Project Financial Control Officer

Metrolinx

About The Position

Metrolinx is connecting communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Metrolinx operates GO Transit and UP Express, as well as the PRESTO fare payment system. We are also building new and improved rapid transit, including GO Expansion, Light Rail Transit routes, and major expansions to Toronto’s subway system, to get people where they need to go, better, faster and easier. Metrolinx is an agency of the Government of Ontario. At Metrolinx, equity, diversity and inclusion are essential to living our values of serving with passion, thinking forward and playing as a team. We are seeking a Project Financial Control Officer to join our team! This role will provide financial planning, project cost control, and budget control by managing Capital Projects. It will work with Senior Project Financial Control Officers (SPFCOs) and Senior Cost Controllers to coordinate financial, contract and administrative functions.

Requirements

Completion of a degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Commerce, Economics or related discipline – or a combination of education, training and experience deemed equivalent
Demonstrated experience in project management, cost control, budget control, and/or management
Budget, project schedule and forecasts, construction, contract administration, negotiations, and developing terms and conditions
Oral, written and presentation skills are essential to generate reports and make presentations to Senior Management or equivalent level
All applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada.

Nice To Haves

Project Management experience would be an asset
Experience with Ecosys, Unifier, and Oracle EBS is an asset

Responsibilities

Ensure coding of all transactions is correct and ensure that proper codes/tasks are set up in Oracle and other financial systems.
Record Construction in Progress (CIP) capitalization, write-off and investigations.
Develop, maintain and update budget and forecast requests, financial reports, and dashboards.
Maintain balances and reconcile project accounts and records; prepare and maintain accurate project financial records and reports.
Professional level accounting duties in support of assigned functional area such as accruals, cost allocation and explanation of variance incurred costs vs. budget/forecast.
Gather, compile, interpret, analyze, record, track, and report financial data and transactions.
Coordinate with other internal disciplines such as Commercial, Procurement, Capital Finance, Controllership, Contract Administrator, Project Controls and Project Delivery Teams (PDT).
Support the development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), job aids, process maps, and RACI for procedures and processes.
Support cyclical financial deliverables including month-end, year-end, quarterly forecast, and annual audit requests.
Undertake ad-hoc projects and assignments.