Various positions in Finance

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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.

Please note that you must send a copy of your educational credentials if you are considered for this process.

Candidates may be eliminated at any point during the selection process if they fail to demonstrate any of the essential criteria through their behaviour, for example, through: communications with Human Resources, other informal communications, selection interview, reference check etc.

Candidates who will be invited to participate at the interview stage will have to complete the interview by videoconference using the Zoom platform.

It is the candidates’ responsibility to make sure that they have access to a computer and other pertinent equipment in order to complete the video interview, as well as compatible software or applications that enable the use of the video function.

All applicants will be required to read and agree to an Integrity Agreement. The consent will allow the video to be used as an assessment tool for this recruitment process. Personal information is collected pursuant to the Public Service Employment Act, the Employment Equity Act and the Canadian Human Rights Act (section 16). Personal information is protected, used, and disclosed in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act as described in the Standard Personal Information Bank, Staffing PSE 902. Under the Act, candidates have the right to access and correct their personal information, if erroneous or incomplete.

Work environment

Real Property Services (RPS) manages one of the largest and most diverse real estate portfolios in the country. We provide federal departments and organizations with affordable, productive work environments, a full range of real property services, as well as strategic and expert advice that supports the Government of Canada in the delivery of programs to Canadians.

We also invite you to visit the following link to discover the top 10 reasons to come work for PSPC: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/carrieres-careers/travail-work-eng.html

Intent of the process

Please note that all positions to be filled require a bilingual-imperative BBB/BBB linguistic profile.

A pool of fully or partially qualified candidates may be established at a later date and may be used to staff identical or similar positions within Public Services and Procurement Canada. Tenures and official language requirements and profiles may vary according to the positions being staffed.

Positions to be filled: 10

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 2 references.

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

EDUCATION
A secondary school diploma or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience*.

*An acceptable combination corresponds to some secondary education combined with relevant courses and relevant experience (2 years) in the public service.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
• Recent experience* in the provision of financial support (Including, but not limited to, the planning, coordination and monitoring of budgets, expenditures, invoices and/or financial contracts)
• Experience with the use of a financial system (i.e. SAP, SIGMA, BI, BO, Freebalance, SAGE, Logibec, PBHC)
• Experience with the use of MS Office suite (i.e. Excel, Word and Outlook)

*Recent experience is defined as 1 year within the last 5 years

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

Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)

Information on language requirements

COMPETENCIES
• Client Service Competency – Level 1

ABILITIES
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing
• Ability to communicate effectively orally
• Ability to perform financial analysis
• Ability to use Excel MS Office software
• Ability to establish priorities

PERSONAL SUITABILITIES
• Judgement
• Reliability
• Working effectively with others
• Showing initiative
• Demonstrating integrity and respect

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

ASSET EXPERIENCES

• Experience in supervision
• Experience using SAP/SIGMA
• Recent experience* in the provision of administrative support (Including, but not limited to, planning meetings, preparing agendas, screening and redirecting correspondence, electronic mail and/or telephone inquiries)

* Recent experience is defined as 1 year within the last 5 years

Conditions of employment

• Security clearance: Reliability
• You must be willing to be reassigned in the same position to perform similar duties to any work site within Real Property Services in the National Capital Region, following a written notice (normally 5 working days).

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

For a third year, Public Services and Procurement Canada has been selected as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers. We invite you to join an organization that is committed to ensuring an inclusive workplace and respect for all!

All applications must be submitted ONLINE ONLY using the Public Service Resourcing System. Persons with disabilities who cannot apply online are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

Applications received by email will NOT be accepted. Where relevant and as a mean to manage volume, we may randomly select candidates from the inventory as opportunities arise.

It is your responsibility to check both your jobs.gc.ca account and e-mail account regularly to ensure that you do not miss out on any opportunities. Failure to respond in the appropriate timeframe may result in not being referred to the hiring manager. Make sure to check your junk mail.

Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Candidates who apply on this inventory must include in their application a valid e-mail address and make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is the candidate's responsibility to provide any changes to their personal information to the contact indicated on this job advertisement.

You must be prepared to provide proof of citizenship and proof of education.Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult theCanadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information athttp://www.cicic.ca/

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 from outside the public service may be required to pay for travel and relocation costs associated with a selection process that would result from this inventory.

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.