Auditor

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Work environment

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is looking for talented and skilled individuals to join our dynamic team. We offer a diverse, inclusive, respectful and healthy work environment that offers flexible work arrangements to ensure work-life balance. If you value teamwork, challenging assignments and are innovative, collaborative and value high quality service to clients, we want to hear from you!

Our team is located at 73 Leikin Drive in Ottawa, Ontario (Barrhaven), in a modern building with plenty of free parking, convenient access to bus routes immediately outside of the building, free use of a gym, and a cafeteria onsite.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff two positions on an indeterminate basis, with various linguistic profiles of Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB and English Essential and that require Enhanced Reliability status with Secret Security Clearance.

A pool of candidates may be established and may be used to staff similar positions within the RCMP in the National Capital Region on an indeterminate or specified period (including term, acting, or assignment) basis, with various linguistic profiles and various RCMP security clearances.

Should a Civilian Member (CM) be found qualified and selected for appointment, the appointment will not result in a change of status to the Public Service (PS) category for the CM.

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Positions to be filled: 2

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

Contact information for 2 references.

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

EXPERIENCE

EX1 – Recent and significant* experience participating in the planning and conducting of at least one of the following: Audits; Reviews.
EX2 – Experience gathering and analyzing information and using this information to write elements or sections of reports, management letters or briefing notes.
EX3 – Experience working on project teams or as a member of a working group.

*Recent and significant is defined as the depth and breadth of experience that would normally have been gained through performing the duties for a period of at least two (2) years in the past three (3) years.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS (not required, a nice to have)

EDUCATION

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

- Certification from a recognized professional accounting or auditing organization: CPA (CA, CMA, CGA), CIA, CGAP, CISA; OR Progressing towards certification from a recognized professional accounting or auditing organization.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

AEX1 - Experience working in an Internal Audit function.
AEX2 - Experience preparing recommendations or strategic advice for senior management**.
AEX3 - Experience briefing or providing oral presentations to senior management**.
AEX4 - Experience completing data analysis using data analytics software such as but not limited to ACL or IDEA.
AEX5 - Experience using audit management software.

**Senior management is defined as individuals at the Director level and above.

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

Various language requirements
- English essential
- Bilingual imperative BBB/BBB

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE

K1 – Knowledge of the Government of Canada Policy on Internal Audit and the related directive (effective 1 April 2017).

ABILITIES AND SKILLS

A1 - Ability to communicate effectively orally.
A2 - Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
A3 - Ability to assess internal controls, and to apply risk mitigating strategies.
A4 - Ability to interpret and communicate findings.
A5 - Ability to work effectively under pressure in order to meet tight deadlines.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY

PS1 - Effective interpersonal skills
PS2 - Judgement
PS3 - Reliability
PS4 - Initiative

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

OPERATIONAL NEEDS

- Willingness and ability to travel.
- Willingness and ability to work overtime.

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance - All applicants for positions within the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will be subject to a thorough security clearance process which includes an interview wherein questions may include (but not limited to), reference checks, previous employment, on-line activities, credit checks, alcohol and/or drug use.

Vaccination - All employees of the core public administration are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and attest to their vaccination status unless accommodated based on a medical contraindication, religion, or another prohibited ground for discrimination as defined under the Canadian Human Rights Act.

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

A written exam may be administered.

An interview may be administered.

Reference checks may be sought.

Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.

Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.

Acknowledgement of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

You must provide proof of education credentials. If you obtained your degree outside Canada, it is your responsibility to demonstrate its equivalence, please take a look at the following link for more information: http://www.cicic.ca/

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

Please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or application form.

If a qualified candidate has been selected and appointed on an indeterminate basis from the established pool, they will be removed from the pool. If a candidate is selected for a specified period (including term, acting, or assignment/secondment) appointment, they will remain in the pool for future offers.

Our means of communication with applicants is via e-mail. Please ensure to include a functional e-mail address, which will accept messages from unknown users (some e-mail systems block these types of e-mails). It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

VACCINATION NOTICE:
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On October 6, 2021, the Government of Canada announced details of its plans to require vaccination across the federal public service.

As per the new Policy on COVID-19 Vaccination for the Core Public Administration Including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, federal public servants in the Core Public Administration and members of the RCMP must attest to their vaccination status. The requirement for employees to be fully vaccinated applies whether they are teleworking, working remotely or working on-site. This is a condition of employment and it applies to indeterminate (permanent), determinate (term), casual, and student hiring. Should you reach the point in the selection process where it is necessary to verify terms and conditions of employment then the hiring manager or a human resources representative will contact you in order to complete an attestation.

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.