Senior Price Advisor **Amendment of the closing date**

Update: We have amended the closing date and the poster is now closing on July 12th 2021.

Important messages

Giving you the best chance to succeed!
At Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) we are committed to running inclusive and barrier-free recruitment processes.

If you have a limitation that may impact your performance at any steps of the assessment process (such as during a written test or an interview), you may request an accommodation. Assessment accommodations are designed to remove barriers, and to ensure that candidates with limitations can fully demonstrate their abilities. Should you wish to be accommodated, please direct your inquiry to the contact identified at the bottom of this poster. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

For more information on assessment accommodation visit the following website: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/services/assessment-accommodation-page.html

Duties

📌 The Price Advisory Group (PAG) within the Acquisitions Program provides contract cost analysis and negotiation as well as other related financial advisory services in support of its client, the Public Service and Procurement Canada (PSPC) Contract Authority and their contract management duties.

📌 PAG is a group of professional accountants who are located in the National Capital Region (NCR).

📌 In this position the employee will be required to, among others:
• Lead complex cost and price negotiations with contractors in support of the Government of
Canada procurement process;
• Provide expert advice to clients and senior management on a variety of financial matters related
to contract costing including reasonableness of pricing, contract termination settlements, foreign
exchange, etc.;
• Conduct and issue professional opinions on financial capability of potential contractors;
• Support and advise clients on development of Request for Proposals covering such areas as the
basis of payment, financial evaluation models, economic price adjustment approaches etc.
• Work with clients both in the NCR and across the various regions of Canada;
• Provide assistance, share your knowledge and advice with colleagues within PAG and the whole
Directorate;
• Support Canada’s obligations to foreign governments for pricing support services under various
reciprocal agreements including the Defence Production Sharing Agreement.

Work environment

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗣𝗦𝗣𝗖!
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) helps the Government of Canada serve Canadians. With a strong focus on quality customer service, we provide innovative common services such as real estate and building management, purchasing, banking, pay and pensions, and translation to other government departments, agencies, and boards. By providing these centralized services to departments and agencies, we enable them to focus on what they do best: providing their programs and services to Canadians.

At PSPC, our approach to inclusion is simple: we are committed to achieving a competent and representative workforce that reflects the diversity of the Canadian population we serve, and strive to create a welcoming, respectful, and inclusive environment that enables collaboration and innovation. When you succeed, we all succeed.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff three (3) AU-04 positions on an indeterminate basis :

A pool of partially qualified candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions with various locations, various tenures, various language requirements and/or security requirements, according to the position being staffed within the Department of Public Services and Procurement Canada.

Positions to be filled: 3

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

🎓EDUCATION
Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in accounting, business administration, commerce, finance or some other specialty relevant to the position

Degree equivalency

💼OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION
Be a member in good standing as a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA).

☝EXPERIENCES
▹Recent and Significant* Experience conducting commercial negotiations with/for private sector corporations ranging from small and medium enterprises to multinationals
▹Recent and Significant* Experience in industrial cost accounting of goods and/or services

Definition:
*Recent and Significant experience is defined as the depth, breadth and complexity of experience normally acquired through the performance of duties for an approximate period of four (4) years within the last seven (7) years.

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

Various language requirements
Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB and/or English Essential

Information on language requirements

📋KNOWLEDGE
▹ Knowledge of current industrial costing and pricing practices for products and services

💻COMPETENCIES
▹ Client Service Competency Level 2: Ensures High-Quality Client Service
▹ Demonstrating Integrity and Respect
▹ Working Effectively with Others
▹ Focus on Quality and Details
▹ Showing Initiative and Being Action-Oriented
▹ Thinking Things Through

✍ABILITIES
▹ Ability to communicate effectively in writing
▹ Ability to communicate effectively orally
▹ Ability to analyze and synthesize complex* cost and financial information to provide advice
▹ Ability to clearly formulate, communicate and defend a position taken in the context of complex cost and pricing negotiations

*Complex is defined as : the information, sometimes incomplete, from various sources that requires consolidation and interpretation.

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

📈ASSET KNOWLEDGE
▹ Knowledge of Financial Statement analysis procedures

In support of achieving a diversified workforce, consideration may be given to candidates, who, at the time of application, self-declare* as belonging to one of the following designated Employment Equity groups: Women, Indigenous (Aboriginal) Peoples, Persons with Disabilities and Members of Visible Minorities.

* We therefore encourage you to self-declare during the online application process by selecting the appropriate box under the Employment Equity section.

For further details, please refer to the “Other information” section.

Information on employment equity

🛫OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Ability and willingness to travel with overnight stays away from home for extended periods of time, on occasion (primarily in Canada).
Be willing to work overtime and on short notice

Conditions of employment

🔒CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT
Maintenance of a membership in good standing as a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA).
Security : Secret

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

Candidates are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language(s) of their choice.

Our intention is to communicate with candidates via e-mail. Candidates who apply on this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and 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).

You must be prepared to provide the original or a certified true copy of your educational credentials.

You will be required to provide original proof of your Canadian citizenship if your application is accepted. It is your responsibility to provide this information when requested.

Only online applications will be considered in this staffing process.

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.