Intermediate Financial Officer

Important messages

*** If your application is screened in, you may be asked to write a 2 hour, take home exam on December 19, 2017. Candidates will receive a notification a few days prior to this exam date. You should consult your e-mails, including your spam/junk folder .

*** Applicants must clearly demonstrate in their responses to the screening questions how they meet the “essential qualifications” (education AND experiences).
FOR EACH CRITERIA/ QUESTION, please provide the following MANDATORY information:
1 - Name of the department or organization where the experience was acquired;
2 - Title of the position occupied and duration for which you exercised the functions;
3 - Specific details of tasks, projects or accomplishments demonstrating the experience was acquired.

The answers provided to the screening questions will be the main source of information. Failure to provide complete answers may result in job applications being screened out from further consideration in this process. Should you indicate in your response "please refer to resume" your application will be rejected. Lack of examples and details will result in your application being rejected. Applicants will not be solicited for incomplete or possible missing information.

"Asset qualifications" could be used either at the screening phase or to determine which candidate will be appointed. Therefore, if candidates meet the asset qualifications, they should also describe in their answers to the screening questions how they meet these qualifications using detailed and concrete examples

Intent of the process

ANTICIPATORY SELECTION PROCESS
The intent of this process is to establish a pool of qualified/pre-qualified candidates that will be used to staff bilingual imperative positions BBB/BBB or CBC/CBC at Transport Canada.

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
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

OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION
Eligibility for a recognized professional accounting designation. The recognized professional accounting designations are Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), Chartered Accountant (CA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified General Accountant (CGA).

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
• Experience in analyzing financial information and preparing reports or written assessments and recommendations from the results for management.

• Recent* and significant** work experience in one (1) or more of the following three (3) areas:
- Financial Planning and Budgeting;
- Financial Policy Development or Interpretation;
- Financial Systems Development, Implementation or Maintenance;

*Recent experience is within the last five (5) years.
**Significant experience is defined as experience associated with having performed a broad range of related activities which could normally be acquired over a period of approximately 15 months.

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

Various language requirements
• Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB
• Bilingual Imperative CBC/CBC

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

ABILITIES
• Ability to effectively communicate in writing.
• Ability to effectively communicate orally.

COMPETENCIES
• Values and Ethics
• Thinking Things Through
• Engagement
• Excellence through results

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS
• A recognized Canadian professional accounting designation (i.e. CA, CMA, CGA or CPA).
• Experience in preparing, analyzing and/or evaluating project and funding proposals.
• Experience in developing, implementing or interpreting financial policies or procedures.
• Experience in implementing, developing, maintaining, troubleshooting or testing of integrated financial systems or business intelligence tools.
• Experience in developing or providing financial policy, procedures or systems training
• Knowledge of reporting cycle for the Government of Canada expenditures

Degree equivalency

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
• Some positions may require willingness to work overtime on short notice.
• Some positions may require willingness to travel occasionally.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance - Certain positions may require a secret security clearance

Other information

- Candidates from outside the Federal Public Service will be required to pay for their own travel expenses for various phases of testing/assessment.
- An interview may be administered.
- A written examination may be administered.
- Reference checks may be sought.
- Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.
- Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.
- 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.
- For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with applicants by e-mail for screening/assessment purposes (including issuing screening results, and sending invitations for written tests and interviews).
- Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.
- Transport Canada will accept applications on-line only.
- Acknowledgement of receipt of applications will not be sent.
- 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.