Financial Analyst

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Assessment accommodation

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff one position for a 2 year term.

A pool of qualified or partially qualified candidates may be created to staff similar positions with various tenures (indeterminate, term, acting, etc.) and/or security requirements (reliability, secret, etc.) within the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions.

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
- Graduation with a degree from a recognized university with a specialization in accounting, finance, business administration, commerce, economics or other specialty relevant to the position.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
- Recent and significant experience* in preparing financial reports.
- Recent and significant experience* in preparing financial analysis.
- Recent and significant experience* in preparing and analyzing operational budgets and forecasts.
- Experience in providing financial services, advice and guidance to various levels of staff and senior management (Director level and above).
- Experience in writing reports to senior management.
- Experience in using pivot tables and other advanced features of Excel software to analyze and manipulate large sets of financial data.

*“Recent and significant experience” means over a period of approximately three (3) years within approximately the last ten (10) years.”

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

ASSET EDUCATION:
- Professional accounting designation (CPA).

Degree equivalency

ASSET EXPERIENCE:
- Experience using Microsoft PowerPoint.
- Experience using SAP.
- Experience using a business intelligence (BI) tool
- Experience in tracking and reporting of financials for large investment projects.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE:
- Knowledge of Public Sector Accounting Standards (PSAS).
- Knowledge of cost allocation methodologies.
- Knowledge of the accounting disciplines of financial planning, budgetary control and
management accounting.

COMPETENCIES:
- Critical thinking
- Professional judgment
- Results oriented
- Building business relationships
- Impact and influence

ABILITIES:
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
- Ability to communicate effectively orally.
- Ability to communicate financial information to audiences with varying degrees of financial expertise
- Ability to interpret financial information for analysis and make recommendations to line managers and senior officials
- Ability to work effectively under pressure.
- Ability to solve problems.

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

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS
- In order to meet the organization’s employment equity objectives in support of a
diversified workforce, ‘right fit’ selection for this position may be made from among
qualified candidates who self-declare as being Persons with a disability or Aboriginal
peoples.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Ability and willingness to work overtime as required and on short notice.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security 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

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

In order for your application to be considered, you must submit a completed questionnaire. You will be required to demonstrate how you meet the education and experience criteria (essential and asset) for the initial screening, in answering online screening questions. It is NOT sufficient to only state that the qualifications are met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Rather, you must clearly demonstrate HOW, WHEN and WHERE the qualification was met through substantiation by examples. Information on your described education and experience provided in the screening questions should be supported by your résumé. Failure to provide the above information in the format required may result in your application being rejected from the process.

A written examination will be administered.

An interview will be administered.

Reference checks may be sought.

Please note that OSFI has offices located in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. If you are screened in, you may be required to travel to one of these locations to complete assessment (exam, interview, etc.).

Candidates invited to an interview will be required to bring proof of their education credentials, in the form of a diploma or official transcript (original documents only). Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/.

Candidates must meet all of the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position. A candidate may be appointed to a position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

Depending on the requirements of the position(s) being staffed from this process, for current or future vacancies, any or all of the asset qualifications, operational requirements, and organizational needs may be applied at the time of staffing. Candidates may be contacted and assessed against these criteria at any time during this process.

Achieving a representative workforce has been identified as an organizational need and may be applied in this appointment process. If this criterion is used, only those who have indicated that they are members of the specified designated group(s) will be considered.

A top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

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 (including 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.

All job applications must be submitted through the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS). Do not fax or mail hard copy documents as these will not be accepted. To submit an application online, please click on the button "apply now".

If you do not have Internet access in your home or through friends, relatives or neighbours, here are some suggested locations: campus career centers, libraries, community centers, Internet cafés and Services Canada. You may also call 1-800-O-Canada (1-800-622-6232), or TTY 1-800-926-9105, for information on the nearest public Internet access locations.

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

Applicants with disabilities: If you require special accommodation at any stage in the selection process, including technical aid to ensure an equitable assessment of your qualifications, please inform us by sending an e-mail to the following address: .

As a Separate Agency, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) appoints employees in accordance with the Public Service Employment Act (PSEA). OSFI is named in Schedule V of the Financial Administration Act

(FAA) and it offers the same pension and benefits plans as the core Federal Public Service. In addition to this, OSFI employees obtain a minimum of 4 weeks of vacation leave per year, earn a competitive salary, and are eligible for an annual performance bonus.

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.