VP, Finance and Technology (Queensville)

VP, Finance and Technology (Queensville)

04 Aug
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Canadian Mental Health Association | York Region u0026 South Simcoe
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Queensville

04 Aug

Canadian Mental Health Association | York Region u0026 South Simcoe

Queensville

We are a team committed to our vision of mental health support for all.

We offer an inclusive, innovative, high-performance work culture that helps us deliver transformational impact. HOOPP (Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan) Competitive Total Compensation (including salary, benefits, pension) Robust Performance and Career Development Program Learning & development opportunities We are looking for a VP, Finance and Technology to join our team!

Permanent: Full-Time, 35 Hours per Week, Evening Hours and Weekends may be required Candidate experience and internal equity will be considered when determining the starting salary Benefits: Full Extended Health & Dental, Life Insurance, EAP, STD, LTD, & Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP). Generous paid time off including vacation, sick, and personal days.

Location: The CMHA home office for this role is Newmarket, located at 1101 Nicholson Road, Unit 5, Newmarket, ON L3Y 9C3 and the incumbent may be required to travel to other CMHA Offices in York Region and South Simcoe as required. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the Vice President, Finance and Technology provides strategic and operational leadership for the organization’s financial ecosystem, including financial planning, budgeting, reporting, decision support, risk management, and long-term financial sustainability. The role is responsible for ensuring strong financial stewardship, effective systems and processes, and reliable data to support organizational decision-making, performance monitoring, and accountability.

As a key member of the Executive Leadership Team, the Vice President, Finance and Technology advises senior management, board partnership for finance and technology, and external agencies on the financial performance of the organization and supports the achievement of strategic and operational priorities. Provide executive leadership and oversight for the organization’s finance portfolio, ensuring strong financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, decision support, and financial accountability.

- Serve as a key member of the Senior Leadership Team and contribute to organizational strategy, enterprise-wide planning, risk management, and decision-making.
- Interpret and provide advice to senior management, the Board, and external agencies regarding the organization’s financial performance, risks, opportunities, and resource requirements.
- Lead the development and implementation of short- and long-term financial plans that support organizational sustainability, growth, innovation, and effective stewardship of resources.




- Proactively identify and manage financial risks, opportunities, trends, and emerging issues in a complex and rapidly changing health-care environment.
- Oversee and strengthen financial policies, processes, reporting structures, and systems to support the overall financial health of the association.
- Lead the optimization of financial systems, reporting tools, data processes, and decision-support mechanisms to improve accuracy, consistency, efficiency, and organizational insight.
- Provide leadership to portfolio teams, supporting high performance, accountability, coaching, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Support capital planning and related financial analysis, including opportunities connected to capital development projects and future service expansion.
- Lead financial analysis, modelling, reporting, and presentation of data to identify patterns, gaps, opportunities, and recommendations for a range of stakeholders.
- Provide leadership to assigned technology, systems, facilities, and administrative functions to strengthen alignment, efficiency, service quality, and operational performance. Policies, Procedures and Legislation • Ensure financial practices, reporting, controls, policies, and procedures comply with applicable legislation, accounting standards, funder requirements, organizational policies, and best practices.
- Lead the development, implementation, review, and improvement of finance-related policies, procedures, internal controls, and reporting processes.
- Support sound financial governance by ensuring timely, accurate, and clear financial information is available to senior leadership, the Board, funders, and other stakeholders as required.
- Identify opportunities to improve processes, strengthen systems, reduce risk, and optimize portfolio performance.
- Oversee financial planning and reporting processes related to benefits, pension, capital structure, cash flow, and other organizational financial priorities. Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field required.
- Master’s degree preferred.
- Additional education, training, or experience in health-care leadership, financial systems, data analytics, risk management, capital planning,



or organizational transformation would be considered an asset. Minimum of ten years’ progressive leadership experience in financial health-care management, with a strong foundation in hospitals and/or health-care organizations.
- experience with Great Plains Software an asset.
- Demonstrated experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, decision support, reporting, and financial risk management.
- Experience developing and implementing strategic priorities, policies, processes, and systems that support organizational financial health.
- Experience leading benefits optimization, including implementation of the Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan, is identified in the source profile.
- Experience optimizing capital structure and cash flow in a not-for-profit setting.
- Experience with Ministry or health capital planning and building and implementation of 24/7 urgent care facilities would be considered an asset.
- Experience collecting, modelling, analyzing, presenting, and communicating data, patterns, gaps, and recommendations to various stakeholders. Strong knowledge of finance best practices, trends, and developments.
- Strong financial leadership skills, including the ability to develop short- and long-term financial plans, manage risk, identify opportunities, and support organizational sustainability.
- Ability to translate complex financial information into transparent, practical advice for senior leadership, the Board, external agencies, and other stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to lead process, system, and performance improvements that increase efficiency and strengthen organizational effectiveness.
- Excellent leadership and coaching skills, with a demonstrated ability to develop and promote high-performing teams.
- Works extensively at a desk using a computer and telephone up to 7 hours a day.
- Works in a standard office setting.
- May be required to travel between organizational sites and attend meetings or events with community, regional, provincial, and system partners.
- Evening hours and weekends may be required. Equity, Diversity and Inclusion CMHA-YRSS is dedicated to promoting employment equity and dismantling obstacles to employment for marginalized communities. In acknowledgment of the systemic underrepresentation faced by Black, Indigenous, racialized peoples, and those living with disabilities, this opportunity has been developed based on the special program provisions of the Ontario Human Rights Code.

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