Team Lead, Budget Analyst

Role Responsibilities

Reporting to the Director, Financial Planning, this position is responsible for leading a team of budget analysts in financial planning for the Ministry of Environment and Protected Areas (EPA). This process includes but is not limited to the Ministry's monthly forecasts, financial plan (Budget, Estimates, Targets and other budget documents), Quarterly Financial Updates, Legislative Committee briefings, revenue and cash flow updates and other Treasury Board ad hoc requests. This is accomplished by assisting in the development and maintenance of a comprehensive, timely and high-quality financial resource requirement process. In addition, the Team Lead assists divisional and program area staff with interpretation of their budget as well as assist them with financial planning related process questions.

The responsibilities of this position relate to the Ministry, its department as well as its various reporting entities (e.g. Funds and Agencies). This position provides oversight to a team of budget analysts as well as works collaboratively with the Manager Financial Planning to monitor and deliver financial planning functions of the Ministry. The position is to represent the Ministry on cross-government committees to develop and improve financial and budget practices within the Department. Team Lead may act for the Manager, Financial Planning in their absence.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Assist in the development and implements the operational aspects of the financial updates and legislative committee briefings utilizing available resources.
• Assist in the development of operational and strategic advice which is provided to the Director, SFO and Executive Team. This advice is done through the review and analysis of documents, issues and processes.
• Assist in understanding and communicating the impact of financial updates and briefings. This includes resource allocation decisions, revenue and expenditure budgets and reasonably contingency plans.
• Assist in the development of supplemental and other funding requests and submissions to Treasury Boards.
• Assist in reviewing the formal documents required by Treasury Board for both the operational and capital strategic planning framework. Provides suggestions for the use, implementation and improvement of the above to the Director.
• Assist in the review, reconciliation and keeping results of the strategic planning framework into the Financial System. Maintains requisite control values and continuity schedules to ensure budget accuracy with explanations of changes.
• Maintain the budget/forecasting calendar and communicates these results to the program branches.
• Assist in the annual review and updates of the Ministry's strategic planning processes to accommodate changes from Treasury Board. As the process, tools and methods are subject to frequent modifications of varying complexity, the changes must be evaluated and made in a timely manner.

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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.

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.

Drive for Results – Knowing what outcomes are important and maximizing resources to achieve results that are aligned with the goals of the organization, while maintaining accountability to each other and external stakeholders.

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

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:

• Four-year university degree in a related field such as Business, Finance, Accounting, Commerce or Management plus four years related experience.

Equivalency: An equivalent combination of education and experience which includes as a minimum, completion of a recognized applied accounting degree or diploma program.

Assets:

• Knowledge of budgeting,  financial forecasting, costing theories, techniques and processes.
• Experience in preparing and overseeing complex budget and forecast submissions within a large organization.
• Experience preparing briefing materials that translate financial data into meaningful information for decision makers.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, including Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience working with relevant financial information systems, reporting tools and software (e.g., Excel, Power BI, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) / System Analysis Program (SAP) and ability to manipulate data sets.
• Experience in data management software or language (Business Intelligence Tools, SQL, VBA, Python, Tableau, Power BI).
• Canadian professional accounting designation (CPA or legacy designation) or equivalent.
• Experience working in financial planning area within public sector (Federal, Provincial, Municipal) in the last five years.
• Knowledge of government financial legislations, regulations and policies.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, directives, and procedures relating to budgeting and financial administration (e.g. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles - GAAP, Public Sector Accounting Board - PSAB, Financial Administration Act, Government Organization Act, Government Accountability Act, Fiscal Planning and Transparency Act, grant regulations and Treasury Board Directives).
• Experience using Fiscal Amounts Tracking Sheet (FATS) and 1GX.

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. 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

Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per 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
• Leadership and mentorship programs