Parks Financial Operations Team Lead

Role Responsibilities

Alberta Parks is looking for a Team Lead, Parks Financial Operations.

Reporting to the Director, Parks Finance, Parks Financial Operations Team Lead is responsible for leading revenue, expense and capital processing work for the Parks Division. In addition, this position leads operational improvement projects, as well as monthly financial reporting.
In addition to direct oversight of the Parks Financial Operations team, the Financial Operations Team Lead works closely with the 4 regional controllers, and may provide additional support and training to area staff, including directors, managers, admin and seasonal (summer/winter) operation front-line staff with financial responsibilities. This position works to ensure an effective systemic approach for Parks' financial operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensures timely and accurate recording and collection of revenue for camping fees, dispositions, donations, dedicated revenue and other revenue related transactions on a monthly basis.
• Provides oversight and coordination of accounts payable and all other expense transactions, including inter-unit transactions.
• Oversight of the capitalization process, ensuring effective accurate and timely capitalization transactions that are in alignment with GoA accounting standards and OAG guidelines.
• Ensures correct and timely financial system configuration (e.g. business partner setups, CARS, etc.).
• Proactively identifies transactional and systemic issues and works collaboratively to resolve, particularly within systems such as 1GX, CARS, SHOP and other systems used by Parks.
• Develops and implements effective monthly management reporting.
• Liaise with Treasury Board, AGI Finance, Service Alberta and other internal stakeholders for cash/banking/accounts payable/other issues.
• Directly supervises Parks Financial Operations team, including providing divisional guidance, training and support.
• Coordinates month-end/quarterly and year end financial activities.
• Leads audit response process, including producing reconciliations, working papers and reports.

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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.

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.

Develop Self and Others – This position creates an environment of learning and sharing expertise. It demonstrates the desire to invest int he development of the long-term capability of self and team members through professional development, training, and mentorship to promote career growth.

Agility – This position takes a proactive leadership role to anticipate, assess and readily adapt to changing priorities as well as be able to operate in a dynamic environment. The position will need to adjust priorities and workload within the team as required to meet concurrent and tight timelines.

Develop Networks – 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 – This position operates with a high degree of independence and manages the workload of their team. This position must proactively plan work assignments to meet ministry and divisional timelines and needs and must proactively flag barriers to outcomes and possible solutions to the unit manager.

Qualifications

Required:

• University degree in a related field plus 5 years progressively responsible related experience.
• Professional accounting designation (CPA) is required. Working towards an accounting designation will be considered with increased work experience.
• Strong understanding of GAAP, PSAS and working within relevant legislation/policy-driven environments.
• Supervisory experience and experience working with diverse functional groups.
• Experience delivering timely, high-quality outcomes in high-volume work environments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft suite, with advanced skills in Excel and SharePoint Online.
• Enterprise-level system experience required.

Assets:

• Supervision experience in a unionized environment is an asset.Experience with revenue accounting and cash management, including reconciliation of revenue streams, deposits, dedicated revenue funds, and cash controls.
• Experience with capital asset accounting and capitalization processes, including Public Sector Accounting Standards (PSAS), asset lifecycle management and audit requirements related to capital assets.
• Experience leading month-end, quarter-end and year-end financial reporting processes, including coordinating deliverables across multiple stakeholders.
• Experience providing clear communications and high-quality training materials to a variety of audiences.
• Working knowledge of the Government of Alberta’s 1GX financial system, including key modules such as General Ledger, Accounts Payable, CARS and Business Partner Data.
• 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.

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