Director of Corporate Services

THE OPPORTUNITY

We have an exceptional opportunity for a strategic and collaborative leader to join the Town of Peace River as Director of Corporate Services. Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), the Director of Corporate Services is responsible for overseeing the Town’s financial success, administrative operations, and strategic financial planning. The Director provides financial leadership, manages budgets, oversees accounting functions, conducts forecast analysis, monitors corporate credit, and ensures compliance with all applicable legislation.

The Director also plays a key part in both long- and short-term strategic decision-making, guiding the Town’s financial priorities and operational direction. The Director will have five (5) direct reports and will provide leadership across Finance, Information Technology, Communications, Human Resources, and Office Services Support to ensure cohesive and effective corporate service delivery. The Town of Peace River is prioritizing modernization, so candidates with direct experience implementing ERP systems, strong technical aptitude, and familiarity with tools such as AI-driven solutions and PowerBI for data reporting and analytics will be highly valued.

Peace River is a progressive urban centre in northwest Alberta, and is a scenic, growing town that is home to just under 7,000 residents. The community is situated in the Peace River Valley and straddles the banks of the mighty Peace River. The town is within a five-hour drive north of Edmonton and two hours northeast of Grande Prairie.

Peace River, the Future of the North

We will strive to be an ambitious, prosperous, and supportive community.

Courage
- We act in the best long-term interests of the citizens, even when those decisions may not be popular in the short term.

Health & Wellbeing
- We know that the most compelling communities are those where citizens are strong and active.

Integrity
- We do what we say we will do.

Synergy
- We are a team, each bringing different strengths to the decisions we are asked to make.

Vitality
- We know that when we act with passion and have fun doing it, we bring others along with us.

Plans, directs and coordinates the day-to-day operation of the business office to achieve the department mission and goals. Develops and implements a process for preparation of annual capital and operating budgets. Monitors, controls and authorizes spending within the limits of the approved budget.

• Budget Variance, measured in dollars and percentage over or under.
• Service Quality, measured by community feedback.

• Take responsibility for clarifying the expectations of others; acknowledge how personal decisions, actions and standards of performance influence work accomplishments; accept responsibility for work accomplishments; and recognize changes required to achieve better results going forward.
• Attend and take an active part in all staff meetings.
• Work together with other employees in a team effort, stressing cooperation and good communication between staff members.
• Recruits, develops and evaluates department staff. Conducts regularly scheduled meetings with all department staff to review operations; communicate expectations; advise on policy or procedure changes; and to share information of general interest to the team.
• Accountable for the development, implementation and monitoring of performance standards for staff. Complete performance reviews on staff directly reporting to the Corporate Services Director and ensure performance appraisals are conducted for all Town staff on an annual basis.
• Ensures that policies and directives adopted by Council and / or the Chief Administrative Officer are transmitted to department employees.
• Responsible for overseeing the department’s budgets annually and providing direction to subordinate employees regarding variances and other unanticipated expenditures to the budget. Review, recommend, monitor and control annual department budgets prior to incorporation into overall draft budget.
• Maintains a current knowledge of all funding programs that may be available to…