Financial Analyst

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

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.

Successful candidate(s) must meet and maintain the Conditions of Employment throughout their employment.

Candidates will be asked to provide proof of their education credentials at a later date. For foreign credentials, proof of Canadian equivalency will be required within one month of being contacted for assessment. Therefore, you are strongly encouraged to begin this process at time of application to this inventory. For further information, consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials at http://www.cicic.ca .

Candidates will be asked to provide proof of Canadian citizenship.

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.

An interview, written exam or situational exercise may be administered. Reference checks may be sought.

Intent of the process

Create inventory which can be used for indeterminate, term, part-time or casual appointments in KIRKLAND LAKE, ONTARIO.

NOTE - casual employment means a short-term employment option to hire persons to the Public Service for a period not to exceed 90 working days in one department in any one calendar year.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

Education:
Successful completion of two years of a post-secondary program, with specialization in accounting, finance, business administration, commerce or economics; or hold the Financial Management Certificate of the Government of Canada.

Notes for FI-01:
1. It is the educational institution that determines if the courses taken by a candidate correspond to two years of a post-secondary program at the institution.
2. The courses for the specialization must be taken in a recognized post-secondary institution but not necessarily within a post-secondary program in the required specialization

Degree equivalency

Experience:
Experience in using Microsoft Office Excel and Word
Experience in preparing reports (including activities such as extracting, compiling and analyzing information).

Competencies:
Oral Communication Skills
Written Communication Skills.
Management Excellence: Action
Strategic Thinking: Ideas
Strategic Thinking: Analysis
Engagement

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

Various language requirements
English Essential
Bilingual Imperative CBC/CBC, CCC/CCC

Information on language requirements

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

Education:
A degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with specialization in accounting, finance, business administration, commerce or economics.
Possess a recognized professional Accounting Designation (i.e. CA, CMA, CGA, or CPA).

Degree equivalency

Experience:
Experience in supervision of staff.
Experience in working with VAC’s program payments, such as disability pensions, treatment, Veterans Independence Program (VIP), War Veterans Allowance.
Experience in extracting, compiling and analyzing financial information and preparing reports.
Experience in working with FreeBalance.
Experience working as a member of the Canadian Forces.

Competencies:
Negotiation/Persuading
Accounting Operations
Planning and Resource Management
Financial Policy
Financial Systems

Operational requirements:
Willingness and ability to work overtime
Willingness to travel occasionally.

Conditions of employment

Conditions of Employment:
Enhanced Reliability Check (some positions may require a Secret clearance).

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

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.