Job Description
Senior Financial Strategy Manager
Corporate Services- Corporate Finance
Status: Regular Full Time
Salary Range: $143,937-$179,918 per annum plus comprehensive benefits
Work Mode: Hybrid*see below for more details about this work mode.
Location: 10 Peel Centre Drive, Brampton
Hours of work: 35 hours per week
Join Peel Region as a Senior Financial Strategy Manager!
Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for public finance? Peel Region is seeking a dynamic Senior Financial Strategy Manager to lead critical programs supporting our long-term growth and fiscal sustainability. In this role, you'll guide a team responsible for development charges, property taxation, infrastructure funding, and corporate fiscal policy.
What You'll Do:
- Development Charges Management: Oversee the Region's development charges program, including revenue management, dispute resolution, and periodic by-law reviews.
- Property Tax Oversight: Manage the property tax program, providing financial analysis for Council's legislative actions and developing policies to support tax programs and revenue management.
- Infrastructure Funding Administration: Lead the administration of infrastructure funding programs, ensuring compliance with funding agreements and optimal resource utilization.
- Corporate Fiscal Policy Development: Develop and implement financial strategies and policies related to growth management, tax apportionment, debt management, and other areas of corporate fiscal interest.
- Strategic Financial Planning: Advise on the Region's Long-Term Financial Planning Strategy, focusing on funding strategies related to development charges, taxation, capital reserves, debt management, cash management, and asset management.
- Risk Management: Develop and advise on the Region's Financial Risk Management Strategy to mitigate risks associated with growth, ensuring financial sustainability and flexibility.
- Leadership and Team Management: Provide leadership to the Financial Policy and Development Financing section, establishing operational strategies, setting objectives, prioritizing tasks, and allocating resources.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Cultivate and maintain effective working relationships with internal staff, clients, and peers across the Region, as well as external stakeholders such as other municipalities and provincial government entities.
- Budget Management: Prepare and manage the section's budget, overseeing financial oversight responsibilities for the collection of development charges revenues and ensuring payments for GTA Pooling and the Regional share of GO Transit capital costs.
What We're Looking For:
- University degree in Business Administration, Economics, Urban Planning, or Public Administration; M.B.A. preferred.
- Professional accounting designation (CA, CMA, ACCA, or CGA).
- Minimum of 10 years of job-related experience.
- In-depth knowledge of municipal finance, development charges, property taxation, public policy, or infrastructure planning and project management.
- Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Well-developed analytical and problem-solving abilities.
This is more than just a job—it's an opportunity to shape the financial future of the Region of Peel. If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and lead with purpose, we invite you to apply. Be bold. Think big. Join us.
Perks That Make Work Fun (and Your Life Easier)!At Peel Region, we believe in taking care of you. Here's what you'll enjoy when you join our team:
- Top-Notch Benefits: Comprehensive Health, Dental, and Vision plan (yes, even psychological health coverage) — starting on your very first day!
- OMERS Pension Plan: Automatic enrolment to help secure your future with peace of mind.
- Vacation Time That Grows: Start with 5 weeks of vacation per year— because work-life balance is important!
- Personal Days Just for You: Enjoy 3 paid personal days and floating holidays to recharge whenever you need.
- Wellness First: Flexible hours to fit your lifestyle and prioritize your health and well-being.
- Performance Pays Off: Annual performance reviews with merit increases — your hard work is recognized and rewarded!
- Supportive, Respectful Culture: Work in an environment where leadership truly cares and inclusivity is celebrated.
- Learning & Growth: Access to tuition reimbursement and tons of development resources to keep you growing — whether in your career or on a personal level.
We’ve got you covered — because we know happy, healthy people do their best work! 🎉
In this role, you’ll benefit from the flexibility of a hybrid work arrangement that prioritizes meaningful in-person connection. A minimum of two days per week on-site is expected, with additional in-person presence as operational needs evolve. This arrangement allows for a blend of in person and hybrid work that adapts to support both organizational priorities and employee flexibility and is subject to change over time.
It's important to note that your off-site work location must be within the province of Ontario. This ensures that we're compliant with all regulations and policies.The Region of Peel offers job based flexible hours of work that allows employees to manage personal and professional responsibilities while at the same time ensures business operational needs and customer service expectations are achieved.
Interview: Our recruitment process will include video conference technology
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About Us
Peel Region consists of the cities of Brampton and Mississauga, and the town of Caledon. Peel Region delivers essential services to more than 1.5 million residents and approximately 200,000 businesses.
We’re working to create a community that is safe, inclusive, and accessible. A place where everyone feels they belong and can access the services they need to thrive throughout each stage of life.
Our workforce is 6,700 strong and since 1974, we’ve been delivering a wide range of resident focused services. Our services include paramedic services, health programs, long-term care and services for seniors, child care support, garbage collection and recycling, waste water and water treatment, road maintenance, financial assistance, and housing support.
Recognized by Canada's Healthy Workplace Month® with the Great Employer Award presented by Excellence Canada, Peel Region is a place where everyone feels they belong. We strive to develop a workplace that values and respects diversity, practices inclusion, recognizes the unique contributions and abilities of all people and facilitates innovative thinking. At Peel Region, people come first. Each employee has an important role within our community and when we work together, it’s impactful. We encourage you to join us in delivering essential services and programs to our diverse community. You won't find a better opportunity than Peel Region.
Additional Information
Peel Region is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is respected and valued for their contributions, and where everyone is treated fairly and has opportunity to grow and develop. As one of the most diverse regions in Canada, we are committed to establishing a qualified workforce that is reflective of the population we serve.Peel Region is committed to providing accommodations throughout the recruitment process, upon request. If you require accommodation, please notify us and we will work with you to meet your needs. Accessible formats and communication supports are available. Please contact zzg-hrtalentacquisition@peelregion.ca
Please be advised, Peel Region uses email to communicate with applicants for open job competitions and does not use AI technology in any part of the recruitment process. It is the applicant’s responsibility to include an updated email address that is checked daily and accepts emails from unknown users. As we send time sensitive correspondence via email (i.e., testing bookings, interview dates), it is imperative that applicants check their email regularly. If we do not hear back from applicants, we will assume that you are no longer interested in the position and your application will be removed from the competition.
