Lead | Capital Budgets

Position Summary
Interior Health is looking for an experienced Lead, Capital Budgets to join our team on a full time permanent basis.

What we offer:
-Employee & Family Assistance Program
-Employer paid training/education opportunities
-Employer paid vacation
-Employer paid insurance premiums
-Extended health & dental coverage
-Municipal Pension Plan
-Work-life balance

Salary Range:
Salary range for the position is $88,990 to $127,923. Interior Health establishes salaries within the minimum and maximum of the salary range based on consideration of the qualifications, experience of the applicant, and an internal equity review of the salaries of other employees.

About the job:
While this role involves important responsibilities like preparing budget reports and maintaining capital budget systems, its true impact lies in the relationships you build and the collaboration you foster. We’re looking for someone who thrives on connecting with people, who can communicate complex financial processes in clear, straightforward language, and who enjoys working across all levels of leadership to support shared goals. Strong interpersonal skills and a genuine customer service mindset are key-this position is as much about guiding and coordinating as it is about numbers, making it ideal for someone passionate about ensuring capital resources are maximized, helping the organization succeed through thoughtful, effective communication.

In accordance with the established vision and values of the organization, the Lead, Capital Budgets is responsible to implement, maintain, and standardize the financial aspects of Interior Health’s capital budget processes. Primary responsibilities include establishing and managing systems for data collection and reporting required to produce capital budgets and secure third-party funding.

The Lead, Capital Budgets provides leadership and strategic advice about capital risks, budgets, and funding sources in order to facilitate the achievement of the mission, goals, and objectives of Interior Health in accordance with the organization’s values. The Lead provides input and makes recommendations to the Director of Capital Budgets and Planning, Business Operations, Capital Accounting, and the Executive Director Capital Finance & Controller on financial and budgetary issues as they relate to both the strategic direction and day-to-day operations across IH.

Typical duties and responsibilities:

• Organizes the annual capital budget request submission process by ensuring communication and timelines are clear, capital requests are analyzed and categorized correctly, budget pricing is collected and assigned, and prioritization lists are complete and accurate.

• Coordinate the annual capital budget prioritization process including communication to and engagement of organization-wide leadership and provides accurate, complete, and professional reporting and presentations for use in decision-making about the allocation of scarce resources.

• Develops and maintains complex systems and models to prepare a balanced multi-year capital budget, optimize a variety of available funding sources, and generate reporting.

• Prepares annual and out-of-cycle funding requests and other reporting for the Ministry of Health and other external funding partners such as Regional Hospital Districts, Foundations, and other donors.

• Monitors capital budget by tracking funding pressures, recommending funding sources, and coordinating approvals.

• Maintains the capital budget systems, provides user training and facilitates technical updates.

• Ensures Capital Budget systems and schedules are coordinated and aligned with Capital Accounting, Business Operations, and Ministry of Health requirements.

• Prepares account reconciliations and analyzes variances and trends to prevent, identify and correct errors.

• Develops and maintains policies, principles and processes surrounding IH capital budgeting, funding allocation and reporting.

• Oversees processes that set organizational priorities and allocate resources toward the delivery of those priorities from a capital perspective and identifies and tracks related operating cost impacts.

• Acts as a liaison with Business Operations and Operational Managers and provides guidance and advice on capital funding questions.

• Provides advice and guidance to the Director Capital Budgets and Planning, Executive Director Capital Finance & Controller, VP and CFO and Financial Services leadership team, including Business Operations, Capital Accounting, and Accounting teams.

• Guides and mentors team members, including providing day to day work direction to the Capital Budget Analyst, and provides input to the hiring, discipline, and termination of staff.

• In alignment with IH’s Occupational Health & Safety Program, employees shall adhere to all Occupational Health and Safety policies and procedures at all times and attend all required training. Employees are responsible to report any identified hazards, unsafe conditions or incidents to the manager or supervisor immediately.

• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualfications
Honouring Interior Health’s commitment to Truth and Reconciliation and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), and Pursuant to Section 42 of the BC Human Rights Code, preferential consideration and/or hiring will be given to qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit).

Education, Training, and Experience
• A CPA designation and a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline.
• Seven years of recent, relevant experience working in a complex computerized environment.
• Consideration for a combination of education, training and experience.

Skills and Abilities
• Demonstrated ability to lead, plan, direct, manage, implement, organize, and problem-solve.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and lead within a team environment.
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to facilitate, negotiate, and persuade others both internal and external to the organization, often in stressful environments.
• Demonstrated ability to function effectively in a highly-dynamic, fast-paced, and continually-changing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and synthesize information and manage complex issues.
• Demonstrated ability to handle highly confidential and sensitive issues with skill, tact, and diplomacy.
• Self-directed with effective organization, time management, and prioritization skills.
• Demonstrated ability to creatively problem-solve with a global perspective in order to incorporate the organization’s systems and strategies when developing viable solutions to problems.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.