Manager Accouting Operations

Important messages

We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please use the Contact information below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Assessment accommodation

Intent of the process

Anticipatory staffing process. A pool of qualified candidates will be created and may be used to fill future indeterminate and temporary vacancies through term appointment, indeterminate appointment, acting, assignment, secondment and/or deployment.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

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 AND experience related to positions in the Financial Management Group; OR Eligibility for a recognized professional accounting designation (i.e., CA, CMA, CGA, CPA)

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
- Recent* and Significant** experience related to positions in finance, accounting or auditing.
- Recent* and Significant** experience in analyzing problems of a financial nature and recommending solutions to senior management and/or clients .
- Recent* and Significant** experience in the supervision of employees, including assigning work and evaluation performance of direct reports.

Recent* is defined as being normally within the last five (5) years.
Significant** is defined as the depth and breadth of your engagement in the performance of these duties for a period normally associated with two (2) years of experience.

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

EDUCATION (Asset)
- In possession of a professional accounting designation (CA,CMA, CGA, or CPA).

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE (Assets)
- Experience in assessing, implementing, or improving internal controls.
- Experience in managing an operational unit.
- Experience in developing financial procedures for financial and non-financial employees.
- Experience in delivering training and/or written or oral presentations to employees and senior management.

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

Bilingual - Imperative (CBC/CBC)

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE
- Knowledge of key accounting, assurance and internal control concepts, principles or practices.

ABILITIES
- Ability to plan and adapt to changing priorities and to meet deadlines .
- Ability to analyze and interpret financial data and non-financial information
and to make recommendation to management.
- Ability to communicate effectively orally.
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY
- Working effectively with others
- Judgment
- Leadership
- Dependability

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

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMEMENT
- Willingness and able to work overtime.
- Willingness and able to work flexible hours.
- Willingness and able to travel.

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

PLEASE APPLY ONLINE: Please submit your application online. We request that you DO NOT email, fax or mail in hard copy documents. Persons with disabilities preventing them from applying on-line, are asked to contact(902) 426-4698 or toll free at 1-800-645-5605.

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.

Reference checks may be sought.
An interview may be administered.
A written examination may be administered.

Candidates invited to an interview will be required to bring proof of their education credentials, in the form of a diploma or official transcript. 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 or operational requirements. 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.

Please note that the information provided may be considered in the assessment of any of the essential o/r asset qualifications, including the ability to communicate effectively in writing.

Please note that candidates can be eliminated by the Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS) based on PSRS screening questions.

It is your responsibility to ensure that your email and contact information are maintained with the hiring board AND in your Public Service Resourcing System (PSRS) account. As all of the communication for this process will be conducted via the email address provided in your application AND via your PSRS account, it is your responsibility to ensure that you check for messages regularly and to ensure that your email address accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email or filter them to a junk mail folder). Failure to respond to key messages may constitute withdrawal from this process.

The Public Service of Canada recognizes that the diversity of its employees' population contributes to its strength and integrity. We therefore encourage members Employment Equity Designated Groups to apply and declare themselves as part of one or more of these designated groups.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

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.