Senior Finance Clerk (AMENDMENT)

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Assessment accommodation

**AMENDMENT TO CLOSING DATE and EXPERIENCE ONE (EX1). Those that have already applied to 19-NHW-CFOB-EA-NCR-273467, you do not need to reapply.**

Intent of the process

Although the immediate intent of this job opportunity advertisement is to staff indeterminately, applicants should be aware that a pool of qualified candidates (fully assessed or partially assessed) may be established and may be used to staff similar positions at this group and level with various language requirements listed in the Language Requirements section. In addition, this process may be used for various tenures (acting appointments, assignment, deployment, indeterminate, specified period, secondment), security requirements and conditions of employment within Health Canada. As a result of the potential and possible use of the selection process and subsequent pool by hiring managers, we encourage all employees seeking this type of opportunity to apply.

Positions to be filled: 3

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 secondary school or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience

Degree equivalency

Experience:
• Recent experience in using a financial system such as SAP, Oracle, Freebalance, etc.
• Recent experience in processing transactions, such as, but not limited to, accounts payable or accounts receivable
• Recent experience in advising clients on the application of financial regulations, directives, policies or procedures
• Recent experience in account verification of transactions

* Recent experience is defined as having been acquired within the last five years

Knowledge:
• Knowledge of Treasury Board policies and directives governing accounting and control of expenditures
• Knowledge of the Financial Administration Act (FAA)

Abilities:
• Ability to work as a team member
• Ability to communicate orally
• Ability to communicate in writing
• Ability to plan, organize and establish priorities
• Ability to interpret financial policies and procedures

Personal Suitability:
• Client service orientation
• Attention to detail
• Judgement
• Dependability
• Respectful of diversity

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

Asset Qualifications:
•Successful completion of two years of a post-secondary program with specialization in accounting, finance, business administration, commerce or economics: or possession of the Government of Canada Financial Management Certificate;
•Experience working within an accounting operations environment;
•Experience with Procurement to Pay (P2P) within an automated workflow environment;
•Experience using a Shared Travel Services (STS) system, such as Travel Axcess Voyage or HRG.

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB
English Essential

Information on language requirements

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

Operational Requirements:
• The candidate will be required to work overtime on relatively 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

It is recommended that you carefully review your submitted application prior to the closing date to ensure all information is accurate and complete, including contact information, text question responses, screening question responses, etc. Health Canada is not responsible for any incorrect or incomplete application information.

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.

Candidates will not be solicited for incomplete or possibly missing information.

For this selection process, we may find that email is the most efficient way to communicate with you. Candidates who apply to selection processes should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is the candidates' responsibility to inform us of a change of contact information during the course of this selection process and to regularly verify your incoming e-mails.

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. Meeting one or many of the asset qualifications may be a deciding factor in appointing a particular candidate amongst the qualified candidates. Please note that some or all of the asset qualifications could be used at the screening phase.

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR RESPONSES TO THE SCREENING QUESTIONS AND YOUR C.V WILL EVALUATE YOUR ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY IN WRITING.

Candidates must provide their proof of education credentials, in the form of a diploma or official transcripts (original documents only) at a later time in the process.

If you required technical support to apply for this position, please contact jobs.gc.ca at: http://emplois-jobs.gc.ca/centres/contact-contactez/index-eng.php

Please note that candidates are responsible for submitting their application by the closing date in order to be considered. No applications will be accepted once the deadline has passed.

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: The PSRS system will time out after 60 minutes on inactivity which may result in your inability to save your work or loss of data. It is recommended that you draft ALL RESPONSES in another document on your PC which may be saved (e.g. in MS Word or WordPerfect) and copy/paste into the PSRS system when completed. HEALTH CANADA IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SYSTEM PROBLEMS WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOSS OF DATA AND/OR INCOMPLETE OR NON SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS.

We will only accept on-line applications received via the jobs.gc.ca site. Do not e-mail, fax, or mail in hard copy documents.

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.