Audit professionals-ANTICIPATORY

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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 we will only accept on-line applications submitted through the GC Jobs website.

Applications will be pulled on February 23, 2021 and subsequent pulls cyclically as positions become available. This inventory will be open until Dec 31st, 2021 with a possibility of an extension based on staffing needs.

It is NOT sufficient to only state that the qualifications are met or to only provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. You must clearly explain WHEN, WHERE and HOW you acquired each qualification by giving concrete examples. Information on your described education and experience in the screening questions must be supported in your resume. Failure to provide the above information in the format required may result in your application being eliminated from the process.

Work environment

We are located in the new Carling Campus in the west end of Ottawa. This state-of-the-art facility allows employees to work in a collaborative workspace with plenty of green space. We embrace flexible work arrangements and a commitment to health and wellness.

Do you want to join a dedicated team of experts that contribute to the defence, safety and security of Canadians? Whether you’re conducting audits, providing advice or supporting the professional practice audit function – your efforts within the internal audit function will contribute to strengthening the governance, risk management and control processes in support of the mandate of the Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF).We have current opportunities in the following areas:

DND/CAF Internal Audit Operations: This group is responsible for the delivery of the Risk-based Audit Plan across National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces which encompasses a variety of topics including procurement, infrastructure, people management, information technology, and security.

Audit Directorate, Non-Public Property and Military and Family Services: The Review Services Group is also responsible for the internal audit of Non-Public Property, a unique type of Crown property that is used to provide benefits to serving and former members of the CAF and their families.These activities include a full range of fitness, sports and recreation; family and charitable support; retail and personal financial services.They are delivered through the Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services organization as well as through local bases, wings and units.Internal auditors working in this complex and dynamic area will have the opportunity to develop in a small team environment with a distinct reporting structure and audit committee,and provide assurance and advice on a broad range of topics not typically encountered in the public service.

Audit Practice Management: This group enables the Chief Audit Executive’s vision for a high performing and value added internal audit function by continuously enhancing the effectiveness, efficiency and profile of audit operations. Roles and responsibilities encompass developing the Risk-based Audit Plan, monitoring and reporting on the progress of management action plans, supporting the quality assurance and improvement program as well as enabling a variety of strategic planning activities.

OAG and external Liaison: Reporting to Manager, External Liaison and Quality Assurance, the function is to perform the daily external liaison activities. This includes, on behalf of DND/CAF, liaising with external review and audit organizations — in particular the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) and the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD) to coordinate the flow of communications; facilitate the progress of external audits and reviews; provide guidance and advice to all DND/CAF personnel on their rights and obligations under the Auditor General Act; prepare departmental responses to OAG/CESD plans and reports; and, prepare briefing material for the senior departmental management.

Intent of the process

This advertised process is ANTICIPATORY and a pool of partially or fully qualified candidates may be established to staff similar or identical positions at ADM(RS) with various linguistic profiles (French essential, English essential, BBB/BBB imperative, BBB/BBB non-imperative , CBC/CBC imperative and CBC/CBC non-imperative), as well as various tenures and/or the security clearance (reliability or secret, top secret), which may vary according to the position being staffed.

Positions to be filled: 17

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

COMMON TO ALL STREAMS
KNOWLEDGE:
K1. Knowledge of audit standards and techniques

COMPETENCIES:
Intermediate Audit Analyst - Audit Operations and Professional Practices AS-05 / FI-02
CC1. Thinking things through
CC2. Demonstrating integrity and respect
CC3. Relationship management
CC4. Working effectively with others
CC5. Showing initiative and being results-oriented
CC6. Project Management
CC7. Communication (written and oral)

Team Lead / Senior Analyst - Audit Operations, Professional Practices and OAG & External Liaison AS06/FI03
CC1. Analytical and strategic thinking
CC2. Uphold integrity and respect
CC3. Develop and maintain relationships
CC4. Collaboration and working effectively with others
CC5. Mobilizing people (Ability to supervise a small team)
CC6. Being action-oriented and achieving results
CC7. Project Management
CC8. Communication (written and oral)

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

Various language requirements
English essential
French essential
BBB/BBB bilingual imperative
BBB/BBB bilingual non-imperative
CBC/CBC bilingual imperative
CBC/CBC bilingual non-imperative

Information on language requirements

EDUCATION:
Intermediate Audit Analyst AS-05 (Audit Operations and Professional Practices); Team Lead/Senior Analyst AS-06 (Audit Operations, Professional Practices, OAG & external liaison)
ED: A degree from a recognized post-secondary institution.

Intermediate Audit Analyst FI-02 (Audit Operations and Professional Practices); Team Lead/Senior Analyst FI-03 (Audit Operations and Professional Practices)
ED: 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 Adesignation (CPA, CA, CMA or CGA)

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:

STREAM 1: AUDIT OPERATIONS
INTERMEDIATE AUDIT ANALYST (AS-05 / FI-02)
EX1. Experience in contributing to all phases of the planning, conduct and reporting of complex projects (three (3) years)
EX2. Experience in contributing to analysis and written materials, such as, but not limited to briefing notes, presentations, and reports (two (2) years)
EX3. Experience in analyzing and synthesizing information from multiple sources and to identify issues (two (2) years)

TEAM LEAD/SENIOR ANALYST (AS-06/FI-03)
EX1. Experience in performing all phases of oversight activities or of internal or external audit engagements (four (4) years)
EX2. Experience in synthesizing information from multiple sources to provide advice and/or recommendations (three (3) years)
EX3. Experience in preparing written materials for management (Director or equivalent level) such as but not limited to briefing notes, presentations, and reports (three (3) years)
EX4. Experience in presenting and communicating results to management (Director or equivalent level)

STREAM 2: AUDIT PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES EXPERIENCE
Intermediate Audit Analyst AS-05 / FI-02
EX1. Experience in performing multiple concurrent engagements or projects (three (3) years)
EX2. Experience in contributing to analysis and written materials, such as, but not limited to briefing notes, presentations, and reports (two (2) years)
EX3. Experience in synthesizing information from multiple sources to provide advice and/or recommendations (two (2) years)
EX4. Experience in managing relationships and coordinating or exchanging information between organizations or stakeholders

Team Lead / Senior Analyst AS-06 / FI-03
EX1. Experience in overseeing multiple concurrent engagements or projects (four (4) years)
EX2. Experience in synthesizing information from multiple sources to provide insights, advice and/or recommendations (three (3) years)
EX3. Experience in contributing to analysis and written materials, such as, but not limited to briefing notes, presentations, and reports (three (3) years)
EX4. Experience in managing relationships and coordinating or exchanging information between organizations or stakeholders
EX5. Experience in providing strategic analysis and advice to senior management (Director or equivalent level)

STREAM 3: OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL (OAG) AND EXTERNAL LIAISON
Team Lead/Senior Analyst ( AS-06)
EX1. Experience in overseeing multiple concurrent engagements or projects (four (4) years)
EX2. Experience in synthesizing information from multiple sources to provide insights, advice and/or recommendations (three (3) years)
EX3. Experience in contributing to analysis and written materials, such as, but not limited to briefing notes, presentations, and reports (three (3) years)
EX4. Experience in managing relationships and coordinating or exchanging information between organizations or stakeholders
EX5. Experience in providing strategic analysis and advice to senior management (Director or equivalent level)

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

ASSET EDUCATION FOR ALL STREAMS
AEDU1: Professional Accounting Designation (CPA), Recognized internal audit certification such as, Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Government Auditing Professional (CGAP). Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).

Degree equivalency

ASSET EXPERIENCE

EXPERIENCE:
Intermediate Audit Analyst - Audit Operations and Professional Practices AS-05 / FI-02
AEX1. Experience in performing oversight or audit engagements
AEX2. Experience in conducting projects related to a professional practices audit function.
AEX3. Experience in coaching junior employees
AEX4. Experience related to the Canadian military and National Defence
AEX5. Experience related IT security and/or security frameworks (NIST, COBIT); Information technology (applications, infrastructure, networking, architecture, servers, cloud-based computing, etc.) and/or IT/IM audits.

Team Lead / Senior Analyst - Audit Operations, Professional Practices and OAG & External Liaison AS06/FI03
AEX1. Experience in performing oversight or audit engagements
AEX2. Experience in supervising and coaching employees
AEX3. Experience in conducting projects related to a professional practices audit function.
AEX4. Experience in providing liaison services between external organizations
AEX5. Experience related to the Canadian military and National Defence
AEX6. Experience related IT security and/or security frameworks (NIST, COBIT); Information technology (applications, infrastructure, networking, architecture, servers, cloud-based computing, etc.) and/or IT/IM audits.

Organizational Needs
The Department of National Defence is committed to providing an environment where justice, fairness and the elimination of barriers helps build a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. Candidates as part of the following groups may be prioritized as part of the selection process: an Aboriginal person or a person with a disability.

Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Various according to the position to be staffed
i. Reliability Status
ii. Secret clearance
iii. Top Secret clearance

• Willingness to travel up to 15% of the time
• Willingness to work overtime as needed

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

1. You must provide the following information when submitting your application: Your resume.

2. Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Candidates who apply on this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and have to 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 person indicated on this job advertisement.

3. Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Candidates are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

4. Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent. We will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

5. Candidates’ qualifications may be assessed by various tests, interview, role play and/or references.

6. Please note that all information received throughout the staffing process and all communications relating to this process, including email correspondence, may be used in the assessment of qualifications.

7. Foreign educational credentials must be assessed by a recognized credential assessment service. If you have been educated outside of Canada, it is your responsibility to have your certificates and/or diplomas assessed against Canadian educational standards. For more information, please see the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials (CICIC) at http://www.cicic.ca/415/credentialassessment- services.canada.
FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION MAY RESULT IN YOUR ELIMINATION FROM THIS PROCESS.

8. Please note that asset qualifications may be used for screening purposes.

9. Please identify clearly your Personal Record Identifier (PRI), your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or your application, if you are already an employee within the Public Service.

10. Employees whose substantive positions are at the same group and level or equivalent may be considered for deployment.

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.