Financial Analysts ***AMENDMENT TO THE CLOSING DATE***

Important messages

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: All applications MUST be submitted online and candidates MUST provide a resume. You must provide concrete work-related and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience requirements listed in the essential qualifications and asset qualifications section. The screening board cannot make any assumptions about your experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current duties.

APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY MEET THE SCREENING CRITERIA WILL NOT BE GIVEN FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

Work environment

The Department of National Defence (DND) is one of the largest federal government departments and is part of the Public Service of Canada. There are over 20,000 civilians (non-military) who work at the DND. We employ civilians in over 40 locations across Canada as well as abroad.

In 2016, Defence Team members in the National Capital Region (NCR) began relocating to the new National Defence Headquarters - Carling Campus in Ottawa’s west end. The Campus is a great new home with many benefits, from a beautiful setting and buildings designed to make maximum use of natural elements, to a full range of facilities, services and retail outlets. The design features of the Campus will enhance collaboration, innovation and efficiency, making our new home an ideal place for current and future employees.

Intent of the process

This process will be used to fill immediate requirements as well as being anticipatory for future approved growth. The intent is to create a pool of qualified candidates that may be used to staff similar positions with various tenures (acting, assignment, deployment, indeterminate, secondment, specified period), various language requirements and various security requirements.

Positions to be filled: 10

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

EDUCATION:

EDU1. A degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with specialization* in accounting, finance, business administration, commerce or economics;

AND experience related to positions in the Financial Management Group;

OR

A recognized professional accounting designation** or eligibility*** for a recognized professional accounting designation.

*The courses for the specialization must be acceptable and must have been taken at a recognized post-secondary institution, but not necessarily within a degree program in the required specialization. For this selection process, specialization is defined as successful completion of six (6) post-secondary courses in accounting, finance, business administration, commerce or economics.

**The recognized professional accounting designations are Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), Chartered Accountant (CA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified General Accountant (CGA).

***Eligibility means that the candidate has met all academic and occupational requirements with respect to degrees, examinations, experience.

Degree equivalency

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

Various language requirements
A pool of partially or fully qualified candidates will be established to staff similar or identical positions within National Defence but not limited to the National Capital Region with various linguistic profiles (e.g. English Essential, Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC).

Information on language requirements

Experience:

This is an Anticipatory staffing process to fill a wide range of positions which require various types of experience.

Candidates must demonstrate how they meet the experience requirements below in their application.

Recent* and significant** experience in at least two (2) of the following areas:

E1. Experience in Financial Planning;
E2. Experience in Financial Reporting;
E3. Experience in Financial Resource Management;
E4. Experience in providing advice and/or recommendations on financial issues to stakeholders/decision makers;
E5. Experience in providing financial services related to accounting operations (i.e. financial transactions that include either accounts payables or receivables);
E6. Experience in the support of large scale financial systems (e.g. SAP, Oracle, etc.);
E7. Experience in the interpretation or development or implementation of financial policies;
E8. Experience in creating cost estimates using Costing Software (e.g. Excel, True Planning, etc.);
E9. Experience in assessing or implementing or improving internal controls.

* Recent means within the past five (5) years.

**Significant experience is defined as having the depth and breadth of experience that would be acquired over a period of two (2) years.

Knowledge:

K1. Knowledge of the Financial Administration Act (FAA) Sections 32, 33, and 34.
K2. Knowledge of the reporting cycle for Government of Canada expenditures.
K3. Knowledge Treasury Board Policy Framework for Financial Management.

Competencies:

COMP1. Engagement
COMP2. Strategic Thinking: Ideas

Note: Definitions of competencies and sample behavioural indicators will be provided with the interview invitation.

Abilities:

A1. Ability to communicate effectively orally.
A2. Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

Personal Suitabilities:

PS1. Effective interpersonal skills.
PS2. Teamwork.
PS3. Initiative.
PS4. Reliability.
PS5. Judgment.

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

Experience:

AE1. Experience in working for the Department of National Defence or Canadian Armed Forces.
AE2. Experience in an SAP Financial Management Systems (FMS).

Conditions of employment

Security (various requirements): Reliability Status, Secret security clearance.
Some positions may require occasional travel.
Some positions may require occasional overtime.

Other information

Reference checks may be sought.

An interview may be administered.

A test may be administered.

An assignment, secondment, or acting appointment requires approval of your supervisor.

You must provide proof of your education credentials.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Candidates are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

For appointment processes where the area of selection was limited to Aboriginal peoples or to members of designated employment equity groups that included Aboriginal peoples, the Aboriginal candidates proposed for appointment or appointed must complete and sign the Affirmation of Aboriginal Affiliation Form as a condition of appointment prior to or at the same time as the offer of appointment, even if they have already self-declared as an EE member when applying.

You must indicate on your application if you require a technical aid for testing or an alternative method of assessment.

A top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent. We will contact
selected candidates when the screening process is completed.

Foreign educational credentials must be assessed by a recognized credential
assessment service. If you have been educated outside of Canada, it is your
responsibility to have your certificates and/or diplomas assessed against
Canadian educational standards. Candidates must be prepared to submit
electronic proof of a Canadian equivalent education at the time of application.
For more information, please see the Canadian Information Centre for
International Credentials (CICIC) at http://www.cicic.ca.

It is imperative that you provide a current/valid e-mail address that accepts
email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

Candidates are strongly encouraged to check their email on a regular basis as
there will be deadlines which must be met in order to remain in the selection process.

Candidates are responsible for informing the selection board of any changes
regarding contact information.

Please note that all communication for this process will be done via email.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.