PRIMARY PURPOSE
Acts as a member of the senior Finance leadership team, providing input to development of financial services strategies for the enterprise, and sharing accountability for divisional achievements. Provides strategic leadership to the accounting and revenue management functions for TransLink. Includes establishing enterprise standards and leading all consolidation activities for TransLink and its subsidiaries. Ensures the necessary controls are in place in reporting areas to identify and mitigate risks, and ensure compliance with policies, legislation, and accepted standards, principles and practices.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Acts as a member of the senior Finance leadership team, providing input to development of financial services strategies for the enterprise, and sharing accountability for divisional achievements. Leads development of goals, objectives and plans for reporting areas, ensuring alignment to the division’s enterprise strategies.
Provides strategic leadership to the development, implementation and management of the accounting function for TransLink. Includes establishing the enterprise standards and leading consolidation of financial accounts and statements, year-end audit; financial and entity remuneration reporting; and tax return and commodity tax filings for TransLink and its subsidiaries. Also includes maintenance of the enterprise financial information system.
Provides financial expertise/input to the Annual Report, including the Financial Statement Discussion and Analysis; and also to the Quarterly Performance Report, Base Plan and Budget. Also provides technical expertise on GST, PST, withholding taxes, and income taxes to TransLink and its subsidiaries.
Provides strategic leadership to the development, implementation and management of the revenue function for the enterprise, including management and administration of major revenue programs; fare infraction system; accounts receivable; revenue audit; and all related reconciliation and reporting.
Supports the Treasury function as second authorizer for high dollar transactions, including review of Treasury internal controls, and backup for borrowing program authorization.
Provides strategic leadership to the development and implementation of integrated policies and processes for reporting areas of accountability. Ensures the necessary controls are in place for TransLink and its subsidiaries to identify and mitigate risks, and ensure compliance with policies, legislation, and accepted standards, principles and practices.
Acts as a conduit between TransLink and its subsidiaries, collaborating with subsidiary finance leaders to ensure consistency, alignment and integration of accounting processes and consolidation of accounting information across the enterprise.
Provides expert level of advice to business leaders across the enterprise, and also delivers presentations/reports to executives, the CFO, CEO, and Audit Committee of the Board, collaborating with or acting on behalf of the VP Financial Services as required. Alerts all key stakeholders to emerging issues and risks, recommends strategic, corrective action, and oversees resolution of complex financial issues.
Supports change management by driving out enterprise, divisional and/or department initiatives through reporting managers.
Develops sound business relationships with external stakeholders and partners, including service contract providers, vendors/suppliers, municipalities, provincial government agencies, financial institutions, lawyers, consultants, external auditors and government tax auditors.
Manages direct reports, including selection, development, coaching, managing performance, and also oversees all people management for staff in reporting areas.
Provides strategic leadership to the development and negotiation of major revenue contracts, including all elements and standards; and the ongoing administration of related contracts.
