Budget Analyst

Role Responsibilities

The Budget Analyst, reporting to the Manager, Financial Planning, plays a pivotal role in providing financial planning services to the Ministry and external stakeholders. A key responsibility of this role is the preparation and submission of the Ministry's three-year fiscal plan to the Executive Team, Minister, Cabinet Policy Committee, and Treasury Board. The position also supports the Deputy Minister and Minister in preparing for Committee of Supply.

Job responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Compiles and analyzes budget submissions for accuracy, completeness and conformity with guidelines, and justification of requests.
• Plans and forecasts, with consideration of economic forecast updates, such as population changes as well as grant agreements.
• Performs ad-hoc and time sensitive analyses requested from the Minister, Deputy Minister and senior management requiring knowledge of the health system and creative and complex analytical skills.
• Compiling and consolidation of Ministry revenue and expenditure forecasts and cash flow reports for submission to the Ministry Executive Team and Alberta Treasury Board and Finance.
• Assist in designing and enhancing financial planning and reporting processes and will work with tools such as Power BI and other analytics platforms to build dashboards, reports, and models that help visualize data trends and forecast future outcomes.

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APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

Creative Problem Solving – Breaks down problems, undertakes appropriate research and investigation and draws on experiences to solve problems. For example, suggesting changes to budget and forecasting processes within the Divisional process to be more efficient and effective.

Agility – Willingness and ability to effectively work in and adapt to change. Able to modify approach to situations, encourage new ideas and solutions. Quickly adapt to changing priorities and provide innovative solutions.

Systems Thinking – Understands the big picture and the impacts of Divisional financial decisions and how that connects to the Departments funding pressures, budget decisions and the three- year fiscal plan.

Build Collaborative Environments – Will need to collaborate with other divisions to compile data for budgeting and forecasting analysis, and be able to follow-up on discrepancies identified.

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Qualifications

Required:

• University graduation in a related field such as Business, Finance, Accounting, Commerce or Management plus two years related experience. 

Equivalencies:

• An equivalent combination of education and experience which includes as a minimum, completion of a recognized applied accounting degree or diploma program. 

Assets:

• Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation. 
• Extensive experience with Power BI, including data analysis and manipulation, dashboard development, and the creation of insightful reports and visualizations for stakeholders. 
• Experience in financial administration, monitoring, projecting, costing, and budgeting concepts. 
• Experience in leading the preparation and overseeing complex budget forecast submissions within a large organization. 
• Experience working with relevant financial information systems, reporting tools, and software (e.g., Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) / System Analysis Program (SAP) and ability to manipulate data sets using Excel. 
• Knowledge of Public Sector Accounting Standards (PSAS) and the ability to interpret PSAS for the monitoring, recording, reporting and interpretation of financial information. 

A cover letter must accompany your application and should indicate how your previous work experience aligns with the qualifications and competencies required. Please provide clear examples of how you meet the criteria and skills required in your cover letter. Failure to provide a cover letter will lead to the application being screened out. A cover letter will be one of the ways to assess communication skills of candidates.

In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. For example, January 2006 – June 2009 (part-time). This example is provided for illustrative purposes only. Applicants are encouraged to present their information clearly and thoroughly, using a format that best conveys their experience.

Please also clearly outline your educational credentials, including the type of credential obtained (e.g., Master’s degree, Bachelor’s degree, diploma, or certificate) and the field of study.

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Notes

Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week

This competition may be used to fill current and future vacancies at this classification or at a lower classification across Alberta.

Final candidates will be required to undergo a security screening.

All costs associated with the recruitment process including documentation fees and travel expenses are the candidate’s responsibility. If documentation is requested from an applicant, out-of-province applicants can obtain the documents requested from the province they reside in. 

Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in.

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