Manager, Financial Reporting and Operations

**Job Information**

Job Requisition ID: 65751
Ministry: Mental Health and Addiction
Location: EDMONTON
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: January 6, 2025
Classification: Manager Zone 2

**Salary**: $3,241.74 to $4,362.44 bi-weekly ($84,609 - $113,859/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**:
Reporting to the Director, Financial Reporting and Operations, the Manager Financial Reporting and Operations leads the unit responsible for ministry financial reporting and operations, ensuring all ministry-wide finance activities are delivered in accordance with relevant policies and processes. The Manager is responsible for ensuring the Ministry is provided with expert consulting services on financial reporting and operations matters; preparation of quarterly and annual financial statements; preparation of financial reports required to monitor revenue and expenditure status for decision making purposes; ensuring financial systems contain internal financial controls adequate to meet compliance audit requirements and support program area business functions. The position liaises with the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) and Treasury Board on matters of accounting policy and compliance with Government of Alberta financial statement requirements.

Responsibilities include:

- The position will lead the management of the Ministry's financial framework (including the Department and Mental Health and Addiction reporting entities, including policies, processes and robust internal controls
- Ensure that all policies, processes and internal controls remain current to any changes to GoA legislation/policy and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Oversee financial operations and compliance in accordance with GoA and ministry specific policies and processes
- Oversee direct reports in completion of daily, monthly and quarterly accounting activities including account/sub-ledger reconciliations and operational journal entries
- Lead the Financial Reporting and Operations team in alignment with Ministry priorities and develop/maintain a positive work environment
- Provide support and the necessary tools and information to staff to allow them to perform their duties in an efficient and effective manner
- Lead the development of Ministry financial reports within established timelines and standards
- Review draft financial information to be approved by executive leadership for inclusion in the annual report and submission to the Office of the Auditor General

**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 -** The ability to take 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 -** The ability to work in open teams to share ideas and process issues, uses wide range of techniques to break down problems, allows others to think creatively and voice ideas, brings the right people together to solve issues and identifies new solutions for the organization

**Build Collaborative Environments -** The ability to collaborate 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.

**Develop Self and Others -** The ability to plans according to career goals and regular development, aligns personal goals with career goals, leverages strengths; attempts stretch goals, provides feedback and openly discusses team performance as well as values team diversity, and supports personal development.

**Qualifications**:
Required:

- A University graduation in a field r