Manager Strategic Financial Plng Pf&R

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• Division & Section: Parks, Forestry & Recreation, CPDD Capital Project Design & Delivery
• Job Type & Duration: 2 Permanent

Salary Range: $126,000-$176,140

• Shift Information: Mon - Fri, 35 hours/week
• Affiliation: Non-Union
• Qualified List will be established to fill permanent and temporary positions.
• Number of Positions Open: 2
• Posting Period: 21-Aug-2026 to 04-Sept-2026

In the complex environment in which the City of Toronto's Parks & Recreation Division operates, strategic financial planning is a critical function in enabling the continued successful and effective delivery of capital projects, programs and services to residents and visitors alike. This is where you can make your mark as an experienced leader and manager of change within a multi-stakeholder organization.

If you're up to the challenge, here's your opportunity to act as the point person in the Division for policies and procedures related to financial planning, and to ensure that said policies and procedures are effectively implemented. The role supports both capital and operating financial planning functions, helping ensure that divisional budgets, forecasts, funding strategies and financial controls are aligned with service priorities, Council direction, long-term sustainability and effective program delivery.

Drawing on your track record of innovation and results-oriented leadership and decision-making, you'll head up the preparation of the Division's Operating Budget OR Capital Budget within corporate guidelines and targets, ensuring alignment with Council direction and priorities, as well as City service and operational needs, and taking into consideration the most cost-effective and efficient use of City resources. This includes advising on budget priorities, affordability, service impacts, funding strategies, financial risks, investment trade-offs and the effective use of available resources across assigned capital and/or operating portfolios.

A collaborative communicator, you'll establish strong relationships with divisional, cluster and corporate senior management and build consensus on how the Section can support their business needs, goals and objectives. You will also be expected to deliver senior-level advice for fiscally sustainable solutions to meet the City's fiscal challenges through the development of strategic, innovative approaches, financial strategies and analytical techniques.

This key mandate will see you overseeing the review of multi-year service plans to align service objectives with multi-year budgets (capital or operating), analyzing the financial and funding implications of service level and delivery changes, plus monitoring and evaluating service performance to achieve results and outcomes. You will also facilitate, provide analysis for, and support the Division's multi-year service planning process, including the review of core services, service delivery, and service level standards, along with monitoring planned results against actual performance.

You will help integrate service planning, asset management information, lifecycle considerations, state-of-good-repair needs, growth pressures, operating impacts, risk and performance information into financial planning and budget recommendations.

You will contribute to effective budget governance, internal controls, prioritization processes, financial compliance, risk management and portfolio oversight to support transparent and accountable decision-making. Depending on the assigned portfolio, this may include oversight of funding-source management, reserves, development-related funding, grants, recoveries, debt financing, third-party contributions and other revenue or financing strategies.

The General Manager and Directors will turn to you for expert professional support through the annual evaluation, negotiation and recommendation of the Operating Budget OR Capital Budget & 10 Plan to the CFO, the City Manager, the Budget Committee, the Executive Committee and Council, and for the timely preparation of all divisional financial reporting. Your understanding of operational and staffing requirements, known…