Financial Analyst

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Assessment accommodation

Work environment

Are you looking to acquire and diversify your experiences in a large organization offering multiple opportunities?

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) is the department responsible for developing, managing and delivering social programs and services. Our programs and service have a direct impact on improving the quality of life of citizens.

ESDC can also have a direct impact on your quality of life, because the organization offers a stimulating and respectful work environment that is led by a management team based on human values.

Interested?

Come make a difference with us, join a team of people stimulated and motivated by the same interests as you! A team that connects in person and with current technologies (like skype) in their daily lives to do their job and much more!! Looking forward to meet you!

Intent of the process

A pool of qualified candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar positions within Employment and Social Development Canada with various position titles and security requirements.

Positions to be filled: 9

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A response to a text question addressing the following:

• Reference information must include full name, phone number and email address
  
  1) Reference Information : Your current Supervisor; AND
  2) Reference Information : One of your previous Supervisor; AND
  3) Reference Information : A current or previous colleague

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

Various language requirements
English essential
Bilingual Imperative- Level: BBB / BBB
Bilingual Imperative- Level: CBC / CBC (for supervisor positions)

Information on language requirements

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

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).

*The courses for the specialization must be acceptable and must have been taken at a recognized post-secondary institution, but not necessarily within a degree program in the required specialization.

For example, the candidate can have a degree in Computer science but have acceptable specialized courses in accounting, finance, business administration, commerce or economics as determined by the manager upon review of the transcript provided.

If you were educated outside of Canada, you must have your credentials and/or diploma assessed against Canadian education standards. The public service will accept any Foreign Educational Credentials as long as they are deemed comparable to Canadian standards, through a recognize credential assessment service. For more information https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/jobs/services/gc-jobs/information-candidates/degree-equivalency.html

Degree equivalency

Essential Qualifications
Experience

Significant** and recent*** experience performing one or more of the following:

• Financial management advisory services
• Financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting
• Accounting operations (eg: accounts payable, accounts receivable, travel fees)
• Providing financial policy advice and interpreting laws, policies, standards and procedures for financial management
• Financial systems
• Internal controls
• Corporate Accounting (eg: production of financial statements or public accounts)

** A significant experience is defined as being one in which the person’s primary responsibilities include these duties and refers to the breadth and depth as well as complexity of tasks that could be expected to have been obtained by carrying out the functions for a period of at least 18 months in financial management.

*** A recent experience is normally defined as experience acquired over the last five years.

Competencies

• Oral Communications
• Written Communications
• Values and Ethics
• Strategic Thinking: Analysis and Ideas
• Engagement
• Management Excellence: Action
• Reliability

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

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Recognized professional accounting designation. The recognized professional accounting designations are Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), Chartered Accountant (CA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and Certified General Accountant (CGA).

Degree equivalency

Experience

• Experience using SAP
• Experience using advanced functions in Excel (example: pivot table, vlookup, etc)
• Experience in supervising staff
• Experience in providing briefings to management
• Experience in Accounting Operations (eg: accounts payable, accounts receivable, travel fees)
• Experience in providing financial policy advice and interpreting laws, policies, standards and procedures for financial management
• Experience in Financial Systems
• Experience in Internal Controls
• Experience in Corporate Accounting (eg: production of financial statements or public accounts)
• Experience in Auditing

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Willing and available to work overtime occasionally;
• Willing and available to work flexible hours to support operational needs.

Conditions of employment

Security/Reliability: Enhanced Reliability

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 designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

A variety of assessment tools may be used in the assessment of candidates. Some assessment tools may be administered electronically, others, in-person.

As this process may be used to fill other departmental vacancies, your application (e.g. resume, assessments, results) could be shared with other hiring managers in order for the department to make optimal use of our pools.

For volume management : please note that random selection, selection of asset qualification, top-down ranking or cut-off score may be used to identify which applications will be given further consideration.

Please note that different pass marks and cut-off scores can be used at various stages of the assessment process. Candidates who attain the pass mark might not be further considered in the process if they do not achieve the cut-off score.

THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE EFECTIVELY IN WRITING could be assessed throughout the selection process.

Candidates will need to provide proof of their education credentials ONLY at a LATER TIME in the process.

Please note that candidates (including employees of the Federal Public Service) will not be considered to be in travel status or on government business and that travel costs will not be reimbursed for evaluations. Consequently, candidates will be responsible for travel costs.

PRE-SCREENING QUESTIONS: The pre-screening questions MUST be completed when applying for this selection process. It is your responsibility as a candidate to answer these questions explaining and substantiating in detail: HOW, WHERE and WHEN (MM-YYYY to MM-YYYY) you meet each of the essential qualifications and asset qualifications (for education and experience) associated with the positions you are applying for. Please note that it is not sufficient to only state that the qualification is met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. You must provide concrete examples, which illustrate how you meet each qualification. Resumes may be used as a secondary source to validate the education and the experiences described in candidates’ answers to the pre-screening questions. Failure to provide this information in the requested format will result in your application being rejected.

All communication regarding this process will be administered via e-mail. It is the candidate’s responsibility to provide a valid e-mail address and update their personal information when it changes. If special circumstances prevent you from having access to your e-mail, please communicate with the Contact person identified in this job opportunity.

Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent.

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, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.