Senior Financial Planning Analyst

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Job : 65393
Job Category:Finance, Accounting & Purchasing
Division & Section:Financial Planning, Fin Plng Strat Corp Analysis & Review
Work Location:City Hall, 100 Queen St. W, Toronto, ON M5H 2N2
Job Type & Duration:Full-time, Temporary (18 months)
Salary Range:$ - $
Shift Information:Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week
Affiliation:Non-Union
Number of Positions Open:1
Posting Period:17-Aug-2026 to 31-Aug-2026

The Senior Financial Planning Analyst is expected to monitor and report on the City’s financial performance, providing oversight and ensuring compliance with financial planning policies, budgetary guidelines and financial controls to support the City’s fiscal, informed decision-making and responsible service-based financial management. This includes providing strategic financial and business analysis and advice to ensure informed decision-making by all levels of management, Committees, and City Council.

The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker with a strong foundation in financial planning, a data-driven approach to analysis, and the ability to support executive leadership and Council decision-making. They bring sound judgment, strong Excel and modeling skills, and experience advising on complex financial and policy issues in a municipal or large organizational context.

Major Responsibilities:

• Prepares and presents reports, policy papers, briefing notes and/or presentations regarding strategic, financial and operational issues that are either within the purview of assigned programs, or corporate in nature to senior management and/or Committees of Council, providing comprehensive corporate budget data and analysis; identification of all relevant issues and appropriate recommendations for decision-making.
• Effectively participates in the development of strategic and innovative approaches, financial strategies and analytical techniques and ensures the effective provision of senior level advice, guidance, assistance and analytical services, providing fiscally sustainable solutions to meeting the City's fiscal challenges, including cost containment and revenue maximization.
• Identifies, verifies and analyzes quantitative and qualitative factors such as the analysis of performance trends, unit cost of service and benchmarks to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery.
• Provides senior management counsel in the budget and reporting processes, responding to ad hoc issues and requests for new, immediate program-specific or corporate information and being accountable to Councillors, Committees and Council for the collection, analysis and dissemination of that information and resolution of those emergent issues.
• Conducts short- and long-term financial planning studies, analysis and research regarding the economic and operational impact of planned or probable changes in the City’s scope, structure, functions and finances, providing strategic advice on financial issues
• Establishes and maintains productive relations with Budget Committee members, Councillors, the City Manager, Deputy City Managers, the Chief Financial Officer, client General Managers and heads of Agencies, Boards & Commissions and other orders of government and briefs and advises on financial planning and management policies and protocols as well as other key City policies and legislation and their application to all matters having financial or performance implications, fiscal challenges and strategies, and the budgetary process.
• Supports internal coordination and collaboration across divisions to ensure financial strategies reflect corporate priorities.
• Manages the provision of expert financial support and advice to Budget Committee, Executive Committee and Council that supplements the City Clerk’s management and recording of budget meeting proceedings. Participates in/leads debriefing sessions with all client groups that supports continuous improvements in the City's financial planning and management services, processes and policies.
• Participates in special project teams relating to Council-directed, corporate, inter-program or services-specific initiatives or issues,…