Financial Analyst

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Assessment accommodation

***VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: It is the responsibility of the candidate to clearly outline that they meet each of the screening criteria (i.e. Education and Experience Qualifications, both Essential and Assets) by RESPONDING TO THE SCREENING QUESTIONS IN THE ONLINE APPLICATION. Please note that it is not sufficient to only state that the requirement is met or to provide a listing of current responsibilities, rather the candidate must provide concrete examples that illustrate how they meet the requirement. Lack of EXAMPLES and DETAILS may result in your application being rejected as the Assessment Board will have insufficient information to determine whether or not you meet the qualifications.

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 the Correctional Service of 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: 18

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

Education :

EDU - 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), Certified General Accountant (CGA).

Degree equivalency

Experiences:

EXP1 – Significant* experience in at least one (1) of the following areas:
Financial planning
Resource management
Financial management consulting
Financial policy
Financial Operations (accounting operations, revenue management)
Internal controls
Financial systems
Ministerial Accounting
External reports
Costing
Business transformation
Note:
Significant* experience is defined as an in-depth and extensive experience that normally results from performing duties for at least two (2) financial cycles, for a combined total of 24 months.

EXP2 - Experience in providing financial advice and recommendations to management (managerial level or equivalent).

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual imperative BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC, English or French essential

Information on language requirements

Competencies :

COMP1 - Demonstrates integrity and respect
COMP2 - Thinking things through
COMP3 - Working effectively with others
COMP4 – Showing initiative and being action-oriented
COMP5 - Attention to detail and quality
COMP6 - Oral and written communication

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

Professional Certification:

ACERT - Holder of or eligibility for accreditation from an association of professional accountants (CPA).

Degree equivalency

Experiences:

AEXP1 - Experience working in the finance sector within the federal government.
AEXP2 - Experience in a large decentralized organization.
AEXP3 - Experience using Microsoft Excel (or similar software) to perform various data analytics OR working with dynamic cross-tables OR preparing financial reports OR dashboards.
AEXP4 - Experience in the implementation, development, maintenance of an integrated departmental system for managing equipment and finance such as Oracle and/or SAP .
AEXP5 - Experience in supporting users of the Ministerial Financial System (MFS, a salary management system and/or an organizational information tool (BI type).
AEXP6 - Experience in auditing external or internal financial statements.
AEXP7 - Experience in preparing external or internal financial statements.
AEXP8 - Experience in preparing external financial reports such as quarterly financial reports, annual travel, hospitality and conference expenses, etc.
AEXP9 - Experience in Corporate Accounting.
AEXP10 - Experience in interpreting and applying public sector accounting standards (PSAS) and/or chapters of the Government of Canada's Accounting Manual (formerly Treasury Board Accounting Standard).
AEXP11 - Experience in supervising staff.
AEXP12 - Experience of quality assurance, reconciliation, monitoring or verification activities.
AEXP13 - Experience in the use, application and interpretation of the Receiver General's manual and guidelines OR the OCG government accounting manual (formerly the SIF manual).
AEXP14 - Experience in reconciliation and/or recording salary transactions.
AEXP15 - Experience in analyzing and documenting processes or reengineering processes.
AEXP16 - Experience working with robotic process automation.
AEXP17 – Experience in Proactive disclosure.
AEXP18 – Experience in Post-payment verification.
AEXP19 - Experience in auditing hospitality and travel expenses.
AEXP20 - Experience in auditing internal controls and developing and implementing business processes.

Operational requirements:
Being willing and able to work overtime 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

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.

A random and/or top down selection and/or use of an asset may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

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/

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.