Manager, Financial Planning and Financial Reporting - Talent Pool

Role Responsibilities

The Government of Alberta is looking for experienced finance professionals to join our team. If you're ready to advance your career while contributing to work that truly impacts Albertans, we invite you to become part of our finance community.

We have exciting opportunities in the following areas:

Financial Planning

You will play an integral role in the preparation of the ministry’s annual budgets, forecasts, quarterly fiscal updates and supporting preparation of the ministry’s Annual Report. You will provide ongoing, timely, relevant and accurate analysis, advice, and recommendations to decision-makers on fiscal planning matters. Some responsibilities will include the reconciliation of general ledger accounts, preparing and supporting documentation for audits and coordinating performance audit work within the ministry. You will be involved in initiatives required for short and long-term budgeting and current year expenditure forecasting. You will also analyze and interpret financial material from business areas within the ministry and compile and consolidate three-year budget plans and other financial submissions.

Financial Reporting

You will play an integral role in producing multiple financial reports in accordance with government policies, processes, guidelines, and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Some activities include the preparation of the ministry’s quarterly financial information, various public disclosures, year-end financial reporting and addressing the ministry's financial audit requirements. You will use your knowledge and experience to assist in providing financial reporting services, such as financial information preparation for the Annual Report, quarterly actual results and ad hoc management reporting.

Typical duties at this level include but are not limited to:

• Ensures that briefing materials are available for the Minister, Deputy Minister, and the Assistant Deputy Minister of Finance and Capital Planning to support budget announcements, Committee of Supply deliberations and other financial planning inquiries.
• Ensures all issues that may impact the ability to balance the Ministry's budget are proactively identified, with options and recommendations to address.
• Prepare material, including briefings, news releases, formal e-mail responses and budget/forecast documents along with published reports, such as the business plan and annual report.
• Oversees the consistent provision of high-quality financial services to the divisions by supervising and coaching the budget analysts who provide budgeting, forecasting and financial planning services.
• Monitors and reviews budget analysts entries into the government FATS system, ensuring updated entries are correct between the department and entities.
• Direct, plan and coordinate completion of tasks and provide guidance and direction in the financial statement process.
• Lead a team of professional and technical staff dedicated to provide financial information that is accurate, timely, meaningful and easy to understand.
• Ensure that proper reconciliation and maintenance of all accounts is performed in the general ledger for the Ministry.

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.

System Thinking – 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.

Agility – 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.

Creative Problem Solving – 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.

Develop Self and Others – Plans according to career goals and regular development, aligns personal goals with career goals, leverages strengths; attempts stretch goals, provides feedback and openly discusses team performance and values team diversity and supports personal development.

Develop Networks – Leverages relationships to build input and perspective, looks broadly to engage stakeholders, open to perspectives towards long-term goals, actively seeks input into change initiatives and maintains stakeholder relationships.

Qualifications

Required:

• A University graduation in Business with a focus in Accounting or Finance supplemented by four years related experience.
• Related experience or education may be considered as an equivalency on a one for one basis.

Assets:

• Professional accounting designation - Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) is an asset.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in budgeting, financial administration, financial forecasting, costing theories, techniques and processes, including the preparation of complex financial reports.
• Experience in coordinating projects or programs, including consultation and working in teams.
• Comprehensive knowledge of management principles, especially related to human resources, financial planning, information technology and communications.
• Experience in relevant acts and manuals relating to budgeting and financial administration, i.e., Financial Administration Act, Government Accounting and Organization Acts, Grants Regulations, Treasury Board Minutes and Directives, Sustainable Fiscal Planning and Reporting Act.
• Supervisory experience is an asset.

Equivalencies may be considered.

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