Senior Manager, Financial Planning, Funding & Analysis

Job Category
:
Finance

Requisition Number
: MANAG
001351

• Posted :
  July 15, 2026
• Full-Time
• Hybrid

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Hamilton Downtown Family YMCA
79 James Street South
Hamilton, ON L8P 2Z1, CAN

Department:
Finance & Risk

Starting Salary: $85,000 annually, commensurate with experience

Location:

Hamilton Downtown Family YMCA with hybrid working options available.

Work Hours:

40 hours per week

Number of Vacancies: 1

Final date to receive applications:
July 29, 2026

Anticipated

Start Date:

September 1, 2026

Why You’ll Love Working With Us:

• Paid Vacation Entitlements that increase with seniority (subject to eligibility)
• Paid Personal days and sick days
• A generous employer-paid Group Health benefit plan starting from day 1, with 3 flexible options to choose from
• A Defined Contribution Pension Plan with up to 5% employer matching
• Mental Health on Demand (MHOD) Program
• Hybrid work arrangements with in-person office time to collaborate, innovate and build relationships with your colleagues
• Reduced rates for YMCA Child Care, Camp, and Child & Youth programs (subject to availability)
• Free staff YMCA Health & Fitness Memberships

Position Overview:

We believe that it is through the power of our amazing people that the #YSaves

Lives. By joining the YMCA Hamilton|Burlington|Brantford Finance team, you will contribute to making our Y the best place to work.

We're looking for an experienced and collaborative finance leader to join our Finance team as Senior
Manager, Financial Planning, Funding & Analysis
.

Reporting to the Director of Finance & Risk, the Senior Manager, Financial Planning, Funding & Analysis serves as a strategic finance partner to the organization's senior leadership team, providing financial leadership that supports organizational decision‑making, long‑term sustainability, and operational excellence.

This role leads the organization's financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, government funding, and analytical functions. Working collaboratively with operational leaders across the organization, the Manager will take ownership of the preparation and coordination of government funding applications, financial reporting, reconciliations, and submissions—including CWELCC and other municipal, provincial, and grant‑funded initiatives. The incumbent will ensure submissions are complete, accurate, and aligned with funding requirements before final review and approval by the Director of Finance & Risk and other members of the senior leadership team.

As the finance lead for organizational planning, you will partner closely with leaders across the organization to drive the annual budgeting process, coordinate rolling forecasts, develop financial models, and provide strategic financial insights that support informed decision‑making. You will champion continuous improvement by strengthening financial processes, reporting capabilities, and planning methodologies across the organization.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a finance professional who is passionate about using financial leadership to strengthen programs and services that positively impact children, families, and communities.

• Provide leadership for the organization's annual budgeting, forecasting, and long‑range financial planning processes in partnership with the senior leadership team.
• Lead the development and coordination of annual operating and capital budgets across multiple departments and programs.
• Develop and maintain rolling forecasts and financial models to support organizational planning.
• Deliver meaningful variance analysis, trend reporting, scenario planning, and recommendations that support organizational decision‑making.
• Establish budgeting and forecasting timelines, standards, and best practices that improve organizational accountability and consistency.
• Lead the organization's financial oversight of government funding programs, including CWELCC and other provincial, municipal, and grant‑funded initiatives.
• Responsible for the preparation and submission of funding applications, financial reports, reconciliations, and year‑end settlements for review by the Director of Finance and other…