Senior Financial Analyst

Select how often (in days) to receive an alert: Job InformationJob Title:Senior Financial AnalystJob Requisition ID:78177Ministry:Assisted Living and Social ServicesLocation:EdmontonFull or Part-Time:Full TimeHours of Work:36.25hours per weekPermanent/Temporary:Temporary SalariedScope:Open CompetitionClosing Date: January 9, 2026Classification:Finance 4Salary: $3,342.98 to $4,418.65bi-weekly ($87,251 - $115,326/year) Assisted Living and Social Services provides supports for seniors, families and communities, and helps Albertans access disability services, financial supports, services for the homeless, and other social-based programs. The Ministry supports Albertans through a person-centered, integrated service delivery model that recognizes the unique circumstances, experiences and strengths of individuals and families. The Ministry of Assisted Living and Social Services is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst. Reporting to the Manager, Capital Grants & Reporting, this role is responsible for administering a diverse portfolio of capital housing projects, including those owned by the Alberta Social Housing Corporation (ASHC) and those owned or operated by Housing Management Bodies (HMBs). The portfolio spans lodge facilities, seniors self-contained housing, and affordable and community housing projects. The position supports a significant capital program, including $1.1 billion over three years to enhance affordable housing and social supports across the province. These initiatives include capital investments, capital grants and housing developments. Key Responsibilities Monitors the accuracy of financial information, investigates variances and provides financial advice relating to Assisted Living and Social Services financial reports and briefing information. Works with Assisted Living and Social Services Financial Reporting staff to confirm and reconcile related party transactions with other ministries. Examining, analyzing and interpreting complex financial data and making recommendations for improvements to enhance reliability of financial information. Reviews year-end working papers to support the financial templates and ministry financial information to ensure accuracy. Prepare monthly and quarterly capital reports to senior executive, Financial Support Services, and Treasury Board and Finance. Prepare other periodical reports to senior executive level and other government departments for investment project monitoring on the project delivery progress. Respond to and provide ongoing supports to external stakeholders (HMB and vendors) on the payment requirements, payment status, or any payment related inquiries, including the HOME system troubleshooting. Provide input and support the system implementation of the Housing component to ensure that business unit requirements are fully considered. Support the overall strategy for the delivery of capital projects based on knowledge of specific properties and projects within approved budgetary allocations. For a copy of the full job description for this position, please visit this link . Competencies Build Collaborative Environments – Collaborates 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. Agility – 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 obstacles and stays focused on goals and makes decisions and takes action in uncertain situations and creates a backup plan. Systems Thinking – 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. Develop Networks – Leverages relationships to build input and perspective, looks broadly to engage stakeholders, open to perspectives towards long‑term goals, actively seeks input into change initiatives and maintains stakeholder relationships. Creative Problem Solving – 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. Qualifications Required: University degree in a related field plus 5 years progressively responsible related experience. Equivalences will be considered. A related diploma plus 7 years related experience. Project management experience and ability to manage complex projects. Assets: Professional accounting designation (CPA) is considered an asset. Project Leadership certificate would be an asset. Experience and in-depth knowledge of financial reporting, financial administration, and financial modeling processes. Experience in analyzing and interpreting complex financial data. Ability to make recommendations for improvements to enhance the reliability of information in the financial statements. Proficiency in the use of financial software (e.g. Excel, SAP/1GX, etc.) A cover letter must accompany your application and should indicate 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. 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. Positive workplace culture and work-life balance Leadership and mentorship programs How To Apply Applicants are advised to provide information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience, and relevant examples of required competencies. Candidates are required to apply for a job online. Please visit https://www.alberta.ca/job-application-resources#before for more information. Please visit Recruitment Principles , for more information. It is recommended applicants who have completed post‑secondary studies from outside of Canada obtain an evaluation of their credentials from the International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS)( https://www.alberta.ca/international-qualifications-assessment.aspx ) or from a recognized Canadian Credential Evaluator; please visit the Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada for more information (https://canalliance.org/en/default.html ). It is recommended that applicants include the assessment certificate from IQAS or any other educational assessment service as part of their application. Closing Statement This competition may be used to fill future vacancies, across the Government of Alberta, at the same or lower classification level. We thank all applicants for their interest. All applications will be reviewed to determine which candidates' qualifications most closely match the advertised requirements. Only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted. 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