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Mackenzie Health Foundation

Business Analyst


Posted On: February 27, 2024
Closing On: March 27, 2024

Location: Vaughan, ON
Effective: Immediately
Employment Type: fulltime
Level: intermediate
Salary Range: $52,701 - $79,359 annually


JOB TITLE: Business Analyst – MH Foundation
COMPETITION NUMBER: 2024-13137
STATUS: Permanent Full Time
DEPARTMENT: Mackenzie Health Foundation
REPORTS TO: President & CEO
HOURS: Days; 7.5 Hour Shifts (with flexibility required)

Mackenzie Health Foundation invites you to be part of an extraordinary journey. We’ve achieved the incredible milestone of raising $250 million – the largest campaign ever for a community hospital in Canada. However, Mackenzie Health’s mission to relentlessly improve care and create healthier communities is far from complete. As we grow, so does the demand for quality healthcare. Join us in ensuring continued investment to attract top talent, enhance program excellence, and secure cutting-edge equipment and technology to advance world-leading health care in York Region.

The foundation seeks a Business Analyst to support its financial management and overall business performance. The role involves a range of professional and detailed accounting activities, such as account analysis, reconciliation, budget preparation, variance analysis, and creation, distribution and filing of finance-related reports. The successful candidate will be well-versed in accounting theory and principles and possess advanced skills in Excel, Raisers’ Edge, and QuickBooks Advanced Online.

The incumbent will work closely with staff across all Foundation departments to achieve the organization’s goals through their assigned responsibilities. It is essential to work collaboratively with others to ensure success.

Contribute to the Foundation by:
• Performs regular analyses on a range of GL accounts.
• Analyzes and balances information and transactions to verify accuracy, reasonability, and completeness against industry standards, established by-law, policies, and procedures.
• Identifies discrepancies and investigates to obtain explanations, missing information, or corrections and takes appropriate actions to ensure corrections are completed when applicable.
• Review various subsystem reports and/or queries to identify issues and investigate errors and inconsistencies.
• Notifies the CFO of unresolved discrepancies and provides recommendations for resolution.
• Prepares appropriate journal entries with backup, as required.
• Works collaboratively with CFO, management, and assigned budget managers to create business cases, budgets, forecasts, and variance analysis.
• Creates, prepares, analyzes, and reports on financial drivers.
• Assists the CFO in the preparation of annual statements and returns.
• Prepares and files HST claims.
• Provides support to external auditors as required.
• Provides support in preparation for the annual audit, budget, reporting and forecasting.
• Keeps up to date with hospital foundation trends and current accounting technologies.
• Completes special projects and duties as assigned.

What must you have?
• Completed undergraduate degree in business administration or recognized equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of related experience in an accounting environment with responsibility for a range of accounting activities, including reconciliations, analysis, and report preparation.

What else do you bring?
• Strong ethical standards and integrity
• A self-starter, self-motivated individual with the ability to work independently and collaboratively and meet deadlines.
• Must have excellent hands-on experience working with Microsoft Office, Excel, Raisers’ Edge, and QuickBooks Advanced Online.
• Adheres to established accounting and industry rules and requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Commitment to providing an exceptional experience for all within a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and time-management skills.
• Demonstrated sound judgment, professionalism and integrity
• Proven ability to work independently as well as to perform effectively in a team-orientated environment
• Alignment with the values of Mackenzie Health Foundation – Excellence, Leadership and Integrity

Preferably your profile also includes:
• Experience working in a Hospital Foundation is preferred but not mandatory.

This position is full-time and permanent, with a flexible schedule, including some evenings and weekends. The position supports the Foundation’s mission of enhancing healthcare in York Region and offers a fulfilling work environment with growth opportunities and a culture of inclusivity and belonging.