Senior Reporting Analyst

Role Responsibilities

Reporting to the Manager, Financial Reporting, the Senior Reporting Analyst is a senior reporting expert for consolidating over 80 public school jurisdictions. The position is responsible for planning and coordinating processes and initiatives, including the provision of clear instruction and direction/guidance for financial reporting.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Ongoing communications with Treasury Board and Finance (TBF) and Office of the Auditor General (OAG) to ensure compliance with accounting and reporting practices at the Government of Alberta (GoA) level. 
• Provide ongoing advice and guidance on accounting concerns to senior management and Ministry staff.
• Coordinate and review school jurisdictions and other controlled entity submissions for completeness and accuracy in the development of consolidated financial statements.
• Resolve audit issues identified by OAG and coordinates implementation of recommendations of the OAG. 
• Evaluate and report to Manager and Director on the financial results of consolidation by applying techniques such as prior year comparisons, trend analysis, and investigation of large or unexpected variance.
• Assist in financial reviews of all school jurisdictions and the preparation of templates and guidelines to collect financial information.
• Coordinate the preparation of financial statements components of the Annual report.
• Provide cross training to internal team members as well as external preparers. 

Please click on this link to view the job description for this position.
 

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.

Build Collaborative Environments – Builds and maintains relationships with colleagues within department and finance community to have resources to resolve common issues and to develop consistent strategy.

Agility – Works in changing environment to seek for improvement to current processes to identify efficiencies.

Systems Thinking – Anticipate outcomes and potential impacts across interrelated areas and will factor this into planning.

Creative Problem Solving – Engages the community and resources at hand to address issues and finds ways to improve complex systems

Qualifications

Accounting designation plus 3 years additional related experience; or equivalent as described below.

• University graduation in a related field plus 5 years progressively responsible related experience
• Related diploma plus 7 years directly related experience

Required:

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, including Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
• Use of accounting and/or other software to support data manipulation and reporting (i.e. SAP, Oracle, intermediate to advance Excel)
• Extensive knowledge of financial procedures, internal controls and accounting and auditing principles to enable the provision of expert advice and counsel. 
• Preparation, review, and presentation of financial statements and information 
• Experience with the application and research of accounting policies, practices, and theories such as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

Assets:

• 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)

A cover letter must accompany your application and should indicate what areas of finance you are interested in and how your previous work experience aligns to the qualifications and competencies required. The cover letter may be used to assess your communication.

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

Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week

A cover letter is required. In your cover letter, please provide information that clearly demonstrates how your qualifications meet the advertised requirements for this position.
 

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).

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
• 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