Role Responsibilities

Reporting to the Executive Director, Finance, Procurement and Facilities, the Director, Finance provides strategic leadership, financial governance, and stewardship for all ASPS financial management functions. This position is accountable for establishing and overseeing financial frameworks that enable ASPS’s financial resources to be managed transparently, sustainably, and in alignment with operational policing requirements.

The Director leads enterprise‑wide finance functions including budget development, financial reporting, internal controls, audit coordination, risk management, and financial policy development. The role influences ASPS financial practices to meet Crown corporation accountability standards while supporting operational agility during the organization’s transition from a Government of Alberta branch to a standalone Crown corporation.

Job Responsibilities 

• Establish enterprise-wide financial governance and decision-making frameworks aligned with Crown corporation accountability requirements.
• Provide strategic financial counsel to executive leadership on resource allocation, risk management, and long-term sustainability.
• Lead the development and communication of the organization’s financial narrative, ensuring complex financial positions are clearly articulated, well-supported, and defensible to executive leadership, government, and external stakeholders.
• Implement budgetary controls and financial monitoring processes to ensure fiscal discipline and accountability.
• Oversee the preparation of accurate, timely financial reports in compliance with public-sector accounting standards.
• Provide assurance to executive leadership on the effectiveness of financial controls and regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate financial operations across procurement, fleet, facilities, IT, and operational leadership functions.
• Represent ASPS in financial governance forums, interagency initiatives, and broader public-sector finance engagements.

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 position takes 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 position 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 and engages others and encourages debate and idea generation to solve problems while addressing risks.

Agility – The position identifies and manages required change and the associated risks, identifies alternative approaches and supports others to do the same, proactively explains impact of changes, anticipates and mitigates emotions of others, anticipates obstacles and stays focused on goals and makes decisions and takes action in uncertain situations and creates a backup plan.

Develop Networks – This position builds trust to fairly represent every party, uses network to identify opportunities, establishes credibility and common purpose with a range of people, actively represents needs and varying groups, creates strategic impression by inspiring and connecting with values and beliefs.

Systems Thinking – This position 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 and works with others to identify areas for collaboration.

Qualifications

Qualifications

Required:

• A University graduation in a field related to the position assignment, supplemented by five years progressively responsible experience.
• CPA or equivalent financial leadership experience in complex organizations. Non-traditional backgrounds with demonstrated financial leadership, system-building and executive advisory experience will be considered.
• Related experience or education may be considered as an equivalency on a one for one basis.

Assets:

• Knowledge of accounting, financial management and reporting theories and concepts including Generally Accepted Auditing Standards.
• Knowledge of public sector accounting and auditing standards and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
• Knowledge of relevant accounting standards, legislation, regulations and policies, specifically the Financial Administration Act, and Sustainable Fiscal Planning.
• Knowledge of Government of Alberta business and fiscal planning processes and procedures and knowledge of the budgeting and forecasting principles and procedures.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointments 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 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, 2006 - June 25, 2009: 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.

Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:15am to 4:30pm, 36.25 hours per week

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
• 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
• Leadership and mentorship programs