Senior Corporate Service Officer

Duties

- Assists in managing the financial forecasts on a monthly basis
- Creates and maintains databases and/or reports pertaining to financial management
- Assists in managing the salary forecast including working with other government departments regarding salary payments or recoveries
- Verifies incoming work pertaining to financial management from junior officers
- Creates contracts and provides guidance on contracting and procurement
- Coordinates employee arrivals and departures
- Processes payments using financial management software
- Manages client requests through a general inbox

Intent of the process

This is an anticipatory selection process to staff one English essential position on an indeterminate basis in the Toronto area. A pool of qualified candidates may be established to staff similar positions with various language requirements and various tenures within Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (indeterminate, term, deployment, acting, secondment or assignment).

Positions to be filled: 1

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)

A secondary school diploma.

Degree equivalency

*Significant experience coordinating, providing, preparing, and completing administrative services including at least two (2) of the following: contracting, training, procurement, facilities management, asset management, or financial management.

*Significant experience is defined as experience that was a core part of the applicant’s employment for a period of six (6) months within the last three (3) years.

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

Willingness to travel.

Willingness to work overtime.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge of the Financial Administrative Act (FAA), Sections 32, 33, and 34.

Knowledge of the Treasury Board’s National Joint Council (NJC) Travel Directive.

Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.

Ability to anticipate problems and make recommendations.

Intermediate proficiency of MS Excel.

Thoroughness

Client Focus

Judgement

Integrity

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

*Significant experience using a financial management system such as Integrated Financial and Material System (IFMS) or SAP.

Experience in preparing salary forecasting using a financial system.

Experience completing financial administrative duties such as monitoring budgets, processing invoices, reconciling, and monthly financial forecasting.

*Significant experience is defined as experience that was a core part of the applicant’s employment for a period of six (6) months within the last three (3) years.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Favourable credit check.

Other information

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

We will accept applications on-line only.

All job applications must therefore be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing
System.

Following are some of the benefits associated with applying on-line.

- Applicants can create a profile and a resume that can be used when applying for other processes without having to recreate a new application each time.
- Applicants can modify their application/resume at any time BEFORE the closing date indicated on the job advertisement.
- Applicants can verify the status of their applications, at any time.
- Applicants can be notified electronically of tests or interviews and results.
- For some jobs, applicants will find important information, namely the job questionnaire and a complete statement of merit criteria that are only available when applying on-line.

To submit an application on-line, please select the button “Apply Online” below.

Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

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.