Make an impact through financial administration and analysis!
Every day, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) members rely on strong operational and administrative support to serve communities across the province. Behind the scenes, Bureau Financial Coordinators play an important role in helping managers track budgets, monitor spending, coordinate procurement activities, and ensure financial information is accurate and up to date.
We are seeking organized, detail-oriented professionals with a background in financial administration. You will work closely with managers and staff to support financial reporting, forecasting, procurement, and records management. You will help ensure financial and human resources are tracked effectively, policies and procedures are followed, and leadership has the information needed to make sound business decisions.
Note:
The successful candidate will be expected to work in Orillia, five (5) days a week.
The results of this
Talent Pool will be used to fill future permanent and temporary opportunities in various Bureaus within the OPP, located in Orillia.
About Us:
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is one of North America's largest deployed police services with more than 6,400 uniformed officers, 2,900 civilian employees and 530 Auxiliary officers. We provide essential services that ensure the safety and security of the people of the Province of Ontario. The OPP is a division of the Ministry of the Solicitor General, the largest operational ministry in the province with a presence in every community across Ontario. We are the largest police service in Ontario and the second largest in Canada.
To learn more about the Ontario Provincial Police, visit OPP.ca
In this role, you will:
- Provide financial, analytical and administrative support services to the bureau in the areas of controllership, fiscal and risk management, forecasting, financial planning, workforce analytics, and procurement.
- Administer consolidated financial reports for multiple program areas, to accurately record, monitor and forecast operating and capital expenditures.
- Develop bureau procurement plans in conjunction with bureau managers.
- Prepare month-end and fiscal year-end reporting, in conjunction with controllership and program area management, within established deadlines.
- Provide policies and guideline details to management and other staff for travel claims, procurement processes and various other financial and administrative policies as required.
- Ability to pass an OPP background/ security investigation.
- You have demonstrated knowledge of financial and business best practices and the skills to comply with internal controls, analyze variances, develop forecasts and provide recommendations for improvements to existing methods and procedures.
- Ability to research, interpret and apply relevant policies and procedures related to the Ministry of Finance and Treasury Board Secretariat.
- You can interpret analytical and financial planning and reporting information and apply best practices, evaluate review techniques, utilize computer tools, provide quality assurance to support modern controllership.
- You understand and can use various computer software applications (i.e., Outlook, Word, and Excel) to prepare, update and maintain financial data and information, produce financial spreadsheets and graphs, prepare correspondence, reports, etc.
- You can communicate with staff at all levels including internal and external partners.
- You have oral communication skills to present analyses, estimates and forecasts to make recommendations regarding options and strategies for bureau management.
- You have written communication skills to prepare correspondence, reports, and other materials.
- You have organizational and analytical skills to determine objectives and priorities, and to plan, direct and coordinate various projects within established timeframes.
- You have mathematical skills to create and troubleshoot complex mathematical formulae and perform detailed calculations.
If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!
We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.
Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's
Human Rights Code and the
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.
Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:
- diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
- accessibility
- Anti-Racism Policy
