Director - Finance, Data & Analytics

About The Foundation

At the St. Joseph’s Health Centre Foundation we are committed to continuing to transform St. Joe’s as a leading community hospital that delivers the best care experiences to Toronto’s west end. We are guided by our mission to inspire philanthropy from our community and raise the funds needed to support that transformation.

St. Joe’s has provided care for millions of people in Toronto’s west end for more than a century. Today it is one Canada’s busiest community teaching hospitals, looking after a vibrant community of over half a million.

The Foundation has grown in recent years to be a leading community hospital foundation with a strong and engaged board of directors. We are looking for a new team member to help with gift management and donor engagement that helps to deliver the best care possible for our community.

About The Position

The Director, Finance, Data & Analytics provides strategic and operational leadership across financial management, business intelligence, fundraising analytics and organizational performance for the Foundation.

As the Foundation enters an ambitious next phase of campaign growth, this role will be responsible for ensuring that the organization has the financial discipline, data infrastructure and insights required to support informed decision-making and maximize fundraising performance.

Working closely with the President & CEO, VP, Operations, Senior Leadership Team and fundraising leaders, the Director will connect financial and fundraising data to provide a clear, timely and actionable view of organizational and campaign performance.

The Director will be the Foundation’s lead resource for financial reporting, fundraising analytics, campaign intelligence, data quality and performance reporting, ensuring that leaders have the information they need to identify opportunities, manage risk, allocate resources and achieve campaign objectives.

The successful candidate will combine strong financial expertise with an analytical and business-oriented mindset, an understanding of fundraising and donor data, and the ability to translate complex information into clear insights and recommendations.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Financial Leadership & Management
• Lead the Foundation’s financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting processes.
• Prepare timely, accurate decision-useful financial reports for the President & CEO, Senior Leadership Team, Finance Committee and Board.
• Monitor financial performance against budget and provide analysis of material variances, trends, risks and opportunities.
• Lead the annual budgeting and collaborate on the business planning process with the VP, Operations and Senior Leadership Team.
• Oversee cash flow, investments, receivables, payables and other core financial management activities.
• Lead the annual audit and maintain strong financial controls, policies and procedures.
• Ensure appropriate financial oversight of designated funds, restricted gifts, commitments and disbursements.
• Work closely with external accounting and investment partners as required.
• Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards, regulatory requirements and Foundation policies.
• Campaign & Fundraising Analytics
• Own the development and ongoing management of the Foundation’s campaign reporting and fundraising analytics framework.
• Partner with fundraising leadership to establish clear definitions, methodologies and performance measures for campaign pipeline, proposals, asks, commitments and revenue.
• Develop and maintain campaign dashboards that provide management and Board-level visibility into campaign progress and future potential.
• Provide analysis that identifies emerging gaps, opportunities and trends and supports proactive campaign management.
• Develop forecasting models to support campaign revenue projections and scenario planning.
• Work with fundraising leaders to assess portfolio capacity, prospect movement and pipeline sufficiency.
• Translate fundraising data into concise insights and recommendations for the Senior Leadership Team, Campaign Leadership, Finance Committee and Board.
• Data Strategy, Quality & Business Intelligence
• Serve as the Foundation’s internal lead for data strategy, data governance and business intelligence.
• Establish standards for data quality, consistency, definitions and reporting across financial and fundraising systems and oversee implantation with Database Manager.
• Partner with fundraising and operations teams to improve the use of Raiser's Edge NXT and other systems as strategic management tools.
• Identify opportunities to automate reporting and improve data accessibility.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and reporting tools using appropriate business intelligence platforms.
• Connect financial, fundraising, donor and operational data to provide a more complete picture of organizational performance.
• Establish appropriate data governance, privacy, security and access practices in partnership with organizational leadership.
• Identify technology and systems improvements that will increase efficiency, insight and fundraising productivity.
• Prospect & Donor Intelligence
• Support the fundraising team with data-driven prospect identification, qualification and prioritization.
• Develop reporting to help assess prospect capacity, relationship activity, portfolio composition and movement through the fundraising cycle.
• Partner with fundraising leadership to identify gaps in prospect pipelines and opportunities for portfolio development.
• Support analysis of donor behaviour, giving patterns, retention, upgrades and other trends that inform fundraising strategy.
• Organizational Performance & Decision Support
• Working with VP, Operations develop a consistent framework of organizational KPIs aligned with the Foundation’s strategic and business plans.
• Provide analysis to support resource allocation, staffing decisions, event and program performance, fundraising investments and operational planning.
• Identify trends and insights across revenue, expenses, fundraising activity and organizational performance.
• Prepare clear, concise analysis and visualizations for leadership and Board audiences.
• Act as a strategic thought partner to leaders, moving beyond reporting results to helping the organization understand what the data means and what action it should inform.
• Leadership, Collaboration & Continuous Improvement
• Lead continuous improvement of financial and fundraising reporting processes.
• Provide leadership and coaching to the administration team, including the Database Manager.
• Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, automate repetitive activities and improve organizational efficiency.
• Contribute to a culture of accountability, curiosity, continuous learning and evidence-informed decision-making.
• Provide leadership and coaching to staff, contractors or external resources supporting finance, data and analytics.
  
  

Qualifications & Experience

• CPA designation.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in finance, financial management, analytics, business intelligence or a related field.
• Experience working in a nonprofit, healthcare, fundraising or similarly complex environment is an asset.
• Demonstrated experience developing budgets, forecasts, financial models and management reporting.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data into clear business insights.
• Experience with CRM and fundraising databases; experience with Raiser's Edge NXT is an asset.
• Experience developing dashboards and reporting using tools such as Power BI or equivalent is an asset.
• Experience working with large or complex datasets and improving data quality and reporting processes.
• Strong understanding of data governance, privacy and information management.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to present financial and analytical information clearly.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strategic, curious and improvement-oriented.
  
  

Unity Health Toronto is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive organization. We strive to provide a recruitment process that is barrier-free and in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code. We understand that you may require an accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process. When you are contacted, please inform the Talent Acquisition Specialist and we will work with you to meet your accommodation needs. We want to emphasize that all accommodation requests are handled with the utmost confidentiality, respecting your privacy and dignity