Intermediate Financial Analyst

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Information on accommodation for persons with disabilities

**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. **

Asset qualifications may be used at the screening stage. Please ensure to indicate on your application if you meet the asset qualifications (education and experience). A person may be appointed even though he does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications. However, it may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

FOR EACH EXPERIENCE CRITERIA, please provide the following 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; and
3 - Specific details of tasks or projects demonstrating how the experience was acquired and concrete examples.

Work environment

Did you know that PSPC was selected as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers in 2018 for a second year in a row? We invite you to join an organization that is committed to ensuring an inclusive workplace and respect for all!

The Finance and Administration Branch (FAB) from PSPC provides leadership to the Department in the delivery of financial management, accommodation and procurement initiatives.

With our ever-evolving role, FAB will continue to provide strategic advice and guidance to ensure integrity and sound management of one of the most complex financial departments in the Government of Canada.

If you have initiative, creativity, excellent client service skills and want to make a difference, what are you waiting for? Join the dynamic team of the Finance and Administration Branch of Public Services Procurement Canada!

Intent of the process

Positions to be staffed in the National Capital Region have bilingual language requirements (Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB)

A pool of partially qualified candidates will be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions within the Public Service and Procurement Canada with various language requirements and various security requirements.

Positions to be filled: 25

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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.
OR
- Eligibility for a recognized professional accounting designation. The recognized professional accounting designations are CPA,CA; CPA,CGA; CPA,CMA; CPA.

Degree equivalency

Experience:
Significant* and recent** experience acquired in ONE (1) or more of the following areas:
*«Significant» is defined as the combined experience in ONE OR MORE of the following fields that would have been gained for a period of approximately 2 or more years.
**«Recent» is defined as experience acquired within the last five (5) years.

• Financial Management (Financial planning; budgeting and forecasting; reporting; advisory services)
• Financial Operations
• Financial Systems
• Internal controls
• Cost Management (costing and charging)
• Investment Management

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

Education:
• Member of a recognized professional accounting body and hold one of the following designations: CPA,CA; CPA,CGA; CPA,CMA; CPA.
• Member of a recognized professional association in Audit (CIA or CISA).

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
• Experience working with SAP financial system;
• Experience in preparing Treasury Board submissions;
• Experience in preparing presentations;
• Experience supervising employees;
• Experience in developing OR presenting training OR information sessions.
• Experience in conducting financial audits and/or assessments of internal controls.
• Experience using Business Intelligence tools.
• Experience in Data extraction and Data Analysis.
• Experience in development or revision or interpretation of financial policies and their instruments

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)
The need is to staff positions with linguistic profile of Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB. However, a pool of partially qualified candidates may be used to staff positions with various language requirements such as CBC/CBC, English Essential or French Essential.

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
• Knowledge of the federal government financial budgetary and planning cycle.
• Knowledge of PSPC mission and mandate.
• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

Abilities:
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing
• Ability to communicate effectively orally
 
Competencies:
• Client Service Competency - Level 1 (http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/sc-cs/csc-eng.html)
• Excellence through results - Delivering through own work, relationships and responsibilities
• Strategic Thinking

Personal Suitabilities:
• Reliability
• Attention to details
• Initiative

Conditions of employment

Conditions of employment
Reliability Status security clearance - Some positions may require confidential or secret security status.

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the targeted groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

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;

A test may be administered;

An interview may be administered;

Reference checks may be sought;

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.

Pass marks will be established for each qualifications. However, achieving the pass mark is not a guarantee of an appointment or that candidates will be put through the next stages of the assessment process. Cut-off scores and/or top-down approach may be used at any stage of the staffing process if there are a sufficient number of candidates to meet immediate and anticipated staffing needs.

ALL JOB APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED USING THE WWW.JOBS.GC.CA WEBSITE. NO APPLICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED BY EMAIL.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent. We will contact the screened-in candidates only to proceed with their assessment as part of this process.

You must be prepared to provide proof of education and citizenship. You will be advised to provide the documents later in the process. If you were educated outside of Canada, you must have your certificates and/or diplomas assessed against Canadian education standards. This will enable you to provide proof of Canadian equivalency when applying for a job in the public service. The Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials (CICIC) assists persons who wish to obtain an assessment of their educational, professional, and occupational credentials by referring them to the appropriate organizations The CICIC can be contacted at www.cicic.ca.

Please note that for candidates applying from outside the public service, the Department will not reimburse travel expenses linked to the assessment process; however, every reasonable effort will be made to minimize travel costs for candidates who will undergo assessment.

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.