Senior financial advisor, Financial Planning & Analysis

51177 - Toronto - Regular 

Hiring salary range: $87,125 - $112,750 / year

Hydro One is proud to be the largest electricity transmission and distribution provider in Ontario, serving nearly  1.5 million customers. We have a long history in the industry with our roots dating back over 110 years to 1906. Since then, we have worked to grow and evolve to meet the changing needs of our customers and communities across Ontario. Today, we’re focused on providing exceptional customer service and ensuring we are building safe communities where we live, work and play.

It’s an exciting time to join the team at Hydro One!

Job Function:

Support the Director, Strategic Finance in maintaining financial integrity, effectiveness, and achievement of corporate strategies and goals through the delivery of the corporate business plan and related financial planning processes.

Specific Accountabilities

• Provide key support to the confidential corporate business planning and budgeting process, including detailed review and analysis of planning assumptions, implementation of regulatory requirements, identification of emerging issues and trends, development of instructions and guidelines, and consolidation of results.
• Provide analysis of financial results, including the impact of new or revised assumptions, compliance with planning guidelines, and clear variance explanations.
• Review line of business confidential plan submissions with a focus on issue identification, financial reasonableness, and compliance with instructions and guidelines.
• Provide analysis and reporting on line of business staffing requirements, including alignment with approved workforce plans and cost envelopes.
• Ensure that staff levels are consistent with corporate strategies, approval processes, and business plan instructions and guidelines.
• Participate in the detailed reviews of spending proposals by functional areas to ensure financial integrity and consistency within corporate strategy.
• Participate in the review spending proposals submitted as part of the work prioritization approach to ensure effectiveness of the proposed work program spending levels.
• Provide analysis and report on all other inputs into the business planning process, including, but not limited to revenue forecast, tax, depreciation and amortization, financing charges, income taxes and balance sheet accounts.
• Support business planning reporting process to the Board of Directors, Province of Ontario and other stakeholders, including preparation of the confidential corporate business plan document, presentations, briefing notes and other financial planning materials, as required.
• Manage the budget trending process, including monitoring against the approved budget and assessment of financial reasonableness.
• Monitor, research and communicate developments in financial planning and analysis.
• Support regulatory requirements, including witnessing, preparation of evidence, development of briefing material, responses to interrogatories and transcript undertakings and general hearing support.

Selection Criteria:

• Requires excellent speaking, writing, listening and presentation skills to gain acceptance of business plans, budgets and project control structures.
• Requires knowledge of project management concepts and experience in managing projects, candidates with project management designation or working towards such designation would be preferred.
• Requires post-secondary education or equivalent years of experience in applicable field.
• Requires a minimum of 5–7 years of progressive experience and acumen, both theoretical and practical, in finance, business planning, or financial analysis roles.
• Requires advanced interpersonal skills to deal with multiple stakeholders from all areas within the company on projects ranging from highly technical to conceptual.
• Requires an advanced knowledge of Excel for the development, analysis and automation of financial models and spreadsheets. Knowledge of MS PowerBI, Power Query and data analytics software would be highly beneficial.
• Requires knowledge of financial system concepts would be beneficial so that the successful candidate can quickly gain an understanding of financial reporting methodologies within Hydro One in order to assist stakeholders in the monitoring and reporting of their projects.
• Knowledge of electric utility regulation would be highly beneficial and the successful candidate will build an expert level of knowledge over time.
• Knowledge of technical aspects of electric utility design would be highly beneficial.

At Hydro One we understand that the success and strength of our business rests with our people. When we develop their skills, we are investing in both their success and ours. To secure the best talent, we seek to create a workforce that reflects the diverse populations of the communities where we live and work and to create a culture based on safety, innovation and inclusiveness.

We are honoured to be recognized by Forbes in its list of Canada’s Best Employers for 2026.

Thank you for considering a career with Hydro One, we welcome applications from all qualified candidates. If you are having difficulty using our online application system and you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email careers@hydroone.com. Hydro One will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in the job application process.

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Deadline:

The base salary for this role considers a variety of factors, including candidates' knowledge, skills, experience, education, and any applicable collective agreement requirements for union-represented positions. Hydro One provides an extensive offering of programs to promote a culture of safety, wellbeing, inclusivity, and sustainability to enable our employees to be the best version of themselves. For management roles, compensation is based on the principle of pay-for performance compensation philosophy, and the amount of annual adjustments and incentive payments depends on how well you and the company perform (subject to plan terms). We encourage open dialogue about compensation with our Talent Acquisition Team, who can provide more detailed information specific to this role.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. 

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