Manager of Finance, Deputy Treasurer (Temporary for approx. 12 months)
Top Benefits
About the role
People, Place, Prosperity
Working within our Strategic Plan, Cambridge Connected, and committing to our values of Integrity, Respect, Inclusiveness and Service, the successful candidate will work together to help the City of Cambridge achieve our vision: A place for people to prosper – alive with opportunity.
Job Profile
Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Manager of Finance, Deputy Treasurer provides leadership of the accounting, financial reporting, and procurement functions for the City. Responsible for the external financial reporting including the audited financial statements, as well as developing and implementing policies, processes and internal controls needed to ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) standards. Accounting oversight includes the management of the City’s investment portfolio, debt programs, reserves, and accounts payable operations. Contributes to corporate financial strategies aligned with Council priorities and regulatory requirements. Designated backup to the Chief Financial Officer, as required.
What you will be doing
Management and Leadership:
- Provides leadership of the accounting, financial reporting, and procurement functions, including the assignment, prioritizing and review of work, training/coaching, performance evaluation, and responsible for the hiring, termination and discipline of staff.
Financial Reporting:
- Leads the external financial reporting for the City, including the external annual audit planning and coordination, preparation of audit working papers, audited consolidated financial statements and the financial information return (FIR) submission to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
Accounting:
- Manages the City’s investment portfolio, in excess of $300 million, ensuring compliance with legislation and policies while optimizing returns and liquidity to support financial sustainability.
- Manages the debt issuance strategy, forecasting, repayment planning, and compliance with statutory and policy requirements and makes recommendations to the CFO.
- Manages the City’s accounts payable operations, including internal controls and processing in accordance with approved policies and procedures to ensure timely payment to vendors while safeguarding the City’s assets.
- Manages the City’s treasury operations including banking administration, and liquidity monitoring, ensuring strong internal controls.
Procurement:
- Leads the City’s procurement function, ensuring compliance with by-laws, trade agreements, and legislation. Oversees complex tenders and contracts.
- Responsible for developing the annual budget for the procurement portfolio and accountable for annual spend to approved budget.
Financial Systems:
- Provides strategic direction and guidance of financial systems, ensuring integrity, security, and effective integration. Ensures proper design, operation and maintenance of the financial systems including the general ledger, cash management, accounts payable, payment processing, tangible capital assets, procurement, as well as the integration with various supporting systems.
General:
- Develops and implements comprehensive accounting and financial reporting practices, policies and processes. Develops, implements, and maintains accounting policies, procedures and internal controls to ensure consistent, accurate, and reliable financial information and mitigate risk. . Develops, implements, and maintains procurement policies to deliver value for money, risk mitigation, maintain compliance and best practices.
- Leads and participates in finance-related projects and corporate initiatives.
- Designated backup to the Chief Financial Officer, as required.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education
Accounting designation (CPA, CA, CGA, CMA) with University Degree in Business or closely related field.
Experience and Knowledge
- Accounting at an advanced level
- Advanced experience using MS Office and Excel
- Management experience
- Experience using SAP, Caseware, FMW considered an asset
We will ask you for these items if you are hired
Supervisor Health & Safety Awareness Training Certificate from the Ministry of Labour
Valid G driver's license.
Proof of your current and valid certificate(s) and/or educational qualifications.
Your compensation
The annual salary range for this non-union position is $127,965 to $156,045 (Band Level 8). We offer a comprehensive benefits package and are an Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) employer.
Hours of work
Monday to Friday – 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (35 hours per week). Occasional evening hours required to attend Council, Public meetings, etc.
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Interested candidates should apply at www.cambridge.ca/careers. This posting will close on January 4, 2026.
Accommodation needs and protection of privacy
The City of Cambridge recognizes and appreciates diversity and inclusion enhances our public value commitment.
We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience and encourage all qualified people to apply, including and especially people from equity-deserving groups. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment with honour and respect toward their individual dimensions of diversity.
We strive to remove barriers that may prevent qualified applicants from fully participating in the recruitment and selection process. Accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and other applicable legislation is available throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. Contact HRServices@Cambridge.ca to make your needs known in advance.
For more information on our Employment Equity, please read our full policy.
Personal information collected in relation to the recruitment process is collected under the authority outlined in the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and used solely to determine eligibility for employment with the City of Cambridge only.
About City of Cambridge Ontario
The City of Cambridge is one of the fastest growing areas in Canada. It is strategically located astride highway 401 in Southwestern Ontario, part of Canada’s Technology Triangle. In 2010, the population was over 130,000 people with a multicultural mix and a strong foundation of support services. Cambridge has a diverse economic base with leading industries in manufacturing, automotive, high technology, pharmaceutical, business and financial services and hospitality/retail. It’s about choice, options and value when you become part of the community.
You meet the nicest people in Cambridge. It’s a place that understands all about coming together. There is so much more to Cambridge than the beautiful lands created at the convergence of two rivers or its logistically perfect location in the heart of Ontario’s economic corridor. Cambridge is the coming together of people from diverse, close-knit and proud communities. The people of Cambridge ‘do the right thing’ by respecting history, family values, a sound work ethic, the arts, environment and advancement. A young city, Cambridge is a master of balancing the excitement and promise of the new with the historical significance and stability of the old. A place where coming together is just the start. Uniting together is what sets Cambridge apart. Undiscovered–Cambridge families and entrepreneurs get more for less, and sacrifice nothing.
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Manager of Finance, Deputy Treasurer (Temporary for approx. 12 months)
Top Benefits
About the role
People, Place, Prosperity
Working within our Strategic Plan, Cambridge Connected, and committing to our values of Integrity, Respect, Inclusiveness and Service, the successful candidate will work together to help the City of Cambridge achieve our vision: A place for people to prosper – alive with opportunity.
Job Profile
Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Manager of Finance, Deputy Treasurer provides leadership of the accounting, financial reporting, and procurement functions for the City. Responsible for the external financial reporting including the audited financial statements, as well as developing and implementing policies, processes and internal controls needed to ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) standards. Accounting oversight includes the management of the City’s investment portfolio, debt programs, reserves, and accounts payable operations. Contributes to corporate financial strategies aligned with Council priorities and regulatory requirements. Designated backup to the Chief Financial Officer, as required.
What you will be doing
Management and Leadership:
- Provides leadership of the accounting, financial reporting, and procurement functions, including the assignment, prioritizing and review of work, training/coaching, performance evaluation, and responsible for the hiring, termination and discipline of staff.
Financial Reporting:
- Leads the external financial reporting for the City, including the external annual audit planning and coordination, preparation of audit working papers, audited consolidated financial statements and the financial information return (FIR) submission to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
Accounting:
- Manages the City’s investment portfolio, in excess of $300 million, ensuring compliance with legislation and policies while optimizing returns and liquidity to support financial sustainability.
- Manages the debt issuance strategy, forecasting, repayment planning, and compliance with statutory and policy requirements and makes recommendations to the CFO.
- Manages the City’s accounts payable operations, including internal controls and processing in accordance with approved policies and procedures to ensure timely payment to vendors while safeguarding the City’s assets.
- Manages the City’s treasury operations including banking administration, and liquidity monitoring, ensuring strong internal controls.
Procurement:
- Leads the City’s procurement function, ensuring compliance with by-laws, trade agreements, and legislation. Oversees complex tenders and contracts.
- Responsible for developing the annual budget for the procurement portfolio and accountable for annual spend to approved budget.
Financial Systems:
- Provides strategic direction and guidance of financial systems, ensuring integrity, security, and effective integration. Ensures proper design, operation and maintenance of the financial systems including the general ledger, cash management, accounts payable, payment processing, tangible capital assets, procurement, as well as the integration with various supporting systems.
General:
- Develops and implements comprehensive accounting and financial reporting practices, policies and processes. Develops, implements, and maintains accounting policies, procedures and internal controls to ensure consistent, accurate, and reliable financial information and mitigate risk. . Develops, implements, and maintains procurement policies to deliver value for money, risk mitigation, maintain compliance and best practices.
- Leads and participates in finance-related projects and corporate initiatives.
- Designated backup to the Chief Financial Officer, as required.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education
Accounting designation (CPA, CA, CGA, CMA) with University Degree in Business or closely related field.
Experience and Knowledge
- Accounting at an advanced level
- Advanced experience using MS Office and Excel
- Management experience
- Experience using SAP, Caseware, FMW considered an asset
We will ask you for these items if you are hired
Supervisor Health & Safety Awareness Training Certificate from the Ministry of Labour
Valid G driver's license.
Proof of your current and valid certificate(s) and/or educational qualifications.
Your compensation
The annual salary range for this non-union position is $127,965 to $156,045 (Band Level 8). We offer a comprehensive benefits package and are an Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) employer.
Hours of work
Monday to Friday – 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (35 hours per week). Occasional evening hours required to attend Council, Public meetings, etc.
Advertisement expiration date
Interested candidates should apply at www.cambridge.ca/careers. This posting will close on January 4, 2026.
Accommodation needs and protection of privacy
The City of Cambridge recognizes and appreciates diversity and inclusion enhances our public value commitment.
We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience and encourage all qualified people to apply, including and especially people from equity-deserving groups. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment with honour and respect toward their individual dimensions of diversity.
We strive to remove barriers that may prevent qualified applicants from fully participating in the recruitment and selection process. Accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and other applicable legislation is available throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. Contact HRServices@Cambridge.ca to make your needs known in advance.
For more information on our Employment Equity, please read our full policy.
Personal information collected in relation to the recruitment process is collected under the authority outlined in the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and used solely to determine eligibility for employment with the City of Cambridge only.
About City of Cambridge Ontario
The City of Cambridge is one of the fastest growing areas in Canada. It is strategically located astride highway 401 in Southwestern Ontario, part of Canada’s Technology Triangle. In 2010, the population was over 130,000 people with a multicultural mix and a strong foundation of support services. Cambridge has a diverse economic base with leading industries in manufacturing, automotive, high technology, pharmaceutical, business and financial services and hospitality/retail. It’s about choice, options and value when you become part of the community.
You meet the nicest people in Cambridge. It’s a place that understands all about coming together. There is so much more to Cambridge than the beautiful lands created at the convergence of two rivers or its logistically perfect location in the heart of Ontario’s economic corridor. Cambridge is the coming together of people from diverse, close-knit and proud communities. The people of Cambridge ‘do the right thing’ by respecting history, family values, a sound work ethic, the arts, environment and advancement. A young city, Cambridge is a master of balancing the excitement and promise of the new with the historical significance and stability of the old. A place where coming together is just the start. Uniting together is what sets Cambridge apart. Undiscovered–Cambridge families and entrepreneurs get more for less, and sacrifice nothing.
See our Social Media Terms of Use: http://bit.ly/3GGn6rl