Carrières

As a Senior Financial Accountant, you will play a critical role in delivering financial services, expert guidance, and analysis to support both operational needs and strategic decision-making. This position provides leadership in key areas such as financial analysis, risk management, budget coordination, accounting operations, and financial reporting. You will also contribute to the development and continuous improvement of financial policies, ensuring compliance with legislative requirements and promoting sound fiscal practices across the organization. Collaboration with internal and external stakeholders is essential, as you work to enhance transparency, uphold fiscal responsibility, and ensure the financial stability of assigned programs.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Leading all accounting activities including preparation and monitoring of general ledger entries, bank reconciliations and maintenance of bank and other reporting documentation and records.
• Monitoring and conducting regular analysis of budget performance and expenditures to proactively identify potential problems, discrepancies, or pressures.
• Developing budget materials, financial models, and scenarios for use in budget and forecasting processes and to generate financial statements.
• Leading inventory accounting activities by tracking, organizing, and maintaining accurate records of inventory and optimizing inventory control processes and reporting.
• Processing all financial payments and transactions including posting and reconciling transactions in Microsoft Dynamics, setting up payments in banking system, processing electronic interfaces and electronic payments.
• Overseeing the development and continuous improvement of internal, external, and ad hoc financial reports, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and alignment with agency and Ministry requirements, while supporting the evaluation and stability of assigned programs.
• Delivering monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, variance analyses, and insightful commentary to support leadership decision-making and ensure comprehensive financial reporting.
• Managing the preparation of monthly variance analysis and leads the development of financial and administrative control policies and procedures for payments, financial reporting, and systems.
• Leading analyses and developing recommendations relating to business and financial issues such as the impact of business decisions, in support of the agency business and strategic plans, priorities, and corporate directions and makes recommendations for improvements to business processes as required.
• Providing financial expertise to the operational multi-year and financial planning process by preparing and providing information such as budget estimates, allocations, calendarizations, and forecasts.
• Supporting development of annual business plan and multi-year forecasting for Supply Ontario.
• Maintaining cooperative efforts in the delivery of an effective and efficient financial administration function and provides guidance to staff at all levels in the interpretation, analysis, and easy access to financial information.
• Leading the development, communication, and continuous improvement of financial policies, controls, and procedures to ensure compliance with legislative requirements, PSAB/GAAP standards, risk management principles, and internal controls.
• Developing and maintaining internal communication tools and staff resources to support understanding and consistent application of financial policies and procedures.
• Providing subject matter expertise to non-finance leadership and occasionally the Board of Directors on the interpretation of financial data for decision-making.
• Acting as key liaison with senior internal, Ministry and 3rd party staff in managing financial records and obligations.
• Providing back-up to the Payroll Specialist by conducting full cycle payroll processing when required. 

Successful candidates will demonstrate the following:

• University degree preferably in Accounting, Business or Finance.
• Professional accounting designation (CPA). 
• Minimum of five (5) years of progressive financial accounting experience with experience in month-end/year-end closing, reconciliations, financial statement preparation, support budgeting and forecasting. 
• Experience within the public service, provincial agency or broader public sector would be considered an asset.
• Understanding and application of government accounting concepts, policies, standards including guidance from the Public Accounting Standards Board. 
• Knowledge of accounting and public sector standards, generally accepted accounting principles and practices (GAAP), financial management and banking, budget allocation, financial planning, business planning and implementation and expenditure forecasting and reporting.
• Understanding of principles, policies and practices relating to the financial administration and processing.
• Ability to think strategically to understand external impact on internal strategy, consider how present policies, processes, and methods might be affected by future developments and trends.
• Knowledge of payroll administration methods, best practices, and applicable provincial and federal legislation.
• Knowledge and skills in financial systems and reporting tools, specifically Microsoft Dynamics, Power BI, and e-payments.
• Strong organizational skills to prioritize multiple activities, meet defined deadlines and deliver results in a fast-paced environment with competing and changing demands.
• Creativity in problem solving and ability to anticipate and identify financial issues to deliver sound solutions.
• Consultation and advisory skills to provide guidance and expert advice to leadership or other groups.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to translate financial information into plain language and present ideas in insightful ways.
• Advanced computer skills especially in utilizing MS Office Suite of programs (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access) and financial systems.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to advise and prepare and provide presentations, instructions, options, and reports and liaise with various levels of staff as well as present to leadership and the Board of Directors.

Supply Ontario offers a competitive compensation package including benefits and defined benefit pension plan. 

The selected candidate will be required to reside and work in Ontario and be legally eligible to work in Canada. 

Candidates are required to provide references for verification, and to complete a criminal background check. Details will be provided through the application process. 

HOW TO APPLY

To apply, please click on the following APPLY NOW by July 22, 2025.   

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.   

Supply Ontario endeavors to promote the principles of diversity and inclusion in all of our policies, practices, and the way we do business while ensuring compliance to the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. 

We are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve, and to promoting a diverse, inclusive, accessible, respectful, and equitable workplace. 

We invite applications from all interested and qualified individuals, from all backgrounds, and walks of life. Your experiences are valuable, and we’re excited to learn how you might be able to lend your skills to further Supply Ontario’s mission and achieving its vision. 

At Supply Ontario, we recognize and value the exceptional skills, dedication, and diverse perspectives that veterans bring to the workforce. We strongly encourage veterans to apply to join our team. 

We are committed to providing employment practices and accommodation that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Human Rights Code. If you require accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process including in relation to the materials and processes to be used, please notify Human Resources at Talent Acquisition (CSCO) [email protected]. 

If you request accommodation, Human Resources will consult with you to provide or arrange for suitable accommodation in a manner that takes into account your accommodation needs.