing initiatives
• Establishes processes, controls and measures to ensure appropriate expense allocation, cost management, and overall fiscal responsibility
• Manages (4-6) staff (e.g. defines roles, responsibilities, and expectations); delivers timely feedback to ensure a cohesive operational unit and the optimum use of team skills.

What Skills and Qualifications Do I Need?

• Completion of a degree in Business Administration, Finance or Economics or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Master’s degree is in Business Administration or Economics is an asset.
• Demonstrated progressive experience in business/financial planning in a large private or public sector organization including directing a team of professionals.
• Possession of Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation is an asset.
• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and decision-making and approval processes, estimating, budget development and related processes.
• Knowledge of financial planning, budget development methods, techniques, procedures, policies and processes to act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders with the ability to provide authoritative business planning and financial advice to support executive decision-making; applying relevant business planning and budget development methodologies and frameworks; providing verbal briefings to senior management.
• Knowledge of the principles of accountability and risk management, along with key performance measurement methodologies, practices, and techniques to lead the development and delivery of divisional objectives, business cases, KPI targets, risks, and multi-year budgets.
• Managerial and leadership skills to manage and motivate a staff, plan, set priorities and schedule and manage staff and team deliverables.
• Interpersonal and oral/written/presentation communication skills to provide advice and expertise, develop working relationships, collaborate, and conduct meetings/presentations with senior management (both internal and external to the organization).
• Analytical and problem-solving skills to identify potentially contentious issues, anticipate adverse effects, risks, and potential problems, and develop solutions.

Don’t Meet Every Requirement?

If you’re excited about working with Metrolinx but your past experience doesn’t quite align with every qualification of this posting, we encourage you to apply. You just might be the right candidate for this or other roles. We are always looking for great talent to join our team.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from members of equity-deserving communities, including those who identify as Indigenous, Black, racialized, women, people with disabilities, and people with diverse gender identities, expressions and sexual orientations.

Accommodation:

We value the unique skills and experiences each person brings to Metrolinx and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment. We are committed to the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act so if you require accommodation during the hiring process, please let our Recruitment team know by contacting us at: 416-202-5601 or email hr.recruitment@metrolinx.com.

Application Process:

All applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Metrolinx will be using email to communicate with you for all job competitions. It is your responsibility to include an updated email address that is checked daily and accepts emails from unknown users. As we send time-sensitive correspondence, we recommend that you check your email regularly. If no response is received, we will assume you are no longer interested in pursuing the opportunity. Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate.

For Internal applicants, with the recent implementation of the Internal Mobility Policy, the internal recruitment process has changed for non-union roles. Candidates must be in their current role for 12 months prior to applying for another role and each applicant must be in good standing (not participating in a Performance Improvement Plan). Please review all provisions of the policy before submitting your application.

Should it be determined that any background information provided is misleading, inaccurate or incorrect, Metrolinx reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of your application.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

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