Executive Director, Financial Planning

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Role

Reporting to the Assistant Deputy Minister, Financial and Corporate Services, as a partner and trusted advisor, you will demonstrate your financial acuity through the effective delivery of significant budget, forecasting, planning and developing solutions for complex financial challenges. You will provide strategic leadership for financial planning, policies and practices that support the ministry business and fiscal plans including consolidation with Alberta Health Services (AHS). Modelling a collaborative approach, you will also foster a partnering culture, engaging other divisions, cross ministry colleagues, and significant health stakeholders.

Qualifications

As an influential and highly credible leader, your career will include extensive related senior financial management experience. Your background demonstrates extensive and complex experience in leading budgeting and forecasting processes, policy development, grant management and providing strategic advice and recommendations. You have demonstrated skills working within a complex stakeholder environment and have strong collaboration experience. Knowledge of public sector budgeting process is strongly preferred and awareness of the health system would be advantageous. A related degree and accounting designation are required.