Senior Accounting and Finance Officer

7 days ago

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada The Government of Nova Scotia Full time
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Senior Accounting and Finance Officer (Program Admin Officer 4)
Education & Early Childhood Development

Location:

HALIFAX
Permanent

The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development is leading the transformation of the Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) and public education system in Nova Scotia.

This will provide children and families with a strong foundation for lifelong success and well-being.

Nova Scotia regulates, funds and provides policy and program support to early learning and child care programs, and other key partners, across Nova Scotia to develop and sustain quality early learning and child care programs province-wide.

Would you enjoy engaging with multiple levels of government, collaborating daily to transform and better serve the child care sector, while utilizing your finance and accounting expertise to help inform critical decisions within the Early Years branch?

Reporting to the Manager, Accounting and Finance Operations, the Senior Accounting and Finance Officer is responsible for providing advanced specialized accounting and finance activities that impact the delivery of province-wide early childhood programming across multiple programs.

The Senior Accounting and Finance Officer will support the provision of sound, timely financial advice, direction, and services to the Early Years branches in all areas of program delivery and administration, including work related to the overall identification, design, planning, implementation, and integration of the Canada-Nova Scotia Canada Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement (CWELCCA).

The CWELCCA, and related transformation initiatives provide a unique opportunity for the Senior Accounting and Finance Officer given the strategic financial initiatives being undertaken.

The role includes the delivery of expert financial advice to other managers, directors, executive directors, and Senior Management of the Department of Education and Early Learning and Child Care on matters related to financial and agreement management for the Early Years branches, including multiple agreements between Provincial and Federal governments.

The Senior Accounting and Finance Officer will also be a key contributor in developing a new operational funding model for the sector.

The Senior Accounting and Finance Officer is responsible for leading accounting and finance activities for initiatives intended to improve access to early learning and child care across the province.

Developing and implementing robust financial accounting processes to ensure accurate tracking and forecasting of spending.
Establishing internal and external accountability frameworks, including monitoring mechanisms, to ensure transparency and adherence to financial guidelines.

Providing coordination and support to functional units in implementing program and financial controls, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives.

Liaising with external consultants and serving as a subject matter expert in financial and accounting processes, collaborating to ensure compliance and best practices.

Ad hoc financial and accounting activities, performing various financial and accounting tasks as needed, to contribute to the overall financial health and efficiency of the organization.

To be successful in this role, you will have a bachelor's degree with a focus in accounting or finance, plus six (6) years of related experience.

An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience will be considered.

You possess the ability to critically analyze and cost programs, forecast operations, analyze financial information and data, identify and project spending trends, counsel clients on finances, accounting, and reporting, in the context of generally accepted accounting principles, legislation, and policy.

You have excellent communication skills (oral/written) and interpersonal skills, consensus building, as well as team building skills, while valuing an inclusive workforce.

Participating in various stages of projects to provide technical, functional, master data, and procedural subject matter expertise.
Preparing reports for senior management.
Working with SAP.

We will assess the above qualifications and competencies using one or more of the following tools: written examination, standardized tests, oral presentations, interview(s), and reference checks.

Assets for this position include:
Formal training and/or experience in SAP modules.

An understanding of the child care sector and the issues within it related to funding (accessibility, affordability, wages and operational requirements).

Based on the employment status and union agreement, the Government of Nova Scotia offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as a Defined Benefit Pension Plan , Health, Dental, Life Insurance, General illness, Short and Long Term Disability, Vacation and Employee and Family Assistance Programs.

Career Development where you have access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your career.

We have forward-thinking policies and strategies.

The Government of Nova Scotia has an Employment Equity Policy, and we welcome applications from Indigenous People, African Nova Scotians and Other Racially Visible Persons, Persons with Disabilities and Womenin occupations or positions where they are under-represented.

This is a bargaining unit position initially restricted to current civil service employees represented by the Nova Scotia Government Employees Union (NSGEU).

If applying from outside a government office, employees must apply correctly via this link:

Failure to apply correctly means that your application will not be given first consideration as a bargaining unit applicant, and will only be included if external applications are pursued.

External applicants and current casual employees will only be considered if there are no qualified civil service bargaining unit candidates.

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