Financial Analyst

Role Responsibilities

The Financial Analyst (Analyst) provides financial guidance and strategic analysis of financial processes within the Ministry of Primary and Preventative Health Services (PPHS). This role involves managing reconciliations, ensuring compliance with financial policies, and driving continuous improvements. The incumbent will act as a key liaison between program areas, management and external stakeholders, supporting decision-making through financial analysis and process improvement recommendations.

The Analyst supports both the Revenue and Reporting units by ensuring data integrity and assisting with day-to-day processes and procedures. This role involves understanding the full cycle of revenue and reporting processes, ensuring that relevant and adequate documentation is obtained to support the branch managers in meeting the Office of the Auditor General's (OAG) audit requirements. The Analyst also ensures the proper interpretation and application of accounting principles.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provide professional financial direction and guidance to Program Areas (PAs), ensuring alignment with Ministry financial policies and best practices.
• Support the managers in reviewing non-purchase order bulk upload to ensure accuracy of financial transactions recorded in the 1GX system.
• Prepare reconciliation of general ledger accounts within the Revenue Administration Unit to support the accuracy and completeness of revenue-related transactions.
• Assist with the preparation of working papers and variance analysis for key financial accounts, including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Write-offs, and Revenue to support the departmental financial statements.
• Assist the management team in developing and implementing continuous process improvements to enhance financial efficiency, accuracy and transparency.
• Provide input, analysis and feedback to streamline existing internal financial policies and procedures.
• Assist the review, analysis, and collection of outstanding Claim Recovery Invoices, identifying and implementing appropriate collection strategies.
• Prepare write-offs for overdue invoices ensuring proper compliance with financial policies and reporting requirements.
• Perform compliance reviews to manage financial risks related to expenditures by doing daily and weekly sampling of all NPO and concur expense transactions.
• Assist the management team in reviewing financial transactions to ensure conformity with acts, regulations, policies, procedures, and accounting frameworks (Department, GoA, GAAP, PSAB).

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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 – Ability to assess options and implications in new ways to achieve outcomes and solutions.

Agility – Ability to anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities, maintain resilience in times of uncertainty and effectively work in a changing environment.

Build Collaborative Environments – Leads and contributes to the conditions and environments that allow people to work collaboratively and productively to achieve outcomes.

Develop Self and Others – Desire to invest in the development of the long-term capability of self and others.

Systems Thinking – Ability to consider the whole system and recognize links between everything from the complex network of global to departmental priorities. Set goals within the context of long-term outcomes and broad perspectives.

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

Qualifications

Required:
University graduation in Business, Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Management or other related field plus 3 years progressively responsible related experience; or equivalent as described below.

Equivalency:

• Related diploma plus 5 years directly related experience.
• Accounting designation and 1-year additional related experience.

Assets:

• Canadian professional accounting designation (CPA or legacy designation) or equivalent.
• Knowledge of the Government of Alberta's applicable legislation (e.g., Financial Administration Act, Fiscal Planning and Transparency Act, Government Organizational Act and Alberta Public Agencies Act).
• 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 to 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. 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).

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

Location: ATB Place North Tower, Edmonton.

Final candidates will be required to undergo a security screening.

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.

What we offer:

• Working for the Alberta Public Service – https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx
• Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) – https://www.pspp.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