Business Manager

Posting Period

Posting Period: October 20 - November 2, 2026

Salary: $133,107.00 - $166,413.00 per year

Who We Are

For 150 years, London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) has been a leader in world-class care. As an acute tertiary and quaternary teaching hospital, LHSC provides leading-edge medical care to people from across western Ontario and beyond. LHSC is located just two hours from Toronto and two hours from Detroit in the city of London which is known for its beautiful and walkable downtown core located on the Thames River, a vibrant culinary scene and scores of activities that highlight local arts, culture and music. Our team of more than 17,000 physicians, staff, learners and volunteers works tirelessly to support patients as they navigate their unique health-care journeys. As one of Canada's largest acute-care teaching hospitals, LHSC is a renowned centre of innovation with a history of groundbreaking research that has influenced how people are cared for around the world. With nearly 1 million annual patient visits across University, Victoria and Children's Hospitals, LHSC provides compassionate leading-edge care and is proud of our strong regional, national and international partnerships. For more information, please visit

Job Summary

What the Role is

Reporting to the Director, Financial Planning, with direct support relationships to multiple LHSC leaders (e.g., executives, directors and managers), the Business Manager is accountable to ensure effective business management of their assigned portfolios to maximize the delivery of high quality, safe, and efficient patient care within available budgets. Working with portfolio leaders, the Business Manager coordinates operating budgets, capital equipment, capital budgets, construction budgets, and human resources. Specific attention is provided to budget variance monitoring, working in partnership to optimize expenses and revenues, and ensuring timely and accurate reporting to support internal and external financial and reporting requirements (e.g., to support Ministry of Health requirements and funding reconciliations). The Business Manager is responsible for contributing to the designing and leading of innovative solutions for patient care and staffing issues through review of processes and development of effective alternatives.

Working within the guidelines, policies, and practices of the hospital (Financial, Quality and Performance, Risk Management,), the role is responsible for proposing, establishing, educating, implementing and monitoring program-wide business planning, reporting, financial and control processes/practices to safeguard corporate assets, and information to enable management to assess and enhance financial and operating performance.

Working with assigned leaders and leadership throughout the organization, the Business Manager provides business process redesign expertise to select priority projects and to portfolio processes to ensure effective operations, both within the program and across LHSC and other organizations.

The reporting audience includes Senior Leadership, the Finance Department of LHSC, independent audit firms, and government agencies (e.g., Ministry of Health, Ontario Health).

Qualifications

Who You Are

• You are self-aware of own assumptions, values, principles, strengths and limitations
• You manage and develop self while modeling qualities such as honesty, integrity, resilience, and confidence
• You engage and support others to foster development, personal goals and encourage a healthy organization
• You achieve results by strategically aligning direction, decisions, actions and evaluation with the vision, values and evidence
• You facilitate an environment of collaboration and cooperation
• You create connections, build partnerships and networks
• You demonstrate a commitment to the organizational vision, mission, values and service excellence
• You are a transformational thinker that encourages and supports innovation
• You have exceptional analytical skills that contribute to effective decision-making
• You are self-directed, courageous, and highly motivated with excellent interpersonal and effective communication skills

What Skills Are Needed

• Demonstrated experience in budget development and variance analysis
• Experience partnering with leaders over a range of portfolios across the organization, including clinical areas
• Planning and executing action plans that deliver results and motivate individuals for greater performance excellence
• Strong business acumen
• Values-based leadership and a proven track record for developing and sustaining healthy work environments and effective teams while leading in a performance-driven culture
• Lead and drive system transformation
• Develop self and others through teaching, coaching, mentoring and formal development processes
• Strong analytical skills that contribute to effective problem solving and decision-making

What You Will Bring with You

• Successful completion of a recognized Baccalaureate Degree in Finance, Business Administration, or equivalent education acceptable to the hospital, preferred*
• Certified Accounting designation (CPA, CMA, CGA, or CA) strongly preferred
• Minimum three (3) years' experience in financial and data systems auditing, financial administration, operational performance analysis, and process improvement
• Strong understanding of MIS reporting and hospital specific data and analytics preferred
• MIS levels I & II preferred
• Minimum three (3) to five (5) years recent experience in progressively more responsible leadership roles
• Experience in business process redesign, including LEAN preferred
• Experience in business case development and assessment of business opportunities preferred
• Preference and consideration will be given to active members of the Canadian College of Health Leaders (CCHL) who have, or are in process of attaining the Canadian Health Executive (CHE) Select certification program
• Ability to effectively work with diversity, appreciating that different opinions, backgrounds and characteristics can bring richness to the challenge at hand
• Fluent and computer literate with computer systems such as email and Microsoft Office applications (MS Word, Excel & PowerPoint)
• Demonstrated ability to attend work on a regular basis

*Consideration for an interview will be given to an education and prior experience assessment

Other Information

London Health Sciences Centre fosters a culture of patient and staff safety whereby all employees are guided by LHSC's Mission, Vision, Values and Code of Conduct.

LHSC is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from women, visible minorities, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. We are committed to providing persons with disabilities equal opportunities and standards of goods and services, and are also fully compliant with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (2005), as applicable.

LHSC does not use artificial intelligence (AI) to screen, assess or select applicants for a position.

Reason for Posting: Existing Vacancy

Submission Requirements ( please submit in one PDF or MS Word document)

• Cover Letter, Resume and Listing of Education, Credentials, Certifications and References.

As part of the assessment process applicants may be required to complete a written profile, presentations, etc. Please be advised that reference checks may be conducted as part of the selection process.

Immunization Requirements:

Before beginning employment at LHSC, all new hires must provide documentation related to LHSC's Health Review Requirements. For more information and a detailed list of requirements, please visit Health Review Requirements | LHSC.

Your interest in this opportunity is appreciated. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Successful candidates, as a condition of job offer, would be required to complete a satisfactory police information check (original document) completed in the last 6 months.