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Job Description
Requisition Number: 8953
Position: Senior Advisor Financial Planning
Status: Temporary Full-Time (up to 12 months)
Number of Vacancies: 1
Department: Financial Planning Role Level: PG 11 $48.85 to $61.06
Site: Queensway Health Center
Work Model: Hybrid
Shift/Hours of Work: Monday to Friday
Posted: Nov 2, 2026
Deadline: Nov 9, 2026
Trillium Health Partners is one of Canada’s largest community-based teaching hospitals, serving the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto, and surrounding communities through the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital, the Queensway Health Centre, the Reactivation care Centre (Church Site) and the new THP-UHN Reactivation Care Centre. Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, and courage, and through our strategic roadmap, Plan to 2030, we are creating a new kind of health care - defined not by illness, but by the health and well-being of people and communities.
Reporting to the Manager, Corporate Strategy & Planning, the Senior Financial Advisor will build, design, coordinate, analyze, and drive corporate financial initiatives for organizational projects and effectively work as a strategic business partner with associated Program leaders. The Senior Financial Advisor will collaborate closely with Project leadership, Executive Sponsors, External funders, members of all Finance departments, and Program and Project supporting team members. They will provide guidance and insight to ensure decision-making aligns with the organization’s financial strategy and project objectives.
This position facilitates, coordinates, and leads the integration and interpretation of financial and strategic project information to enable effective, efficient program financial and business management, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis, and provides program & divisional support to clients by understanding their needs, interpreting/analyzing data, and confidently making recommendations by linking financial /operational priorities.
As a pro-active business partner, the Senior Financial Advisor works with Senior Management, Program and Project Leaders, and other enabling team members to understand their operations and business requirements to facilitate the coordination of the annual operating and funding budgets, completing forecasts, analyzing variances and financial results, and helping the development of strategic action plans while also managing external reporting requirements. The Senior Financial Advisor is expected to communicate with confidence and present their findings and recommendations to various leaders in the organization.
In this role, a key area of priority and focus will be focused on providing financial modeling of existing, new, and innovative digital initiatives and operations, establishing and adapting the fiscal framework for a dedicated Program and Governance Office, ensuring all projects and activities align with the government funding agency objectives, and supporting Program leaders and team members on day-to-day financial operations. This role requires the ability to provide in-depth analysis and strategic guidance on workflow redesign, technology integration costs, and financial costs, recoveries and related implications.
Key Qualifications:
- Completion of a professional designation program (CPA) with a minimum 5 years of related experience or equivalent progressive experience
- Strong knowledge of accounting standards, public-sector financial requirements and guidelines, large scale financial project planning and multi-year financial modelling
- Experience and thorough understanding of MOH Reporting, Funding Models, Benchmarking practices, with an MIS Guidelines certification an asset
- Experience developing annual budgets and linking into program operating and strategic plans
- Experience analyzing business performance, problem solve and develop business cases
- Strong leadership skills including communication, interpersonal, and relationship building skills in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment
- Must be able to function autonomously and independently in a fast-paced and diverse operational environment while managing multiple priorities
- Contractual & Financial Acumen in the ability to read, interpret, summarize, and assess the financial and business impacts of various legal documents, including partnership contracts, funding agreements, and Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs).
Responsibilities:
- Using sound business judgement, critical and strategic thinking to provide direction and significant input into program’s innovative ideas while championing and supporting new change initiatives by making recommendations on financial and business risk mitigation and opportunities on the deliverables
- Ensure accuracy and attention to detail in all financial projections and reports, reducing risk and improving informed decision-making, utilizing proficiency in accounting principles to review and analyze intricate financial statements and general ledgers for comprehensive analysis
- Present model outputs and strategic recommendations clearly to senior leadership using data to drive key business initiatives.
- Build partnerships with Program and Project leaders and team members, peer financial advisors and enabling team members (Performance Analytics, Project Mgmt, HR, etc.) to build comprehensive and standardized reporting and provide summarized financial planning information & advice to senior leaders
- Working directly with VPs & Directors, assist Clinical & Enabling Senior teams in managing project priorities, expectations and strategies between themselves & corporate and formulate associated strategic action plans
- Ensuring alignment on program decision making to program, division and organization’s strategies highlighting impacts that span cross-program or organization wide
- Lead multi-sector ministry and external reporting & audit processes spanning multiple initiatives
- Educating leaders on business/financial processes and accountabilities
- Perform reviews, summarize concisely, and present operational results to enable the identification and interpretation of significant variances and effectively presenting this information in meetings while facilitating the development of action plans to ensure compliance and alignment with program funding
- Assist in month end & year end revenue recognition, accruals and reconciliations, monthly reporting and updating the reporting structures
- Work with various departments to gather information, summarize and track expenses related to specific Ministry or externally funded projects
Candidates are selected on the basis of their skill, ability, experience and qualifications.
Where these factors are relatively equal seniority shall govern providing the successful applicant.
Trillium Health Partners’ (THP) is an equal opportunity employer who values the importance of antiracism work and is committed to integrating antiracism, diversity, equity and inclusion best practices throughout THP operations, policies and culture. Therefore, we ask that even if you do not see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed on this posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. Research has shown that candidates from underrepresented groups often only apply when they feel 100% qualified. We encourage all applicants who are members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the Ontario Human Rights Code based on race, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nations, Métis or Inuk/Inuit person to consider this opportunity.
In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.
All personal information is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
Trillium Health Partners is identified under the French Language Services Act.
Our organization may use automated tools, including artificial intelligence (AI) or algorithm-assisted systems, to support the initial review of applications. These tools are used only to assist our recruiters and hiring managers; all hiring decisions include meaningful human involvement and final review.
We thank all those who apply but only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
About Us
Trillium Health Partners is one of Canada’s largest community-based teaching hospitals. Our team of more than 17,000 people serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, west Toronto, and surrounding communities through the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital, the Queensway Health Centre, and nine satellite locations. Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, and courage, and through our strategic roadmap, Plan to 2030, we are creating a new kind of health care - defined not by illness, but by the health and well-being of people and communities.
