Manager, Chief Financial Services / Senior Financial Analyst

Important messages

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Assessment accommodation

🏳️‍🌈The Federal Public Service is stronger and most effective when we reflect the diversity of the Canadian population we serve. Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) is dedicated to building and promoting a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce, representative of Canadian society. All candidates who believe they are qualified are encouraged to apply, including Black, other racialized and Indigenous peoples, women, persons with disabilities and persons of the LGBTQ2+ community.

Work environment

👉🏻 You are looking for a stimulating work environment filled with challenges. You want to work on an innovative, resourceful, dynamic team where teamwork is a priority. You like to evolve in an operational context and unexpected or unusual situations do not scare you. You are rigorous, analytical, punctual and you integrate well into a team. We are looking for you!
This is your chance to join an Employer of Choice!

👉🏽 ESDC has been named as one of Canada's top 100 employers!
We have an employee-focused culture, we recognize the importance of continuous learning, career development opportunities and work-life balance within a diverse and respectful work environment.

👉🏿 There are many reasons why ESDC is a great workplace such as:
ESDC delivers a range of programs and services that impact Canadians throughout their lives. The Department provides seniors with basic income security, supports unemployed workers, helps students finance their post-secondary education and assists parents who are raising young children. We are very proud to serve our fellow Canadians! See for yourself on how we have an impact on Canadians: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/results/stories.html

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Intent of the process

A pool of partially or fully qualified candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions of various tenures, various language requirements, various security requirements, various conditions of employment and for various locations at Employment and Social Development.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

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

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. The recognized professional accounting designations are Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), Chartered Accountant (CA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), and Certified General Accountant (CGA).

Degree equivalency

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

Various language requirements
🗣️ Bilingual Imperative: CBC/CBC (with supervisory functions)
🗣️ Bilingual Imperative: BBB/BBB (without supervisory functions)
🗣️ English essential

Information on language requirements

💼 EXPERIENCE

1) Significant* experience in providing guidance, advice and recommendations to management on a wide range of financial management issues in at least one (1) of the following functional areas;

1 ▪️ Financial management advisory services;
2 ▪️ Financial planning, budgeting, forecasting or reporting;
3 ▪️ Accounts payable;
4 ▪️ Accounts receivable;
5 ▪️ Providing financial policy advice and interpreting laws, policies, standards and procedures for financial management;
6 ▪️ Supporting Financial systems;
7 ▪️ Internal audit and controls;
8 ▪️ Corporate accounting, including the preparation of reports to central agencies (Public Accounts, financial statements and other related statutory reports).

* Significant experience (depth and breadth) is defined as experience acquired through the performance of a broad range of related activities in the field of work in question. Such experience is normally acquired through full-time employment over a period of two (2) years. It will be evaluated with regards to amount, complexity and diversity of work handled.

📈 COMPETENCIES

✦ Oral communication
✦ Written communication
✦ Uphold Integrity and Respect
✦ Create Vision and Strategy
✦ Showing initiative and being action-oriented
✦ Mobilize people
✦ Achieve results
✦ Collaborate with partners and stakeholders

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

ASSETS QUALIFICATIONS

🎓 EDUCATION

Possession of a recognized professional accounting designation (CPA, CA, CMA, or CGA).

Degree equivalency

💼 EXPERIENCE

One or more of the following qualifications may also be considered an essential qualification based on the requirements of the specific position to be filled. As this process can be used to fill multiple positions, asset qualifications may be used to choose from among qualified candidates for specific positions. If you have any of these qualifications, please answer "yes" to the relevant question in your application and ensure that your resume provides supporting details.

1 ▪️ Experience supervising or leading staff;
2 ▪️ Experience in the management of human resources including identifying resources requirements, performance management; planning and assigning tasks;
3 ▪️ Experience leading multiple stakeholders to a common goal;
4 ▪️ Experience in establishing and maintaining partnerships, including consultation, collaboration or negotiation, with stakeholders to deliver business improvement outcomes;
5 ▪️ Experience in managing large project teams and team activities;
6 ▪️ Experience working in partnerships with internal and/or external partners;
7 ▪️ Experience in managing multiple projects or project management;
8 ▪️ Experience in budget allocation, expenditure, and commitment control;
9 ▪️ Experience in the interpretation of Treasury Board financial policy instruments;
10 ▪️ Experience in providing financial support and guidance to clients;
11 ▪️ Experience in developing and negotiating Treasury Board Submissions;
12 ▪️ Experience using advanced functions in Excel (e.g.: Macros, vlookup);
13 ▪️ Experience in business analytics software (e.g.: Microsoft Power BI);
14 ▪️ Experience in assessing the effectiveness of business processes and/or internal financial controls;
15 ▪️ Experience writing briefing materials, presentations or reports for management or central agency officials.

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

🕧 OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

✦ Willing and available to travel occasionally
✦ Willing and available to work overtime on short notice occasionally
✦ Willing and available to work flexible hours in order to support operational needs

Conditions of employment

Security clearance: Secret or Reliability depending on the position to be staffed.

A successful credit check may be a condition of employment.

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

Persons requiring accommodation preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

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Assessments
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Written communication competency will be assessed throughout the entire selection process.

Various assessment tools may be used in this selection process, such as interview(s), written examination, simulation, candidate achievement record, in basket assessment, samples of previous work, references and/or performance appraisals.

Asset qualifications, operational requirements, top-down and/or random selection may be used at any stage of the selection process to identify which applications will be given further consideration.

A top-down approach (ranking), using cut-off scores, may be used at any stage of the selection process where only the top scoring candidates will be invited to the next stage of the assessment. As such, candidates who attain the pass mark might not be further considered in the process if they do not achieve the desired cut-off score. Please note that different cut-off scores may be used at various stages of the selection process.

Based on the hiring manager’s needs, other specifics criteria maybe assessed. Hiring managers may use a combination of assessment methods they deem relevant. Therefore, if you are referred for more than one opportunity you may be re-assessed on the same criteria.

Key Leadership Competencies can be found by copying and pasting the following link:
https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/professional-development/key-leadership-competency-profile/examples-effective-ineffective-behaviours.html

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Communication
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Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent. PLEASE NOTE: We will be contacting candidates via email including invitations for evaluations. Candidates are responsible for providing a valid email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is your responsibility to check both your jobs.gc.ca account and email account regularly to ensure that you do not miss any opportunities. Make sure to also check your junk mail folder. It is entirely your responsibility to inform us of any changes to your contact information.

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Work locations
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Presently, our main official locations are at
Edmonton (Alberta), Vancouver (British Columbia), Regina (Saskatchewan), Winnipeg (Manitoba), Charlottetown (Prince Edward Island), Moncton (New Brunswick), Saint-John (New Brunswick), St. John's (Newfoundland and Labrador), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Toronto (Ontario), Gatineau (Québec), Montréal (Québec), et Fredericton (New-Brunswick).

However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, employees are required to work from home. Based on operational requirement an eventual return to the workplace may be required.
The operational requirement may be to work from a different departmental office location or from an employee’s residence located in Canada.

Therefore, individuals who believe that they meet the listed essential qualifications of the position, regardless of where they live or work, are encouraged to apply.

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.