Senior Corporate Consolidation Analyst

Role Responsibilities

The Ministry of Treasury Board & Finance is looking for a Senior Corporate Consolidation Analyst.

Reporting to the Director, Corporate Consolidations and Reporting (CCR), this position provides a diverse range of financial management and reporting, including promoting government accountability and transparency, and meeting legislative requirements. Work will involve the preparation of Government of Alberta (GoA) consolidated financial statements, reviewing and updating GoA polices for financial operations and reporting, providing guidance and support to ministry business partners, and communicating critical financial information and identifying system issues to senior management. This position also contributes to the maintenance of corporate resource documents such as the GoA Period End Manual, GoA Year-end Timelines, Templates, and other documents and elements of financial management system.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare government's accountability documents which include, but is not limited to, the GoA consolidated financial statements and working papers, and other proactive disclosure initiatives in accordance with stated Government Legislated Acts and Regulations, policies and procedures.
• Prepare other management reports and ad hoc reports, such as quarterly/monthly fiscal updates, discretionary reports, training expense reports, etc.
• Identify and investigate issues with ministry annual, quarterly and monthly financial submissions and implement corrective actions, using knowledge of government business, of public sector accounting standards and of generally accepted accounting principles.
• Lead the administration of corporate consolidation process, including executing monthly and quarterly elimination for GoA and all ministries.
• Work collaboratively with other Center of Excellence teams to prepare GoA Year-end Timelines and communicate the major changes in the Timelines to cross ministry Year End Committee members.
• Perform complex financial analysis on financial issues and projects.
• Identify issues in the financial, system and business process and bring the issues to senior management for decision.
• Participates in cross-ministry efforts to develop new reports/functions or optimize the use of 1GX and provide training to staff on its use.
• Interact with Senior Leadership, Expenditure Officers and Project Managers in providing advice and recommendations for the Division's budgets and forecasts.
• Mentor and provide leadership to the Finance Officers and Financial Analysts within the Department.

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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.

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.

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.

Systems Thinking – Integrates broader context into planning, plans for how current situation is affected by broader trends, integrates issues, political environment and risks when considering possible actions, supports organization vision and goals through strategy and addresses behaviors that challenge progress. 

Build Collaborative Environments – Collaborates across functional areas and proactively addresses conflict, encourages broad thinking on projects and works to eliminate barriers to progress, facilitates communication and collaboration, anticipates and reduces conflict at the outset, credits others and gets talent recognized and promotes collaboration and commitment. 
 

Drive for Results – 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 – 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, engages others and encourages debate and idea generation to solve problems while addressing risks.

Qualifications

Required:

• University degree in a related field plus 5 years progressively responsible related experience. Equivalences maybe considered.
• A related diploma plus 7 years directly related experience.
• Professional accounting designation (CPA) is considered an asset.

Assets:

• Experience and in-depth knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Generally Accepting Auditing Standards (GAAS) and Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB) standards.
• Experience and knowledge of business concepts and practices as they relate to departmental activities.
• Ability to interpret government and departmental financial legislation, regulations and policies - Financial Administration Act, Sustainable Fiscal Planning and Reporting Act, Government Organization Act and various TBF directives and guidelines.
• In-depth knowledge of 1GX-BPC and S4, accounting principles, and GoA accounting policies, and understanding of GoA financial and reporting processes, and the ability to communicate effectively to a diverse range of audiences. Familiar with public accounting standards.
• This position needs to have an in-depth understanding of data and flow of information in 1GX, and the impact of changes in 1GX system and business processes on GoA Consolidated financial reporting.
• Strong analytical and forecasting capability, translating AI-generated insights and financial data into clear, actionable business recommendations.
• Highly effective communicator with the ability to understand client needs, influence stakeholders and build productive internal and external relationships.
• Professional accounting expertise with a strong track record of managing multiple priorities, delivering results independently, and resolving issues with discretion and diplomacy.

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 should indicate 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, 2020 - June 25, 2022: 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
• 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