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Job Description
The House of Commons’ Finance Services is currently looking to staff the Manager, Budgeting and Costing position.
The Manager, Budgeting and Costing is responsible for leading the operational delivery of the House of Commons’ corporate budget planning cycle. This includes preparing budget parameters, consolidating service area submissions, reconciling operating plans with approved funding envelopes, and overseeing quarterly monitoring and reporting of financial performance. The role provides corporate leadership in budgeting, financial planning, and financial analysis, ensuring that processes, tools, and controls comply with governance requirements and support transparency, stewardship, and evidence-based decision-making.
Additionally, you will serve as the Finance lead for budget planning and costing, supporting senior management and decision-making through effective analysis. The role ensures that service areas are equipped to develop operating plans aligned with approved guidelines.
You will also supervise a team of professionals to deliver consistent, client‑focused financial services that align with corporate priorities, policies, and authorities.
Top Reasons to Join the Resource Management team:
You will directly influence how resources are planned, allocated, and managed across the organization. Your work supports transparency, accountability, and strong financial stewardship. You will contribute to key decisions, advise on financial risks and opportunities, and help shape long-term planning frameworks. You will join a team of knowledgeable financial professionals who value collaboration, continuous learning, and service excellence. The environment encourages knowledge sharing, problem‑solving, and cross‑functional partnership.
- Training and development opportunities.
- Work-life balance /35-hour workweek
- 4 weeks’ vacation (minimum)
Qualifications
Education :
- Successful completion of a bachelor’s degree with specialization in accounting, finance, business administration, or commerce OR an acceptable combination of education, training and relevant experience may be considered;
- Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation.
Experiences :
- Extensive experience managing corporate budgeting processes, including budget consolidation, monitoring, forecasting and the management of appropriations;
- Extensive experience in financial analysis, variance and trend analysis, and the development of funding strategies to address emerging pressures and operational priorities;
- Extensive experience developing and implementing costing methodologies, financial models and decision-support tools;
- Experience preparing and presenting financial reports, briefing materials and strategic recommendations to senior leadership;
- Experience assessing financial frameworks, policies and systems and implementing process improvements;
- Significant experience managing human and financial resources within a complex organizational environment.
Assets :
- Experience in the preparation of Main and Supplementary Estimates, corporate expenditure forecasts and related parliamentary reporting.
Additional Information
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace by providing a barrier-free recruitment and selection process. If you have an accommodation request, require material in an accessible format, or need additional support with the application process, please contact Recruitment and Selection Services at HOCCareers-CarrieresCDC@parl.gc.ca.
Each bilingual position is assigned a linguistic profile that identifies the level of second language proficiency for reading comprehension, written expression and oral interaction required. The profile for this position is CBC. Consideration may be given to candidates with other linguistic profiles.
Priority may be given to employees working for the House of Commons Administration.
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Qualified candidates may be considered for future vacancies for this role or for other similar and/or related roles on an indeterminate and/or fixed term basis.
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