Manager, Financial Planning - Edmonton, Canada - Government of Alberta

Government of Alberta

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Edmonton, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Job Information
Job Requisition ID: 57911

Ministry:
Technology and Innovation

Location:
Edmonton

Full or Part-Time:
Full Time

Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week

Permanent/Temporary:
Permanent

Scope:
Open Competition

Closing Date:
May 15, 2024

Classification:
Manager

Salary:
$3,147.32 to $4,235.37 bi-weekly ($82, $110,545.16/year)

Role Responsibilities:

Are you looking for a high profile and exciting financial leadership opportunity? Are you ready to work in an environment that influences and supports financial planning? Come lead our team of strong technical professionals

Technology and Innovation is looking for a Manager of Financial Planning who is a strong fiscal planner and decision maker who enjoys consulting and collaborating with senior stakeholders.

You will provide leadership and direction to a team of technical staff who coordinate and administer the budgets and forecasts.

Work in our ministry includes managing the department's budget, forecast and fiscal plan.

Reporting to the Director of Financial Planning, the Manager, is responsible but not limited to:

financial planning activities for the ministry of Technology and Innovation.

- strategically developing and monitoring the annual budget and forecast for the ministry.
- supporting issues identification and the development of innovative financial strategies,

Lead and coordinate the ministry consolidated fiscal plan, capital plan and quarterly fiscal update submissions to Treasury Board and Finance. This includes coordinating financial information from the Ministry's reporting entities.
Prepare detailed and summary budget and other management documents, which are used by senior management as ongoing resources to support decisionmaking and financial control.
Managing and building a team of professionals to ensure all financial planning needs are met and exceeded.

APS Competencies:

Creative Problem Solving:

The ability to use knowledge of the organizational capacity and government process to identify solutions to complex and often timeconstrained challenges. Identifies several analytical techniques and sources of knowledge to break apart complex problems. Brings together the people and information required to enable others to propose solutions, and provides support, feedback and advice to ensure the proposed path forward will be successful.

Build Collaborative Environments:

The ability to provides leadership and direction to a team of budget officers and supports their learning, development and continuous improvement to meet ministry's goals and outcomes.

Agility:

The ability to rapidly reprioritize tasks without losing lineofsight on priorities as they shift. Efficiently adapts to changes in strategy, process, information access and can quickly and calmly identify who else needs to be informed of changes.

Develop Networks:

The ability to build strong working relationships and influence financial decisions as it is critical to gain the perspective of others to manage issues that arise within a short period of time.

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Qualifications:

Required:

A University graduation in a field related to the position assignment, supplemented by four (4) years related experience. Related experience or education may be considered as an equivalency on a one for one basis.
Including at least 1 years' experience in a supervisory leadership role within a financial setting

Assets:

An Accounting designation (CPA/CA/CMA/CGA)
Experience in financial planning, preferably in a large public sector organization
Extensive understanding and knowledge of: Financial Administration Act, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Public Sector Accounting Standards (PSAB), GOA financial systems, directives and policies
Working knowledge of relevant crossgovernment legislation including Government Organization Act (Ministry mandate), Sustainable Fiscal Planning and Reporting Act (Ministry and GOA Business Plans, Annual Reports, etc.), Financial Administration Act (Accountabilities of individuals involved in government expenditures and financial reporting), Appropriation Acts (Provide authority for Ministry budgets)
Extensive knowledge of ERP System (1GX, FATS) in order to evaluate, review and monitor internal financial and performance measurement controls and systems and provide advice.
Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, including Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint

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Notes:

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, June 25, 2009:
Assistant (PT three 8 hrs. shifts/week).

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