Director, Finance - MHA Entities

Role Responsibilities

The Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction is looking for a Director, Finance - MHA Entities.

Reporting to the Executive Director, Financial Services and Corporate Planning, this role is responsible for establishing and overseeing corporate processes for partner entities, currently Recovery Alberta (RA) and the Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence (CoRE). RA delivers mental health and addiction services to Albertans, while CoRE conducts system-level evaluation and research to generate evidence that informs data-driven decision-making in support of Albertans experiencing mental health or addiction challenges.

The position oversees and coordinates RA’s and CoRE’s three-year fiscal planning, annual budgets, quarterly financial updates, procurement, reporting, and operational functions. RA operates as a provincial health agency and service delivery arm of the ministry, with an operating budget exceeding $1.5 billion, encompassing correctional facilities and community service partnerships.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, implementation, and financial analysis related to the budgeting processes and procedures for CoRE and RA in the Department, ensuring alignment with ministry-wide fiscal implications and strategic priorities.
• Implement budget policies and directives issued by Treasury Board and Finance (TBF), ensuring effective budgeting, expenditure control and financial monitoring for CoRE and RA operations.
• Collaborate effectively with stakeholders across Corporate Finance within the Department, and other ministries and entities to deliver high‑quality financial services such as procurement, reporting and operational support.
• Plan, coordinate and monitor program performance for assigned entities, ensuring alignment with the Government of Alberta’s Fiscal Plan and ministry accountability requirements.
• Provide direction and insight for financial analysis, briefings and activities, supporting stakeholders to make informed decisions that align with ministry’s priorities.
• Maintain strong internal controls and uphold prudent business practices, developing and implementing policies and procedures that strengthen ministry accountability and governance.
• Evaluate and enhance financial planning, procurement, reporting and operational processes, ensuring efficiency, effectiveness and value-added service delivery across all related activities.
• Provide strategic financial insight and recommendations by continuously assessing existing processes, identifying opportunities for improvement and ensuring financial practices support organizational objectives.

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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.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies: https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.

Drive for Results – The position takes and delegates responsibility for outcomes, uses variety of resources to monitor own performance standards, acknowledges even indirect responsibility, commits to what is good for Albertans even if not immediately accepted and reaches goals consistent with APS direction.

Creative Problem Solving – The position engages the community and resources at hand to address issues, engages perspective to seek root causes, finds ways to improve complex systems, employs resources from other areas to solve problems and engages others and encourages debate and idea generation to solve problems while addressing risks.

Agility – The position identifies and manages required change and the associated risks, identifies alternative approaches and supports others to do the same, proactively explains impact of changes, anticipates and mitigates emotions of others, anticipates obstacles and stays focused on goals and makes decisions and takes action in uncertain situations and creates a backup plan.

Develop Networks – This position builds trust to fairly represent every party, uses network to identify opportunities, establishes credibility and common purpose with a range of people, actively represents needs and varying groups, creates strategic impression by inspiring and connecting with values and beliefs.

Systems Thinking – This position takes a long-term view towards organization’s objectives and how to achieve them, takes holistic long-term view of challenges and opportunities, anticipates outcomes and potential impacts, seeks stakeholder perspectives, works towards actions and plans aligned with APS values and works with others to identify areas for collaboration.

Qualifications

Required:

• A University graduation in a field related to the position assignment, supplemented by five years progressively responsible experience.
• Related experience or education may be considered as an equivalency on a one for one basis.
• Management level experience supporting and dealing with executive management concerning strategic, financial operations and policy, accountability, internal audit/internal control and program related issues.

Assets:

• Professional accounting designation (CPA) or Project Management Certification (PMP) would be an asset.
• Knowledge of accounting, financial management and reporting theories and concepts including Generally Accepted Auditing Standards, GAAP and PSAB, as well as applicable GoA and Ministry policies, procedures, guidelines and directives.
• Knowledge of government strategic and policy directions as they relate to the Ministry's mandate and initiatives.
• A strong working knowledge of the best practices developed for Government of Alberta (GoA) and used in various ministries so that applicative controls may be considered of use in the Ministry.
• Knowledge of relevant accounting standards, legislation, regulations and policies, specifically the Financial Administration Act, Sustainable Fiscal Planning and Transparency Act, Government Organization Act, Treasury Board Directives, etc.
• Knowledge of Government strategic and policy directions as they relate to the Ministry's mandate and initiatives as well as the ministry business plans, programs, deliverables and initiatives and related financial issues.
• Knowledge of the political environment within which the Ministry operates and the decision-making processes of Government.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards.

Notes

A cover letter must accompany your application and how your experience aligns with the behavioral competencies of the role you are applying for. This cover letter may be used to assess your communication abilities.

In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. As well, please indicate whether your work experience is casual, part-time or full-time. For example, January 15, 2006 - June 25, 2009: Assistant (PT three 8 hrs. shifts/week).

Candidates with lesser qualifications may be considered at a lower classification and salary. This competition may be used to fill future roles at the same or lower classifications.

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.

What we offer:

• Working for the Alberta Public Service – https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx
• Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP) – https://www.mepp.ca
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information – https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits
• Professional learning and development – https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance
• Leadership and mentorship programs