Manager, Financial Planning and Accommodations

Role Responsibilities

Are you looking for a high profile and exciting financial leadership opportunity? Are you ready to work in an environment that influences and supports financial planning? Come lead our team of strong technical professionals!

Service Alberta Red Tape Reduction (SARTR) is looking for a Manager of Financial Planning and Accommodations who is a strong fiscal planner and decision maker who enjoys consulting and collaborating with senior stakeholders. You will provide leadership and direction to a team of technical staff who coordinate and administer the budgets and forecasts. Work in our ministry includes managing the department’s budget, forecast and fiscal plan and oversight the Ministry’s accommodations and parking requirements.

Reporting to the Director of Financial Planning, the Manager, is responsible but not limited to:

• Financial planning activities for the Treasury Board Committee.
• Strategically developing and monitoring the annual budget and forecast for the ministry. 
• Supporting issues identification and the development of innovative financial strategies.
• Lead and coordinate the ministry consolidated fiscal plan, capital plan and quarterly fiscal update submissions to Treasury Board and Finance. This includes coordinating financial information from the Ministry’s reporting entities.
• Prepare detailed and summary budget and other management documents, which are used by senior management as ongoing resources to support decision-making and financial control.
• Managing and building a team of professionals to ensure all financial planning needs are met and exceeded. 
• Manages a process to identify the accommodation needs of the Department are addressed with consideration for Alberta Infrastructure’s standards and mandate.

Effectiveness in the role will be demonstrated by applying your technical and communication skills, while functioning within the parameters of applicable Government and Ministry legislations, regulations, policies, directives, and relevant accounting standards. You will mentor and develop a team within a supportive and respectful work environment, facilitating and contributing to a rewarding workplace. Your positive attitude and open leadership style will contribute to leading solutions while collaborating across departments. Your ability to build strong relationships across the government and stakeholder communities will be a key aspect of the role.

Please click on this link to view the job description.

APS Competencies

Creative Problem Solving:

• The ability to use knowledge of the organizational capacity and government process to identify solutions to complex and often time-constrained challenges. Identifies several analytical techniques and sources of knowledge to break apart complex problems. Brings together the people and information required to enable others to propose solutions, and provides support, feedback and advice to ensure the proposed path forward will be successful.

Build Collaborative Environments:

• The ability to provides leadership and direction to a team of budget officers and supports their learning, development and continuous improvement to meet ministry's goals and outcomes.

 
Agility:

• The ability to rapidly re-prioritize tasks without losing line-of-sight on priorities as they shift. Efficiently adapts to changes in strategy, process, information access and can quickly and calmly identify who else needs to be informed of changes.

 
Develop Networks:

• The ability to build strong working relationships and influence financial decisions as it is critical to gain the perspective of others to manage issues that arise within a short period of time.

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

Qualifications

Required:

• A University graduation in a field related to the position assignment, supplemented by four (4) years related experience. Related experience or education may be considered as an equivalency on a one for one basis. 
• Including at least 1 years’ experience in a supervisory leadership role within a financial setting

Assets: 

• An Accounting designation (CPA/CA/CMA/CGA)
• Experience in financial planning, preferably in a large public sector organization.
• Extensive understanding and knowledge of: Financial Administration Act, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Public Sector Accounting Standards (PSAB), GOA financial systems, directives, and policies.
• Working knowledge of relevant cross-government legislation including Government Organization Act (Ministry mandate), Sustainable Fiscal Planning and Reporting Act (Ministry and GOA Business Plans, Annual Reports, etc.), Financial Administration Act (Accountabilities of individuals involved in government expenditures and financial reporting), Appropriation Acts (Provide authority for Ministry budgets)
• Extensive knowledge of ERP System (1GX, FATS) in order to evaluate, review and monitor internal financial and performance measurement controls and systems and provide advice.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, including Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint.

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: Commerce Place Building, Edmonton, AB.

Schedule: Hybrid available - Three days in office two from home (Once training is complete and approved).

A cover letter must accompany your application and should highlight how your experience aligns with the behavioral competencies of the role you are applying for. This cover letter will 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.

Links and information on what the GoA has to offer to prospective employees.

• Working for the Alberta Public Service - About the Alberta Public Service | Alberta.ca.
• 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 - support-directive">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.
• Opportunity to participate in flexible work arrangements such as working from home up to two days per week and modified work schedule agreement.
• Leadership and mentorship programs.