Role Responsibilities

As the Director of Finance for Alberta Parks, you will play a key leadership role in shaping and guiding the organization’s financial vision, strategies, and operations. Your work will directly support long-term financial sustainability and help ensure Alberta Parks continues to provide exceptional value to Albertans.
 

The position leads the strategic management of financial priorities and issues for Alberta's provincial parks program by: 
 

• providing information and advice on the Parks Division’s key issues, strategic program and policy initiatives, operational strategies and practices; 
• providing direction for annual and multi-year business and budget strategies for the Alberta Parks program including:
  • budget planning, development, monitoring, forecasting and reporting, 
  • revenue management and reporting, 
  • monitoring seasonal and permanent FTE utilization,
  • capitalization of capital staff,
  • coordinating divisional input into departmental financial planning exercises, 
  • and coordinating overall financial training, processes, management and reporting in the division. 

The position is also accountable for the effectiveness of the division’s financial practices and operations and provides leadership to the team and field operations to ensure appropriate financial and internal controls are established and adhered to. 

In this role, your financial acumen and communication expertise will be instrumental in delivering core financial services. These include budgeting, financial reporting, preparing statements, forecasting, and conducting variance analyses. You’ll also be responsible for managing revenue forecasts, reconciling general ledger accounts, and preparing audit documentation.

Your success in this role will be driven by your ability to apply strong technical skills within the framework of government legislation, policies, and accounting standards. Equally important will be your role as a mentor—fostering a positive, inclusive, and high-performing team culture – and as a change agent as Parks Division continues to mature its financial and revenue management and reporting processes.

With a collaborative approach and a solutions-oriented mindset, you'll build strong relationships across departments, contributing to a united finance community and positioning Alberta Parks for continued success.

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: Work with staff across Parks Division on financial policy outcomes and objectives to address department and Government of Alberta strategic policy needs.
• Drive for Results: Lead a Finance Team to achieve excellence in financial management and reporting. 
• Systems Thinking: Lead planning activities to develop business processes and policies that are aligned with section, branch and department strategic directions.
• Creative Problem Solving: Utilize people and leadership skills to build relationships across the department, ministries, agencies and external stakeholders to coordinate and facilitate innovative problem solving and effective program management. 
• Develop Networks: Proactively building networks, connecting and building trust in relationships with different stakeholders.
• Agility: Ability to anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities, manage resilience in times of uncertainty and effectively work in a changing environment.
• Other Relevant Attributes:  Ability to navigate high-volume, fast-paced workloads; capacity to manage tight and coinciding timelines.
   

Qualifications

Education & Experience:

• University Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Commerce, (or other related program) is required, supplemented with a minimum of seven (7) years of related experience in Finance Management, and/or Program development. Professional accounting designation (CPA, or legacy designations CA,CMA, or CGA) are required.

Equivalency: Directly related education or experience considered on thebasis of:
 

• 1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or
• 1 year of experience for 1 year of education.

This position requires the following knowledge and abilities:

• Effective communication skills - verbal, non-verbal, written, interpersonal and management skill.
• Proven skills in problem solving, decision-making, and project implementation,
• Knowledge of change management principles and practices.
• Knowledge of related provincial, federal and municipal legislation,regulations, policies and procedures.
• Ability to effectively lead a diverse team of professionals and technical experts.
• Ability to develop new and innovative procedures, directives, and practices where none currently exist.
• Experience in preparing complex consolidated financial statements,development of financial policies, procedures and providing related advice.
• Experience in interpreting acts, regulations, policies and programs.
• Experience with financial modules in ERP systems and InDesign software in order to prepare financial statements and other ad hoc financial reports.

Assets:

• Preference will be given to candidates with more than ten-years of related work experience.
• Preference will be given to candidates with revenue management experience 
• 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

Additional Position Details:

• This position is a permanent, full-time role with the standard weekly work hours of 36.25, Monday to Friday (8:15 am – 4:30 pm). 

Recruitment Process:

• This position will require final candidates to undergo a security clearance.
• In your resume, please include dates (including months and years)associated with all education and work experience. Also, please indicatewhether your work experience is casual, part-time or full-time. Forexample January 15, 2006 - June 25, 2009: Assistant (PT three 8 hrsshifts/week).
• 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. 
   

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.
• 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.