Director, Financial Manager, Finance & Banking

At Acute Care Alberta (ACA), financial stewardship is fundamental to sustaining a high-performing healthcare system. Finance plays a critical role in enabling strategic decision-making, ensuring accountability for public resources, and supporting the delivery of quality care across Alberta.

We are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking finance leader to join our team as Director, Financial Planning. In this role, you will provide strategic leadership for ACA’s financial framework including budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, performance measurement, executive and ministry reporting. You will ensure that financial strategies, financial processes, and reporting practices align with organizational priorities, government directives, and evolving healthcare funding models.

As a key member of the finance leadership team, you will partner with executive leaders across ACA and the broader health system to support evidence-based decision-making, optimize resource allocation, and strengthen financial accountability.

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the financial planning landscape at ACA and build strong relationships across Alberta’s healthcare system. If you are passionate about public sector stewardship, enjoy solving complex accounting challenges, are interested in driving organizational performance, and thrive in a collaborate environment,

The Director, Financial Planning provides strategic and operational leadership for budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and accountability reporting across ACA, Emergency Health Services, Cancer Care Alberta, and Give Life Alberta. Reporting to the Senior Program Officer, Finance, this role leads the financial planning function and supports organizational decision-making through timely, accurate, and insightful financial information.

Working collaboratively with ACA leadership, health ministries, and other health entities, the Director, Financial Planning oversees the development and coordination of the annual budget, quarterly forecasts, Business Plan submissions, and enterprise-wide variance reporting. This position also leads the coordination of funding allocations to provincial health corporations and contracted service providers, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and approved funding frameworks.

The Director is accountable for establishing and maintaining robust financial planning processes, strengthening financial governance, supporting performance measurement, and ensuring appropriate stewardship of public resources. Through strong financial leadership and collaboration, this role provides strategic advice to senior leaders on fiscal risks, funding pressures, emerging trends, and opportunities to improve organizational performance.

As the financial planning function continues to evolve, the Director will build and lead a high-performing team, foster strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, enhance planning effectiveness, reporting quality, and decision support across the organization.

• Classification: Director
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: Financial Planning
• Location Details: Eligible to work remotely within Alberta
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 16-OCT-2026
• Date Available: 02-NOV-2026
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $57.07
• Maximum Salary: $100.39
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

• Classification: Director
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: Financial Planning
• Primary
  
  Location:
  
  Seventh Street Plaza
• Location Details: Eligible to work remotely within Alberta
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 16-OCT-2026
• Date Available: 02-NOV-2026
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $57.07
• Maximum Salary: $100.39
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Minimum ten (10) years of progressively responsible accounting, financial planning, or finance experience.

Demonstrated experience providing strategic financial advice and recommendations to executive leadership.

Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-wide budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes in a large, complex organization.

Demonstrated leadership experience, including project management, team leadership, and mentoring.

Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results within established…