Salary Details

The salary range for this position is CAD $66.88/Hr. - CAD $96.14/Hr.

Job Summary

Come work as a Director, Regional Financial Planning and Business Support with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) Vancouver Coastal Health is looking for a Regional Director, Financial Planning and Business Support to join the team.

Reporting to the Executive Director, Financial Services and Controller, the Director, Regional Financial Planning & Business Support provides strategic and operations decision support to the Senior Leadership as well as across the organization for the Lower Mainland Consolidated Services, PHSA, and other health authorities where appropriate. The Director liaises with the business stakeholders and operational teams to ensure proper planning, monitoring, forecasting and reporting processes are in place, and provides senior level advise/expertise for operational risks and issues. Upon completion of industry and gap analysis, influences leadership on forecasting and changes to resource allocation ensuring organizational sustainability and alignment of strategic priorities for multiple programs and/or organizations. They also assumes overall responsibility for the review, analysis and validation of key performance indicators in context of the financial budget and communicating operational/capital issues to their respective VCH SET member and the Executive Director. Reporting to the Director are the Managers of Financial Planning and Business Support, Financial Analysts and other financial planning support staff as required to support operations.

The Director brings an enterprise-wide perspective to financial planning and operational decision support, translating complex financial and service delivery data into actionable insights.



Through service costing, benchmarking, utilization analysis and performance measurement, the Director supports leaders in understanding variation across programs, evaluating resource requirements, and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, consistency and value across VCH.

As a Director, Regional Financial Planning and Business Support with Vancouver Coastal Health you will:

- Lead the financial planning and business decision support functions to ensure integrated and efficient service delivery across programs within the CoC and the health authority.
- Is responsible for informing the budget process which determines the allocation and/or reallocation of resources to ensure that all investments are optimized and that resources are utilized to achieve the intended outcomes which are measured and tracked appropriately.
- Oversee and lead the preparation of /regional program(s)/corporate service monthly operating reports which assess progress to plan and makes recommendations to take corrective action and mitigate risk to stabilize operations and achieve or exceed annual operating objectives.
- Identify opportunities for new initiatives by working closely with operational leaders in preparing business cases which including capital,



operating and start-up costs as well as environmental scans and impact assessments in context of the strategic and operational objectives of the Health Authority.
- Support the on-going review and assessment of financial policies and procedures to ensure effective and compliant operations. The review includes a health industry scan and assessment which may recommend changes to adapt to the environment.
- Represent the /health authority through participation in committees, working groups and or negotiations with government, and/or other external service providers/agencies providing or requiring support services from the health authority to ultimately achieve strategic and operational objectives.
- Provides leadership and support to all members of the team and motivates them towards the attainment of the departmental goals; recommends changes to organizational structures to reflect evolving needs and is responsible to ensure and support an on-going system for measuring performance.
- Provides timely and ongoing feedback to direct reports through performance evaluations and identifying areas for improvement; ensure and/or provides career development for departmental staff and participates in the management of human resource matters.
- Carries out responsibilities in accordance with health and safety requirements. Immediately reports unsafe situations by notifying supervisor or other appropriate personnel.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline plus completion of a professional accounting designation (C.P.A.) with a minimum of ten (10) years’ recent, related experience in a progressively senior financial planning and business support role, or

📌 Regional Director, Financial Planning and Business Support (Vancouver)
🏢 Vancouver Coastal Health
📍 Vancouver