Role Responsibilities

The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation is looking for a Manager - Financial Reporting. This position is part of a shared service with the Ministry of Forestry and Parks.

Reporting to the Director, Financial Reporting, the Manager Financial Reporting leads a team of professional financial/accounting staff responsible for strategic support and advice to the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (AGI) and the Ministry of Forestry and Parks (FP) to ensure financial practices are consistent with the Financial Administration Act (FAA), the Government Accountability Act and government financial and accounting policies. The position supports ministry financial accountability, planning and management decision-making through effective coordination of quarterly and annual results reporting, as well as a broad range of strategic financial services. The incumbent is responsible for the preparation of the Department, and the Ministry financial statements, including consolidating Alberta Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) and for effective management and reporting of Department financial assets, including capital asset inventories and revenue.

In addition, this position is responsible for maintaining accounting records and systems and providing financial information required under legislation or the Ministry's senior management and the Ministry of Treasury Board and Finance. This position is also responsible for coordinating with the Office of the Auditor General during the annual audit.

This position will be responsible for providing cover off for the other manager position in the shared service environment and acting as the Director, on an as needed basis. Strong organization and decision-making skills are required.

Responsibilities: 
Some of the responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Extensive coordination with Executive Directors, Expenditure Officers and Financial Administrators in the Department to ensure the appropriate and accurate preparation of financial statements.
• Ensure the integrity of the general ledger is maintained by providing leadership and direction for the development of proper reconciliation and maintenance processes for all accounts in the general ledger. Monitor the trial balance on a regular basis to identify issues or anomalies on a timely basis.
• Liaise with staff from the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) during annual audits, providing clarification and/or documentation to support Department, Alberta Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) and Ministry financial results and address concerns as necessary.
• Provide leadership and direction for the maintenance of an accurate capital asset inventory to ensure appropriate insurance coverage is obtained and financial statement presentation is correct.
• Provide leadership and mentorship to all branch staff and ensure consistent understanding of job functions and expectations.
• Leading the financial reporting activities within the Department, as well as providing direction on the financial reporting requirements for the Ministry. Extensive knowledge, skill and recognized expertise are required.

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.
 

• Drive for Results - The ability to take 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 - The ability to 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 as well as engages others and encourages debate and idea generation to solve problems while addressing risks.
• Build Collaborative Environments - The ability to collaborate 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.
• Develop Self and Others - The ability to seek out learning and knowledge-sharing opportunities, reflect on performance and identifies development opportunities, takes initiative to stay current, shares with the team even when not asked and actively coaches and mentors direct reports.
• Systems Thinking - This 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, works with others to identify areas for collaboration.
• Develop Networks - Makes working with a wide range of parties an imperative, creates impactful relationships with the right people, ensures needs of varying groups are represented, goes beyond to meet stakeholder needs and ensures all needs are heard and understood.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• A University graduation in a field related to the position assignment such as Accounting, Finance, Business Administration.
• Four (4) years related experience in monitoring, recording, reporting and interpretation of financial information, preferably in a public sector. 
• Supervisory experience.
• Professional accounting designation (CPA/CMA/CGA/CA) is required. 

Equivalencies:

• A related two-year diploma in related discipline from a recognized post-secondary institution and six (6) years related experience; or
• A related one-year certificate from a recognized post-secondary institution and seven (7) years related experience.

Assets:

• Extensive understanding and knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) which is required for monitoring, recording, reporting and interpretation of financial information. 
• Experience with government legislation, policies and procedures (including the FAA, Public Sector Accounting Standards (PSAS) and the Manual of Financial Management) as well as department-specific financial and operational policies and procedures.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of government-wide financial reporting requirement.
• Extensive and in-depth knowledge of government 1GX (ERP) accounting software or similar. 
• Experience with word processing, spreadsheets and database applications. 
• Proficiency in MS365 (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Adobe).
• Experience in Project management. 

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

Term of Employment: 15-month temporary full-time position, with the possibility of extension.
Hours of Work: Monday to Friday, 36.25 hrs/week - Monday to Friday
Work Location: Edmonton 

This position is eligible for hybrid work after initial 3 to 6 months. 

 A cover letter must accompany your application and show how your experience aligns with the requirements and 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).

Testing may be used to assess suitability for the role. 

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.

Links and information on what the GoA have to offer to prospective employees.

• 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.
• Christmas closure directive – https://www.alberta.ca/christmas-closure-directive.aspx. 
• Special leave directive – https://www.alberta.ca/special-leave-directive.
• 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 after 3 - 6 months. 
• Leadership and mentorship programs.