Director, Financial Planning

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 75074
Ministry: Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Ongoing
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: September 19, 2025
Classification: Senior Manager Zone 2

**Salary**: $4,402.49 to $5,590.52 bi-weekly ($114,904 - $145,912/year)

The Alberta Public Service (APS) is taking a One Finance approach to the delivery of financial services. Financial services include the delivery of financial planning, reporting, and operations, as well as ongoing engagement with policy and program areas to provide strategic decision-making support. There are three top leadership priorities that support this One Finance approach: proactively supporting our talent across the finance community; providing collaborative and responsive services to our business partners; and actively engaging in continuous improvement of the way we support each other and do business within our teams and across the entire finance community.

**Role Responsibilities**:
The Ministry of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction is looking for a Director, Financial Planning.

This position is accountable for leading the Ministry’s fiscal planning process, securing financial resources to support program delivery and providing sound financial advice to senior leadership. To be effective, the incubent must direct the development of fiscal strategies, act as an internal consultant on financial matters, liaise with Treasury Board and Finance on fiscal planning, and prepare briefings and materials for Executive Team, Deputy Minister and Minister presentations. This ensures that the Ministry is well-positioned to deliver on government priorities through informed and responsible financial decision-making.

Job Responsibilities:

- Leads development of the Ministry’s fiscal plans to enable program delivery by developing and managing the Ministry’s operating, capital and financial transaction budgets to ensure financial resources are aligned with strategic priorities and program objectives.
- Provides expert financial advice to senior leaders to support informed decision-making by acting as a trusted financial advisor to ensure executive decisions are grounded in sound fiscal analysis and aligned with government direction.
- Manages the Ministry’s relationship with Treasury Board and Finance on fiscal matters by serving as the primary liaison with Treasury Board and Finance (TBF) to ensure alignment with central agency expectations and timely resolution of fiscal issues.
- Prepares financial briefing materials to support Executive decision-making and accountability as well as develops high-quality materials to ensure senior leaders are well-positioned to present and defend the Ministry’s fiscal position to government oversight bodies.
- Leads and oversees a team of budget officers to ensure high-quality fiscal planning and support.

**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:
**Drive for Results -** 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 -** 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; engages others and encourages debate and idea generation to solve problems while addressing risks.

**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 and mitigates emotions of others; anticipates obstacles and stays focused on goals; makes decisions and takes action in uncertain situations and creates a backup plan.

**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.

**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.

**Systems Thinking -** Takes a long-term view towards organ