Business and Financial Assistant

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PLEASE APPLY ONLINE and complete the Screening Questionnaire pertaining to this advertised process.

You MUST provide concrete and detailed examples to clearly demonstrate how you meet the education and experience requirements listed in the essential qualifications and asset qualifications section. An online Screening Questionnaire has been created to assist you in completing this information.

Duties

As a Business and Financial Officer, you will be responsible of:
- Doing follow-ups and helping the manager;
- Paying invoices;
- Tracking expenditures;
- Organizing financial files (ensuring that all files are complete);
- Doing debit/credit.

Work environment

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) helps the Government of Canada serve Canadians. With a strong focus on quality customer service, we provide innovative common services such as real estate and building management, purchasing, banking, pay and pensions, and translation to other government departments, agencies and boards. By providing these centralized services to departments and agencies, we enable them to focus on what they do best: providing their programs and services to Canadians.

As an organization, PSPC strives to give all its employees opportunities to achieve organizational, professional and personal goals in a respectful and inclusive workplace, mobilized and supported by leadership at all levels. For more information on PSPC's People Management Philosophy and Our Commitments please see the following link: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/apropos-about/pe-pc-eng.html.

Intent of the process

There is an immediate need to staff 10 positions on a determinate and indeterminate basis. A pool of partially qualified candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions within Public Services and Procurement Canada with various tenure.

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
Secondary school diploma or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
1. Experience in providing financial services*.
2. Experience in using the following software programs: Word, Excel and Outlook.

*Examples of financial services are, but not limited to:
- Working on a payroll, preparing paychecks for employees;
- Doing corporate tax returns;
- Registering transactions in a ledger;
- Doing banking reconcialiation.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

ASSET EDUCATION
Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in any field relevant to the work to be performed.

Degree equivalency

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

Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE
1. Knowledge of financial systems.
2. Knowledge of basic accounting (debit/credit).

ABILITIES
1. Ability to communicate effectively orally.
2. Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
3. Ability to verify documents for accuracy and completeness.
4. Ability to organize and prioritize tasks.

COMPETENCIES
1. Effective Interpersonal Relationship
2. Dependability
3. Judgement
4. Attention to detail

5. Client Service Competency - Level 1

http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/sc-cs/csc-eng.html

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

A pool of qualified candidates may be established through this process.

Reference checks will be sought.

An interview will be administered.

A test may be administered.

You must be prepared to provide the original or a certified true copy of your educational credentials

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

Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.

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

Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Candidates who apply on this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and to make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is the candidate's responsibility
to provide any changes to their personal information to the contact indicated on this job advertisement.

Please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or application form (if applicable).

Please ensure that your Personal Record Identifier (PRI) is included in your application (if applicable).

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.