INVENTORY of Business and Financial Assistant

Important messages

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

This is an inventory of potential candidates to fill upcoming employment opportunities at the CR-05 level as a Business and Financial Assistant based on anticipated needs within the department of Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC).

The inventory will be updated every 90 days. You will receive a notice in your applicant account 10 days before the end of your active period to determine whether or not you wish to keep being considered for an additional 90 days.

You will be required to complete an online experience questionnaire when you apply. The information you provide in the questionnaire must be true. You must respond to all statements in all categories in order to proceed to the next steps.

If you are considered for a position, your résumé will be verified by PSPC before each referral of your application to a hiring manager. You must make sure that all the experience criteria you identified in the questionnaire are included in your résumé. If during the verification of your résumé your experience is not clearly demonstrated, your application may be rejected. Any false and/or fraudulent information will result in the rejection of your application.

Duties

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.

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

Work environment

Did you know that Public Services and Procurement Canada was selected as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers for 2017? We invite you to join an organization that is committed to ensuring an inclusive workplace and respect for all!

Intent of the process

Depending on the needs of the organization, candidates will be randomly selected from the inventory for assessment purposes. This process may be used to establish a pool of partially or fully qualified candidates which may be used by PSPC to staff bilingual imperative BBB/BBB positions with a Reliability Status security clearance in the National Capital Region with various tenures such as (indeterminate, term and casual position).

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

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

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)

Information on language requirements

Second Language Writing Skills Self-Assessment
In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your writing skills in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:
Unsupervised Internet Test of Second Language Writing Skills

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

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

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.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

When opportunities arise and to manage volume, we will randomly select candidates from the inventory.

We will communicate with applicants by e-mail. It is your responsibility to verify your e-mails regularly to ensure that you do not miss out on any opportunities. Failure to respond in the prescribed timeframe will result in your application not being referred to the hiring manager. The applicant shall ensure that the e-mail address provided is valid and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.

Essential qualifications will be assessed every time using a combination of standardized and/or custom tools according to the needs of the position to be filled. We will assess the essential qualifications using interviews, written tests, reference or a combination of these methods.

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

Candidates from outside the public service may be required to pay for travel costs or any other costs related to this selection process.

Proof of citizenship will be requested if you are considered for a position.

You must be prepared to provide the original or a certified true copy of your educational credentials. Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/

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.

All job applications must be submitted ONLY ONLINE through the Public Service Resourcing System. Persons with disabilities who cannot apply online are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

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 use of the mascusline gender was adopted in this document to facilitate the reading and has no discriminatory intent.

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.