Senior Contract Financial Analyst

Do you have a strong financial analysis and project management experience?

Bring your knowledge and skills to this challenging position, where you will analyse market trends, service providers and service provider management models to support contract delivery and quality assurance within the Ministry of Transportation.

Please note that the successful candidate in this competition may work out of any of the following locations:

• 301 St Paul Street, St Catharines, West Region
• 659 Exeter Road, London, West Region
• 159 Sir William Hearst Avenue, Toronto, Toronto Region
• 1355 John Counter Boulevard, Kingston, East Region
• 447 McKeown Avenue, North Bay, North Region
• 615 James Street South, Thunder Bay, North Region

OPS Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism:

We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.

Visit the OPS Anti-Racism Policy and the OPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint pages to learn more about the OPS commitment to advance racial equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the public service.

We offer employment accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario's Human Rights Code. Refer to the "How to apply" section if you require a disability-related accommodation.

What can I expect to do in this role?

In this role, you will:
• lead and conduct risk assessments, financial evaluations, audits of service providers and financial analysis
• prepare business cases that support the development and implementation of new contract delivery and oversight and service provider management models
• provide financial and risk assessment advice regarding contract delivery and oversight
• manage service providers and their support to regional staff, branch and division management, other ministries and stakeholders

How do I qualify?

Financial Analysis Experience

• You know non-governmental financial and managerial accounting principles and practices, Canadian auditing standards
• You know and can apply risk assessment approaches in order to conduct financial analyses, economics, industry and market analysis methods and techniques
• You can assess risks and business cases in support of new qualification control and oversight measures
• You can identify trends and potential risks for new contract procurement and oversight and operations
• You can interpret and apply policies, standards and priorities and government directions to ensure ministry objectives are met
• You have knowledge of highway improvement contracting and oversight approaches in order to conduct financial analyses and risk assessment
• You can synthesize financial models and formulas into summaries

Project Management Experience

• You have demonstrated experience in project planning and management techniques and skills including performance measures, benchmarking, and resource management
• You can lead and coordinate concurrent activities and complex sensitive projects
• You can lead project staff, analyze data and ensure project commitments and outcomes are achieved effectively and efficiently
• You can design, develop, deliver and evaluate training programs that support change initiatives and the implementation of project deliverables

Communication and Interpersonal Skills

• You have interpersonal, consultation, consensus, relationship building, leadership, negotiation, conflict resolution and judgement skills and techniques
• You can lead consultations, establish effective partnerships, influence, motivate, build trust and develop win-win solutions with multiple stakeholders and team members
• You can use your communication skills to have impact and influence on stakeholders and team members
• You can simplify complex issues and concepts into easily understood messages
• You can use computer applications for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and developing process and flow charts
• You have knowledge of accounting software systems, information and data management techniques and packages to prepare your own materials and review financial information for auditing purposes