Financial Officer

Important messages

We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please use the Contact information below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Assessment accommodation

We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please use the Contact information below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Veterans Affairs Canada is committed to building a diverse workforce that is representative of the Canadian population through equitable and accessible employment practices. We strive to achieve an inclusive and open work environment that embraces a variety of perspectives where accessibility is a central pillar to all. These qualities help us make a positive impact in the lives of our increasingly diverse clientele, in a workplace where everyone’s contributions are valued. Veterans Affairs Canada is seeking talent from a wide range of communities, identities, and backgrounds. We value the experience of diverse groups of women, men, and gender diverse people. Using a Gender-based Analysis Plus lens, we recognize that there are multiple characteristics that intersect and contribute to our social and professional identity. These include race, ethnicity, religion, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, education, veteran status, and more. The interaction between these factors has a positive influence on how you, as an employee, help us develop, implement, and deliver the services and benefits we provide. We are committed to establishing a workplace culture that is accessible by design to ensure that all employees are fully supported to flourish in their roles. We welcome members of equity seeking groups to apply and recognize that the current Employment Equity Act does not fully encompass all equity seeking group members. If you are a member of the groups indicated in the Employment Equity Act, we respectfully request that you self-declare during this process. These groups include women, aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities and members of a visible minority community. On October 6, 2021, the Government of Canada announced details (https://www.canada.ca/en/treasuryboard-secretariat/news/2021/10/backgrounder-covid-19-vaccine-requirement-for-the-federal-workforce.html) 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 (https://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/pol/doceng.aspx?id=32694), 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, you will be contacted to complete an attestation of vaccination status.” When submitting an application to this selection process, you will be prompted to answer screening questions concerning the essential education and experience qualifications and, if applicable, other (nonessential) qualifications.

It is NOT sufficient to only state that the qualifications are met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Rather you must clearly demonstrate HOW, WHEN, and WHERE the qualification was met through substantiation by examples. Candidates may not be solicited for incomplete or possible missing information. Resumes may be used as a secondary source to validate the experience and education described in the screening questions.

INSTRUCTIONS

When recording your examples, be sure you:
• Provide concrete, specific examples of actions that speak directly to the experience sought.
• Choose examples with sufficient complexity, impact and degree of difficulty that will allow you to illustrate to what extent and depth you have shown the behaviours expected for each qualification.
• Each example must include when the example took place, background of each situation, what you did, how you did it, what your role was in the situation, and what was the outcome.

Intent of the process

Intent is to appoint bilingual positions and establish English essential and bilingual pools of candidates as positions open up.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A response to a text question addressing the following:

• If yes, please provide the following MANDATORY information:
  1 - Name of the department or organization where the experience was acquired;
  2 - Title of the position occupied and duration for which you exercised the functions; and
  3 - Specific details of tasks or projects demonstrating how the experience was acquired.
• If yes, please provide the following MANDATORY information:
  1 - Name of the department or organization where the experience was acquired;
  2 - Title of the position occupied and duration for which you exercised the functions; and
  3 - Specific details of tasks or projects demonstrating how the experience was acquired.
• If yes, please provide the following MANDATORY information:
  1 - Name of the department or organization where the experience was acquired;
  2 - Title of the position occupied and duration for which you exercised the functions; and
  3 - Specific details of tasks or projects demonstrating how the experience was acquired.

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

Education:
ED1 - 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 (i.e. CPA).

Degree equivalency

Experience:
EX1 - Experience* in interpreting and applying legislation, regulations, and/or policies
EX2 - Experience* in providing information to managers for the purpose of decision making

*Experience means that management will consider the depth and breadth of your experience normally acquired in the public or private sector through performance of the duties over approximately one (1) year.

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

Various language requirements
English Essential
Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB
Bilingual Imperative CBC/CBC

Information on language requirements

Competencies (to be assessed through written test and/or interview):
COMP1 - Communication (oral and written)
COMP2 - Results Driven
COMP3 - Strategic Lens
COMP4 - Collaboration
COMP5 - Adaptability

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

Education:
AED1 - Possess a recognized professional Accounting Designation (i.e. CPA)

Degree equivalency

Experience:
AEX1 - Experience in supervision of staff
AEX2 - Experience in working with VACs Social Benefit programs such as Pain and Suffering Compensation, Integrated Rehabilitation Benefit, Disability Pensions, Disability Awards, Treatment, Veterans Independence Program, etc
AEX3 - Experience in working with a Financial Management System (e.g. SAP)
AEX4 - Experience in working with a Salary Management System (e.g. SAP Salary Forecasting Tool)
AEX5 - Experience in working with data analytics program software (e.g. ACL, SAP Analysis for Office)
AEX6 - Experience preparing presentations (including dashboards or analytics), reports or briefings used to provide advice and/or aid in decision making
AEX7 - Experience in working with integrated human resources and business planning
AEX8 - Experience working for the Government of Canada
AEX9 - Experience working as a member of the Canadian Forces

Organizational Needs:
- Preference may be given to Veterans Affairs employees affected by workforce adjustment.
- Selection may be limited to candidates who are members of an underrepresented employment equity group: indigenous persons, visible minorities, persons with disabilities.

Operational Requirements:
- Willingness and ability to work overtime
- Occasional travel
- May be required to carry a departmentally-issued mobile device and respond off-hours

Conditions of employment

- Enhanced Reliability / some positions may require a Secret clearance.
- 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

It is your responsibility to ensure that your email and contact information are maintained with the hiring board. All communication for this process will be sent by email and it is your responsibility to verify your messages regularly.

Education and Experience factors in the asset qualifications may be used for screening. Applicants should clearly demonstrate on their application if they meet any of the education and experience asset qualifications. Failure to do so may result in the rejection of your application.

One or more asset qualifications may be used during the screening to manage the volume of applications.

Candidates will be asked to provide proof of their education credentials, and proof of citizenship at a later date.

An interview and/or written exam may be administered.

Reference checks will be sought. The Assessment Committee reserves the right to contact references other than those provided by the candidates (within the Public Service only) in order to adequately assess the candidates.

Indeterminate employees at the same group and level or equivalent may be considered for assignment, deployment or secondment opportunities before other candidates.

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.

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.