Financial Analyst

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 68495
Ministry: Environment and Protected Areas
Location: Edmonton
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Temporary Salaried (18 Months)
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: April 29, 2025
Classification: Finance 3

**Salary**: $2,686.29 to $3,523.55)bi-weekly ($70,112 - $91,964/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 Environmental and protected Areas is looking for a Financial Analyst for a full-time temporary position.

Reporting to the Team Lead of Financial Reporting and Internal Controls, the Financial Analyst (Analyst) performs compliance reviews; identifies potential gaps in procedural policies; promotes segregation of duties; assists in the preparation of financial statements, schedules, notes and working papers; prepares and compiles various reports; and provides ongoing guidance and assistance to staff.

Job Responsibilities:

- Performs compliance reviews, as an Accounting Officer to manage financial risks related to expenditures. Working with the other Accounting Officers, provides guidance, direction and consultative advice related to financial transactions. As the assigned Accounting Officer, reviews, follows up and takes any corrective action necessary to ensure acts, regulations, policies and procedures have been adhered.
- Provides input into revisions to departmental policies, procedures and processes to enhance the effectiveness of the expenditure management process.
- Assists in the preparation of various financial schedules, notes, reconciliations and working papers required for financial reporting at quarter-end and year-end, and involvement in the preparation of financial content for the annual report.
- Prepares and compiles reporting in support of the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT), documents for Public Accounts and other ad hoc requests.
- Provides support, as requested, to the Team Leads and/or Director, in support of internal (Corporate Internal Audit Services) and external (Office of the Auditor General) audits.

**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:
**Creative Problem Solving**-** The Financial Analyst accesses resources, information from other areas, and uses it to analyze issues, resolve problems and improve performance (e.g. communicates AO compliance statistics within Reporting team to ensure consistency and shared learning with program areas and other finance teams, YE templates).

**Systems Thinking**-** The Financial Analyst consistently takes a holistic and long-term view of issues at multiple levels across related areas (e.g. ensuring the F/S for consolidated entities are consistent between fiscal years, adhere to standards and consults team with questions and observations). Anticipates outcomes and potential impacts to incorporate proper documentation and process for audit support, KNOB and shares information with Financial Operations Teams.

**Qualifications**:
Required:

- University graduation in Accounting, Business, Economics, Commerce or Management or other related field plus three years of related experience as described below:
Equivalency
- Related diploma in Accounting, Business, Economics, Commerce or Management or other related field plus five years directly related experience.
- Accounting designation and one year additional related experience.

Assets:

- Professional accounting designation - Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) is preferred.
- Experience with government financial accounting and reporting, audit, accountability and internal control principles and practices.
- Experience with pertinent CPA Canada (Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada) handbook sections with emphasis on PSAB (Public Sector Accounting Board) and various financial activities, including financial statements, notes preparation and working papers.
- Experience with relevant legislation, regulations, and guidelines (e.g., Financial Administration Act; Fiscal Responsibility Act; Public Lands Act and