Controllership
Service Description
Accounting
An internal service offered to the organization's financial stewards to provide financial
transaction processing in accordance with accounting guidelines or financial policies including
applications such as general ledger and accounts payable. This service also includes the
development and implementation of financial policies and procedures as well as the
strengthening and maintenance of the City's internal control environment.
Financial Reporting
An internal service offered to financial stewards of the City of Winnipeg to provide
access, preparation, generation and development of corporate or departmental financial
information on both a periodic and ad hoc basis in response to an external requirement,
Council policy or senior management request. This service also involves providing
advice and interpretation of financial information to determine appropriate financial
directions for the City.
Alternative Service Delivery and Business Planning
An internal service offered to senior administration and civic departments
to provide alternative service delivery development and business planning
implementation, policy development, and linkages with other corporate
initiatives and between departments. This service also involves
supporting, tracking and reporting on the progress of departmental initiatives,
and facilitating communication and learning between stakeholders and across the
organization.
Finance and Administration
An internal service offered to the department's financial stewards,
managers, and other employees to prepare and generate the department's financial
information on both a periodic and ad hoc basis. This service also
includes the development of administrative policies and procedures for the
department.
Payroll and Benefits Administration
An internal service offered to City of Winnipeg departments and employees
that provides policy formulation on payroll and benefits administration as well
as remuneration for duties performed and the collection and remittance of source
deductions as set out in collective agreements and legislation. This
service also includes the delivery of applicable training, consultation and
leadership via information/policy directives required to administer the payroll
and benefit programs.
The primary clients of these services are the organization's Financial Stewards, City of Winnipeg employees and departments. Other clients include Federal/Provincial agencies and Change Initiatives Stakeholders.
Value of ServiceAccounting
The value of this service to our clients is the accurate and coordinated recording of
financial information from each of the functional accounting system modules using qualified
and experienced professionals.
Financial Reporting
The value of this service to our clients is to facilitate a two-way flow of information
between corporate and departments as well as assist in analyzing and developing financial
systems to provide information required to make sound business and management decisions.
Alternative Service Delivery and Business Planning
The value of this service to our clients is:
- Recommendations for policy and process
- Support, interpretation and implementation of policy for financial and business change initiatives
- A consistency in approach and the sharing of learning through cooperative effort
Finance and Administration
The value of this service to our clients is the coordination/preparation of
the department's financial information on an accurate and timely basis.
Payroll and Benefits Administration
The value of this service to our clients include the receipt of accurate and
timely pay cheques and reporting of payroll and benefit costs, and the timely
remittance of source deductions and applicable legislated employee information.
This division's mandate is to ensure that corporate and departmental policies, systems, and procedures which collectively constitute the City's financial information system are developed, operated and maintained in a manner consistent with both City policy and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for municipalities. This division is also responsible for the preparation of the annual periodic corporate financial reports, the operation of the Capital and Current Budget Preparation System(s), business planning facilitation and implementation, developing and supporting alternative service delivery initiatives and City's payroll. Particular emphasis is placed on the coordination and support of the efforts of departmental controllers.
Department Contact:Paul Olafson,
Corporate Controller
Email
| 4th Floor, 510 Main Street - 311
Last update:
01/16/2009
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