Finance Manager , Business Services; Data Strategy

Job Location: Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Employment type: Permanent

Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk)

No. of positions: 1

Region:
Lower Mainland

Flexible Work Role:
Hybrid

• Support the development of BC Hydro Finance's enterprise data strategy, ensuring reporting, analytics and AI initiatives line up with business priorities and measurable outcomes.
• Owns and oversees the Finance data and analytics action plan, establishing milestones, directing resources, and balancing competing demands to ensure the successful delivery of strategic initiatives and continuous business improvements
• Identifies and advances opportunities to leverage analytics, automation, and emerging AI technologies to improve decision making, increase efficiency and reduce manual effort across Finance.
• Acts as the Finance data steward, providing leadership for data governance, leading quality practice to provide consistency, reliability, standardisation, and accountability of Finance data assets.
• Leads a small team of analysts and data specialists providing strategic direction, developing capabilities, and fostering engagement and accountability while ensuring the highest quality of customer service
• Provides strategic leadership and accountability for Finance data and analytics initiatives, coordinating with Technology partners and business stakeholders to drive sustainable improvements and delivery across Finance.
• Builds and sustains a strong partnership with Technology and other business stakeholders to influence priorities, and resolve challenges, while advancing the Finance data and analytics action plan.
• Establishes and maintains frameworks, standards and communities of practice that strengthen Finance's ability to use data, reporting, automation, and AI tools effectively and consistently.
• Manages a growing portfolio of enterprise initiatives, including analytics modernization, planning, and forecasting transformation, AI enablement, and data platform adoption.
• Champions continuous improvement, innovation and an inclusive workplace culture that promotes collaboration, learning and high performance.
• Coaches and supports Finance leaders and team members in developing data literacy, analytics capabilities, and data driven decision-making practices.

• A professional designation or graduate degree is an asset (e.g., CPA, CFA, MBA, MSc, PMP, CDMP).
• A minimum of 7+ years of related work experience and 3+ years of leadership experience.
• We may consider those with an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Experience providing strategic business advice, influencing decision making and delivering value through data analytics.
• Strong understanding of data governance, analytics reporting, automation, and emerging AI capabilities.
• Excellent planning, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to lead a team of professionals to deliver their best performance, produce consistent, high-quality deliverables and seek continuous improvement.
• Excellent leadership, relationship management, team building, conflict management, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrated business acumen and ability to assess opportunities, risks, operational impacts, and strategic options to support informed decision making.
• Ability to lead meetings and present to all levels of management.
• Ability to analyze investment opportunities, assess business and operational implications, and develop strategic business options to maximize results and achieve business objectives.
• Experience implementing change and business improvement initiatives.
• Experience with SAP is required.

• A minimum of 15 paid vacation days
• Flexible work model, depending on your role type
• Training…