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Apply By: Friday, November 6, 2026 11:59 pm EST

Manager, Finance

Job ID: 250740

Posting status:

Open

Organization:

St. Lawrence Parks Commission

Division:

Corporate Services

City:

Morrisburg

Position(s) language:

English

Job term:

1 Temporary November 2026 to May 2027 Temporary Assignment

Job code:

M0901D - Finance33

Salary:

$90,700.00 - $133,653.00 Per year

Our Mission Statement: The purpose of the St. Lawrence Parks Commission is to provide, preserve and advocate for our parks, our heritage assets and our workplace through operations and partnerships that contribute to an exceptional guest experience and economic prosperity in the region.

SHAPE THE FINANCIAL FUTURE OF THE ST. LAWRENCE PARKS COMMISSION The St.

Lawrence Parks

Commission is seeking a collaborative and strategic leader to join our team as Manager, Finance. In this role, you will lead the organization's finance function, providing expert oversight of budgeting, financial reporting, forecasting, compliance, and financial planning. Working closely with senior leaders, you will help drive sound decision-making, support organizational priorities, and advance continuous improvement across the organization. As a trusted leader and advisor, you will help guide the financial decisions that support the Commission's long-term success and future growth.

About the job

We believe great leadership starts with high standards and strong support. In the OPS, that means showing up with authenticity, acting with integrity, and having the courage to do what's right, even when it's hard. As a leader, you'll shape a team culture that sparks innovation, supports collaboration, and champions inclusion. You'll help build a workplace that is diverse, anti-racist, and accessible, where everyone feels safe, respected, and able to thrive.

You won't be doing it alone. We invest in our leaders through mentorship, learning opportunities, and cross-ministry networks that help you grow your impact and connect with peers across the organization.

Leadership is about impact, and in this role, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful one.

You will

- Provide strategic financial expertise, driving best practices in financial management to maximize efficiency and growth, responding to key priorities of the SLPC by providing advice, analysis, direction and guidance to achieve business objectives and deliver and control financial services, including ROI analysis.
- Ensure that sound systems and controls are developed, implemented, and monitored to facilitate and support accountability and controllership within the Commission's financial planning, reporting and information technology systems.
- Ensure compliance with legislative requirements, ministry, and corporate financial policies and procedures, best practices, and audit requirements.
- Lead a team, providing overall management, guidance and control of corporate financial and accounting services including accounts payable and receivable, financial planning and analysis, procurement, and pay and benefits.
- Embody the SLPC's equity, diversity and inclusion principles while interacting with staff and guests.

What you bring to the team

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

You have:

- A Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation or an equivalent combination of education and relevant financial management experience.
- In-depth knowledge of generally accepted accounting, financial principles and practices (GAAP & PSAS), and controllership principles to analyze and manage all aspects of the financial cycle and reporting, identify critical/strategic inconsistencies, strengths, barriers, overlaps and gaps and provide expert recommendations.
- Demonstrated experience in the development, analysis, implementation and ongoing support of multi-year business planning processes, in-year submissions, controllership, and financial reporting and monitoring processes (including quarterly and year end reporting).
- Up-to-date knowledge and experience implementing modernized enterprise resource systems.




- Solid business knowledge of the functions within a finance department, financial planning and analysis, (accounts payable, accounts receivable, procurement and pay and benefits), performance measurement, cash flow management, risk management and program evaluation processes to support evidence-based decision making.
- Strong analytical skills to identify emerging trends, evaluate complex issues, policies and priorities and the ability to implement complex financial strategies.
- Knowledge of human resources policies, collective agreements, fair management practices and management skills to provide leadership, motivation, and management of department staff.

LEADERSHIP

You have:

- Experience leading teams effectively; demonstrated ability to provide overall management, guidance and control to corporate financial and accounting services, ensuring all functions are carried out in accordance with government and ministry policy and procedures, ensuring open and transparent processes.
- Demonstrated strong relationship-building and negotiation skills to resolve conflicts, influence stakeholders, develop constructive relationships with business unit managers and staff to affect policy processes and outcomes.
- Demonstrated experience driving strategic initiatives and developing strategies that reflect program delivery goals.

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

You have:

- Excellent communication, consultation, negotiation, and relationship management skills to work with internal and external partners to build and execute business strategies.
- A high level of political acuity and demonstrated experience managing sensitive and contentious issues.
- Experience building networks and establishing communication forums with colleagues and clients across SLPC and the ministry.
- Strong presentation and briefing skills, to manage and inform internal stakeholders such as senior management, Board of Commissioners, and senior government officials on high-priority initiatives.

Don't meet every qualification?

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!

How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility

The St. Lawrence Parks Commission is committed to employment equity. We welcome applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions. The St. Lawrence Parks Commission is also committed to an inclusive, barrier-free selection process. We will make appropriate accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process for applicants with disabilities. To obtain a copy of this posting in an alternative format or to request any accommodation please contact us directly through Human Resources at 1-(phone hidden), ext. 1401. Information received relating to accommodation requests will be addressed confidentially.

What we offer

- Belong to one of the largest employers in Ontario, the Ontario Public Service, and open the door to a diverse range of career opportunities throughout the province
- Supportive team environment
- Staff discounts
- Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
- Option to join an excellent pension plan
- Option to purchase benefits
- Percentage paid in lieu of vacation and statutory holidays
- Percentage paid in lieu of benefits

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

1. Please apply online, https://www.parks.on.ca/about/careers/.
2. Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages.
3.



Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed above. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job.
4. OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number when applying.
5. Every external candidate must identify their prior employment in the Ontario Public Service including positions, dates of employment and any re-employment restrictions.

Additional information:

Apply by: Friday, November 6, 2026 11:59 pm EST

Position details:

- 1 English Temporary, duration up to 6.5 months, 13740 County Rd 2, R R 1, Morrisburg, East Region

Compensation group:

Management Compensation Plan

Work hours:

Schedule 6

Category:

Finance and Economics

Posted on:

Friday, October 23, 2026

Note:

- T-TL-250740/26

How to apply:

- You must submit your application using only one of the methods identified below.
- Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages. For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.
- Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. We rely on the information you provide to us.
- Be sure to quote the Job ID number for this position.
- OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number when applying.

Send application to: Apply online at https://www.parks.on.ca/about/careers/

Language requirements and assessment:

All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:

Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.

All external applicants (including former employees of the Ontario Public Service) applying to a competition in a ministry or Commission public body must disclose (either in the cover letter or resume) previous employment with the Ontario Public Service. Disclosure must include positions held, dates of employment and any active restrictions as applicable from being rehired by the Ontario Public Service. Active restrictions can include time and/or ministry-specific restrictions currently in force, and may preclude a former employee from being offered a position with the Ontario Public Service for a specific time period (e.g. one year), or from being offered a position with a specific ministry (either for a pre-determined time period or indefinitely).

The circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment.

Information collection notice

We are collecting your personal information to assess how well you meet the qualifications for employment with the Ontario Public Service, and for related recruitment purposes. The collection of personal information is necessary to the proper administration of OPS Careers, which is an authorized common service in accordance with s. 6 of the Ministry of Government Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.25. Please do not include any more personal information than is needed for your application (for example, do not include your photograph or social insurance number).

If you have any questions about how your information is collected, used, shared or saved, please contact us.

Strengthening Ontario, together

📌 Manager, Finance (Morrisburg)
🏢 St. Lawrence Parks Commission
📍 Morrisburg