*AMENDMENT TO CLOSING DATE* Financial Analyst

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Only applications received directly via the System (https://emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/applicant/page1710?toggleLanguage=en) will be accepted.

If you do not clearly demonstrate how you meet all screening criteria, your application will be rejected. Your application may also be rejected if it has incomplete information. We will not contact you to request information that is missing from your application

Intent of the process

Indeterminate, Acting, Specified Period, Deployment, Assignment, Secondment, Interchange.

A pool of qualified candidates resulting from this process will be established for all employment tenures on behalf of all federal government departments and agencies. There will be multiple position to fill from this pool in multiple geographic locations. The pool will be managed by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat and will be open to federal government organizations. As a result, candidates may be contacted to be further assessed.

Positions to be filled: 10

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. The recognized professional accounting designations are Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), Chartered Accountant (CA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA) or Certified General Accountant (CGA).

Degree equivalency

Experiences:
• Significant* experience in one (1) or more of the following areas**:
o Financial planning and budgeting
o Financial reporting
o Financial policy
o Financial Systems
o Internal Control
o Accounting Operations
o Auditing
o Tax programs or services
o Costing

** The 18-month duration may cover multiple areas listed above but must be cumulative not concurrent.

• Significant* experience providing financial advice and guidance to management or clients;
• Significant* experience in extracting, analyzing and reporting on financial information.

* Significant experience is defined as experience gained through a minimum of 18 months of full-time work. Work may include paid or volunteer work or graduate level research projects; however, academic coursework and undergraduate degree requirements will not be accepted.

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

Various language requirements
-English Essential;
-French Essential;
-Bilingual imperative BBB/BBB;
-Bilingual non-imperative BBB/BBB;
-Bilingual imperative CBC/CBC;
-Bilingual non-imperative CBC/CBC.

Information on language requirements

Competencies:
• Strategic Lens
• Collaboration
• Adaptability
• Results Driven

Abilities:
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing
• Ability to communicate effectively orally

Personal Suitability:
• Demonstrating integrity and respect
• Thinking things through
• Working effectively with others
• Showing initiative and being action-oriented

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

Assets criteria:

Education:
• A recognized professional accounting designation (CPA, CA, CMA, CGA or CIA)

Experiences:
• Experience working with legislation, regulations, policies and practices related to financial management and accounting procedures
• Experience in extracting and analyzing financial information and preparing financial reports, statements or related briefing material
• Experience in administration of budget or payment of invoices
• Experience using financial systems (i.e. SAP/ Hana)
• Experience in verifying and reconciling expenditures and/or commitments and financial coding
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite to generate financial reports or presentations
• Experience in monitoring or assessing Internal Controls or quality assurance or conducting risk assessments
• Experience in providing financial advice and guidance to management
• Experience in costing
• Experience in the review and analysis of grants, contribution payments, or funding submissions
• Experience in the use of data analytic tools (i.e. Business Intelligence tools)
• Experience in Internal Audit
• Experience in supervising staff
• Experience in developing or presenting training or information sessions
• Experience in assisting in the analysis, review or the preparation of Cabinet documents*
*These documents include Treasury Board submissions, or Memorandum to Cabinet, or Order in Councils, or other material presented to central agencies, such as business cases, the Departments Results Report, the Departmental Plan, the Public Accounts, Main and Supplementary Estimates, Etc.

Organizational needs:
-Treasury Board Secretariat employees affected by workforce adjustment may be appointed before persons employed by other government organizations;
-In support of achieving a diverse workforce, consideration may be given to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and women.

Operational requirements:
• Willingness and ability to work overtime on short notice
• Willingness and ability to travel on occasion

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance or 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

If this process is for an acting appointment, the Public Service Employment Regulations allow a federal government organization to exclude an appointee from having the official language proficiency indicated in the job advertisement. Exclusion from this requirement can occur when the department is unable to fill a position with a candidate who meets the language proficiency indicated for the position. We encourage all interested candidates to apply, as candidates who do not meet the specified language proficiency may still be considered.
We will communicate with you about this process by email. As a result, you must update your Public Service Resourcing System profile if it changes. Applicants should use an email address that accepts messages from unknown senders (some email systems block such messages).
If you do not respond to our communications, we will interpret this as your withdrawal from the process.
Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

• Reference checks may be sought.
• An interview may be administered.
• A test may be administered.
• An assignment, secondment, or acting appointment requires approval of your supervisor.
• Indeterminate employees at the same group and level or equivalent will be considered for deployment. If no deployment is made, applicants from other groups and levels will be considered in the advertised appointment process.
• You must provide proof of your education credentials.
• Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.
• For appointment processes where the area of selection was limited to Aboriginal peoples or to members of designated employment equity groups that included Aboriginal peoples, the Aboriginal candidates proposed for appointment or appointed must complete and sign the Affirmation of Aboriginal Affiliation Form as a condition of appointment prior to or at the same time as the offer of appointment, even if they have already self-declared as an EE member when applying.
• You must indicate on your application if you require a technical aid for testing or an alternative method of assessment.
As an acting appointment of four months or more is an Appointment under the Public Service Employment Act you are required to meet the linguistic profile of the position.
All of the information collected during the selection process, including behaviour and communication, from the time of application until the end of the process, may be used to evaluate candidates.

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.