Manager of Budget and Grants

Manager of Budget and Grants

JOB TITLE: Manager of Budget and Grants
LOCATION: Brantford, ON

The Grand Erie District School Board is guided by our vision to Learn, Lead, and Inspire and our shared mission to build a culture of learning, well-being and belonging to inspire each learner. Grand Erie’s 4,000 employees provide quality education to approximately 28,000 full‑time equivalent students who attend our 73 schools. The Board spans a geographic area encompassing the City of Brantford and the counties of Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk.

The head office is located in Brantford.

The Manager of Budgets and Grants leads the budget development and financial reporting processes for Grand Erie. Responsibilities include developing the operating budget ensuring transparency, participation, consistency, accuracy, efficiency and effectiveness throughout Estimates and Revised Estimates budget cycles. In addition, this role is responsible for the financial reporting duties within the board including analysis, monitoring, submission and compliance to both the Board, the Ministry of Education and other key stakeholders.

This position will also have oversight of the school accounting team.

Key Responsibilities

• Organize and collaborate with stakeholders in order to prepare the annual estimates and revised budgets including presentation materials and reports.
• Develop revenue and expense budget focusing on compensation costs, operating costs while utilizing historical, trending and research analysis.
• Identify budget pressures and funding shortfalls annually based on the Ministry of Education’s technical funding paper.
• Maintain and oversee the integrity of the General Ledger (GL) framework within the financial system, ensuring alignment with Ministry of Education account coding standards and regulatory requirements as well as collaborating with HR and payroll to ensure accuracy.
• Provide day‑to‑day supervision and support to the Budget and Grants Officer whose main responsibilities are salaries and benefits preparation, budget monitoring, reporting and analysis.
• Oversee two School Accountants whose primary responsibility is to support schools with school budgets, school banking and promoting and improving financial literacy at the school level.
• Oversee one School Office Coordinator who trains and supports the School Clerical staff in a more non‑financial way.
• Oversee monthly budget monitoring and reporting to stakeholders.
• Prepare quarterly interim financial reports for management and the Audit Committee.
• Assist with the year end audit including financial analysis, preparation of schedules, and completion of Ministry reporting documents.
• Coordinate the receipt, administration and reporting of grant funding.
• Provide input in the development of policies and procedures as required.
• Prepare ad‑hoc reports as required
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Experience

• Completion of Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Designation (formerly CA, CMA, CGA) required.
• Degree in Business, Accounting, Commerce, Economics, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of related experience in budgeting including salary and benefit forecasting as well as financial statement preparation.
• Advanced proficiency with computerized financial systems and with reporting and analytical tools such as Microsoft Excel.
• Strong analytical, research, reasoning, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Ability to respond positively and adapt easily to change, including reprioritization and re‑planning under time constraints.
• Experience in a school board or another public sector organization is an asset.
• Diploma in School Board Administration is a desired asset.

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