Procurement and Finance Clerk *AMENDMENT TO CLOSING DATE

Important messages

*Amendment to the closing date

Duties

• Processing purchase requisitions for goods and/or services.
• Accounts payable and accounts receivable services.
• Processing petty cash claims.
• Generating financial reports for budget holders.
• Providing administrative and financial support to local Branch supervisors and management.
• Provide travel arranger services to clients consisting of booking travel, entering and processing travel-related expense claims.

Work environment

As one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, AAFC is proud to celebrate our achievement in creating a diverse, respectful, and positive workplace where all employees are valued and recognized for their unique qualities, ideas, voices and perspectives.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) helps farmers and industry feed our country. We are also working to grow Canada’s exports, while providing leadership in the growth and development of a competitive, innovative and sustainable Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector.

Intent of the process

Immediate need: To staff a Procurement and Finance Clerk position (English Essential) on a full time temporary basis in London, Ontario.

Anticipatory: A pool of qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar positions on a permanent full-time or part-time basis or on a temporary full-time or part-time basis for the location indicated for this process.

In the event that an employee of the public service is qualified through this process, he/she may be considered for acting, deployment, assignment or secondment opportunities.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 2 references.

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

Degree equivalency

Recent* and significant** experience in using SAP and/or other financial system.
Recent* and significant** experience in processing transactions, such as accounts payables, and/or accounts receivables, in an integrated financial application.
Recent* and significant** experience in procurement and/or purchasing.
Recent* experience in the use of MS Outlook, Word and Excel.
Recent* experience in providing client services in the area of finance.

*Recent experience is defined as within the last five (5) years.

**Significant is defined as the depth and breadth of experience normally associated with the performance of the duties for a period of two (2) years.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Planning and Organizing
Client Focus
Teamwork
Dependability

Ability to manage workload to meet deadlines
Ability to communicate effective orally
Ability to communicate effective in writing
Ability to work as a team member

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

Experience using a Shared Travel Services (STS) system.
Experience in Human Resources.

Knowledge of Treasury Board policies, procedures, and directives governing accounting and control of expenditures, and contracting.
Knowledge of the Financial Administration Act (FAA).

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

Information on employment equity

Placement of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) employees affected by workforce adjustment.

Overtime may be required during peak periods.
Travel may be necessary for up to one week at a time.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Ability and willingness to work overtime including weekends and evenings.
Ability and willingness to travel.

Other information

Reference checks will be sought.

An interview will be administered.

A role play may be administered.

A practical test may be administered.

A situational exercise may be administered.

Applications submitted by email will not be accepted. You must apply on-line through www.jobs.gc.ca.

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

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.

Communication for this process will be sent via email. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required. Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

All communication relating to this process, including email correspondence, may be used in the assessment of qualifications.

Appointment decisions may be based on one or more of the following criteria:
- Matching of the individual's experience or qualifications to the strengths and weaknesses of the work team.
- Matching of the individual's experience or qualifications to the specific duties of the position being staffed.
- Depth, breadth, type of work-specific experience.
- Level/degree of one or more competencies/qualifications.

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.