Director, Financial Management & Reporting

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The Canada Energy Regulator works to keep energy moving safely across the country. We review energy development projects and share energy information, all while enforcing some of the strictest safety and environmental standards in the world. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta with regional offices in Montréal, Vancouver and Yellowknife, the CER has approximately 500 employees.

The CER is recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers in a national competition to determine which employers lead their industries in offering exceptional workplaces for their employees.

Duties

Reporting to the Vice President, the Director, Financial Management & Reporting is committed to the vision, objectives and goals of the CER and the Performance & Results Business Unit. The Director assists the CER in meeting its mandate through the activities of the team (which includes the Financial Management Group and the Corporate Reporting Group). In this position, they also fulfil the role of Deputy Chief Financial Officer, responsible for the duties of the Chief Financial Officer in his absence.

The Director is accountable for the success of a team and for the performance of these individuals. The Director ensures that team members are aligned with and work toward the strategic vision of the Business Unit and the CER as a whole. The Director ensures that internal measures of quality are met. They achieve team excellence through communicating, measuring, and discussing team and individual performance expectations, service standards and competency requirements, personal coaching and guiding of team members, encouraging team cohesion, fostering team development and morale, building partnerships with other teams within and beyond the Business Unit, and by encouraging communication with all levels in the organization. The Director facilitates processes, solves problems, recommends changes in policy, procedures and guidelines affecting how work is done, and continuously reviews processes for potential improvements.

The Director manages financial resources to accomplish team results and manages the human resources activities of the team including recruitment, development, managing team schedules and workload priorities, and external contracts.

Intent of the process

Qualified candidates may be used to staff other similar positions at an equivalent or lower level on a term, indeterminate or acting basis. Appointment of qualified candidates will be based on the assessment results of the essential or essential and asset qualifications and with regard to breadth and depth of experience.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter

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 university with a specialization in a related discipline such as accounting, finance, business administration, commerce or economics.

Degree equivalency

Occupational Certification: One of the following recognized professional accounting designations: Chartered Accountant (CA), Certified General Accountant (CGA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA) or Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA).

Experience:

E1 Recent or significant experience directly managing human, financial, and materiel resources.
E2 Experience in synthesizing information from multiple sources to provide insights, advice and/or recommendations, and in contributing to and preparing analysis and written materials, including correspondence, presentations, and reports.
E3 Experience in providing strategic analysis, advice, and recommendations to senior management.
E4 Recent or significant experience leading complex projects and initiatives that demonstrate project management strength, process improvement, organizational outcomes in at least two of the following areas in Finance Services - Financial Management Advisory Services, Budgeting, Corporate Accounting, Accounting Operations, or another financial specialization.
E5 Experience in managing relationships and coordinating or exchanging information between organizations or stakeholders.

Note: For the purposes of this process, significant means over five years of substantively more progressive and complex responsibilities. Recent is defined as having recent enough experience that the candidate is familiar with the latest practices and developments and is competent to take on the role with very little direction, typically acquired within the last 1-5 years (approximately).

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Leadership Competencies:

Mobilize People (Apply)
• Sets clear expectations, monitors and evaluates performance.
• Gives honest feedback, recognizes performance and addresses non-performance.
• Engages employees to gather ideas and input to build cohesive teams.

Promote Innovation and Guide Change (Apply)
• Adjusts practices to address lessons learned following setbacks and mistakes.
• Adapts plans in response to changes in direction and priorities.
• Demonstrates resilience, composure and a positive outlook in an environment of uncertainty and ambiguity.

Achieve Results (Apply)
• Aligns people with work in order to achieve organizational objectives and results.
• Demonstrates and promotes stewardship of financial and organizational resources.
• Takes ownership and acknowledges impact and outcome of decisions.

Technical Competencies:

TC 1 Financial Management and Accounting Knowledge (Apply/Guide level)
• Applies and interprets principles, policies and processes in order to achieve financial control; define problems; draw conclusions; develop options and create solutions.
• Applies generally accepted accounting principles.
• Coaches and provides strategic advice, interpretation, analysis and effective client services to team members, staff and management.

Competency Level Definitions

Learn is defined as developing a basic knowledge of the competency and ability to apply.
Apply is defined as demonstrating sound understanding of the competency and ability to apply and contribute.
Guide is defined as thorough knowledge and capability of the competency. Able to influence and guide others in its application.
Shape is defined as recognized as an expert. Shapes direction of the CER with regards to the competency.

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

AQ1 Graduation with a Master’s degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in Business Administration (MBA) or other field relevant to the position being staffed (i.e. economics, statistics, etc.).

AQ2 An additional recognized professional accounting designations such as: Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA).

AQ3 Possession of a Certified Cost Estimator or a Certified Cost Professional designation from a reputable certifying or licensing body in Canada.

AQ4 Recent experience in the development or application of management systems.

AQ5 Significant and recent experience in development and implementation of processes.

AQ6 Experience in leading the selection and prioritization of initiatives or projects aligned to organizational outcomes and priorities.

AQ7 Experience in the development and conducting of audits.

Preference may be given to qualified candidates self-identifying as *Aboriginal Persons, Women, Visible Minorities, and/or Persons with Disabilities.

Conditions of employment

1) Willingness to undergo, successfully pass and maintain a secret security clearance.

2) Compliance with the CER’s Code of Conduct is required.

Note: It is strongly recommended that potential applicants read and consider the CER’s Code of Conduct prior to applying. This document is available on the CER Website http://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/code-of-conduct.

3) Must be willing and able to travel and to work overtime when required.

4) Must be willing to move within and between business units and teams, based on operational requirements and/or as individual development needs are identified.

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. The CER has a classification system that differs from the greater public service. This NEB-12 position is similar to an EX-01 and in terms of salary range only. The benefits offered, including relocation assistance, may be significantly different than those offered in the greater public service. This position is subject to CER’s Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada Collective Agreement.

2. Application Requirements: Applicants must submit, by the closing date, a resume and cover letter clearly demonstrating how they meet the essential qualifications of education and experience. Applicants are strongly encouraged to demonstrate how they also meet the asset qualifications. Asset qualification(s) may be used at any point in the selection process (screening and/or assessment). Failure to provide sufficient information will result in applicants being screened out.

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users. Our intention is to communicate with applicants by e mail for assessment purposes including issuing screening results, sending invitations for written tests, interviews and issuing selection process results.

3. Assessment: You may be assessed using one or more of the following tools: your application, various Public Service Commission tests, oral presentation, interview(s), performance appraisals, and interactions with internal staff during the process and personal knowledge. Top down selection may be used during any stage of the selection process.

4. Appointment Requirements: Candidates must meet each essential qualification and the conditions of employment to be appointed to the position. A person may be appointed to the position even though he/she/they does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications, organizational needs or operational requirements; however, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing right fit for appointment.

5. Salary: Effective 1 November 2020, NEB-12, $118,338 to $143,979
The CER has the following forms of additional compensation that are separate from base salary, the eligibility for which is determined, in accordance with the provisions in the collective agreement or terms and conditions of employment for the duration period specified:
• a Calgary Allowance in the amount of 4.95% of base salary may be paid on a bi-weekly payroll basis
• annual performance pay which includes elements of individual performance (60% of payout) and corporate performance (40% of payout)

6. Terms of Employment: This position has been allocated and apply to the CER:
• Terms and Conditions of Employment for Excluded Employees.

7. Proof of Education: Proof of education is required prior to appointment. If you were educated outside of Canada, you must have your certificates and/or diplomas assessed against Canadian education standards. Please contact the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials (CICIC) for more information www.cicic.ca.
Equivalencies granted by the Canadian provincial authorities with respect to Applied (Bachelor's) Degrees by colleges and technical institutes (i.e. in Ontario, British-Columbia, Alberta & Manitoba) must always be accepted as equivalent to Bachelor Degrees granted by universities in the provinces concerned.

8. Organization Future Needs: The CER is committed to having a skilled and diversified workforce representative of the population we serve. In support of our strategy to achieve our employment equity goals, selection may be limited to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups: *Aboriginal Persons, Women, Visible Minorities, and/or Persons with Disabilities.

We encourage Aboriginal persons to self-identify as preference may be given to this Employment Equity Group.

*An Aboriginal person is a North American Indian or a member of a First Nation, Métis or Inuit. North American Indians or members of a First Nation include treaty, status or registered Indians, as well as non-status and non-registered Indians. Please note that you will be required to complete an Affirmation of Aboriginal Affiliation Form.

9. Head Office Location – Calgary, AB: 210, 517 10th Avenue SW

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans first and then to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, 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.