Manager, Regional Administration and Finance

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Assessment accommodation

Duties

Alberta Region’s manager of regional administration and finance leads a diverse team of staff who support the region in delivering programs aimed at diversifying the economy in western Canada. The unit is responsible for a variety of functions, which include:
- administering payments and initiating receivables on grants and contributions projects;
- performing budgeting and forecasting activities for the region; and
- overseeing accommodations services for the Edmonton and Calgary offices.

The manager reports to the Director General, Business Innovation and Community Development (North) and is an important member of a management team that leads the delivery of PrairiesCan's programs in Alberta. The manager also works closely with the Assistant Deputy Minister, the Senior Management team, and other regional and headquarters colleagues to shape PrairiesCan’s program development and delivery.

Work environment

Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan) works to develop and diversify the economy of Canada’s prairie region by delivering grants and contributions programs and advocating on behalf of the prairies. At PrairiesCan, we care about people and about serving the best interests of our clients. We use our Values and Ethics Code as a moral compass to guide everything that we do and how we behave. What we do is equally as important as how we do it, and excellence is our standard.

In the annual public service employee survey, PrairiesCan employees consistently rank the department as one of the best places to work in the federal government.

Why Choose PrairiesCan:
- Work with amazing people who support each other
- Meaningful work that makes a difference to the country
- Excellent compensation package
- Flexible work arrangements
- Modern work tools and technology

Intent of the process

The intent is to fill one indeterminate (permanent) full-time vacancy.

A pool of qualified candidates will be established and may be used to staff similar positions in PrairiesCan with various tenures, work locations, language requirements and conditions of employment.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

Graduation with a degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in a field relevant to the duties of the position*.
*commerce, business administration, economics, mathematics, statistics, accounting or finance

At the manager’s discretion, an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience, may serve as an alternative to meet the education standard.

Degree equivalency

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Experience:
• *Significant experience with grants, contributions or loans management.
• *Significant experience developing operating budgets and forecasting.
• *Significant experience preparing briefing materials and providing strategic advice to senior management.
• Experience leading or managing a team of professionals.

* Significant is defined as the experience normally acquired through the repeated performance of duties for a period of three years.

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

Asset Qualification:
• Degree in business from a recognized post-secondary institution with a major in accounting.
• Public sector experience in grants and contributions contract management.
• Professional accounting designation
• Depth, breadth and scope of experience in any one or combination of the experience requirements.

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

English essential

Information on language requirements

Knowledge:
• Knowledge of legislation/policy related to the financial management of grants and contributions.
• Knowledge of financial management principles/practices.
• Knowledge of public sector accounting standards/practices.

Competencies:
• Create vision and strategy
• Uphold Integrity and Respect
• Promote Innovation and Guide Change
• Mobilize People
• Achieve Results
• Written and oral communication

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

Organizational Needs:
• In support of achieving a diverse workforce, consideration may be given to candidates self-identifying as belonging to one of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and women.

Conditions of employment

Secret security clearance

• Ability and willingness to travel
• Ability and willingness to work overtime

• 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

TIPS FOR APPLICANTS: When answering the screening questions ensure that you provide complete and thorough details of your experience. Do not assume that the screening board has any previous knowledge of your background, qualifications, or work history. You must be specific and provide concrete examples/details for each experience element, as applications will be screened only on the information provided. Failure to provide sufficient information may result in your application being screened out of the competition.

Communication for this process will be sent via email. Applicants MUST check their email accounts frequently as there may be a deadline for responses. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required. Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

Depending on the number of applicants, the needs and/or Human Resources plans, volume management strategies such as random selection, top-down approach and/or establishing cut-off scores to determine who will continue in the staffing process, MAY BE USED for the purpose of managing applications

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.