Financial Specialist - Senior

Description:

Responsibilities

· Providespecialistadviceon accountingtreatmentforcapitalexpendituresandensuretheadvicegiven is the best, providing a secondopinion to civil servants. The Financial Specialist (Senior) needstobeinnovativeand thinkcriticallytofindprocessandsystemssolutionsthat work.

· Attendofficialmeetingsinordertoassistseniormanagementusefullyinallaspectsofthework.

· Develop throughthe engagement of internal stakeholders the recommended changes toprocesses,procedures andcollaboratewiththe

Information

Management(IM) teamonsystemschanges.

· Engagewithstakeholderstocommunicatetheidentifiedchangestoclosegapsandbringthe

DNDintocompliancefromapolicyperspective;

· Applytheacquiredunderstandingofthedepartmentalcontextandintricaciesto“unblockthingsthroughgoodrelationships withkeycontacts inother departments”.

· Participateintheplanninganddefinitionofthekeyprioritiestoensurecompliancewiththeproperaccountingtreatmentforcapitalexpenditures;

· Engageinternalstakeholderstodevelopbusiness requirementsforenhancementof

DRMIS(SAP) financialand material system in support of the Vote 5 Accounting Treatment Projectimplementation to comply with new Receiver General (RG) coding requirements (SAP is the ERPusedat

DND);

· Assist with thepreparation of communications on behalf of Senior management (communique’s tostaff andcentralagencies);

· Providestrategicinputforthepurposesofbriefing Senior Management (upto ADM) onthe projectimplicationsfor suchthingsas Briefing Notesor Memorandums ;and

· Advisethe

DGFOS(Project Sponsor) and Directorontheparticularrisks,challengestoimplementation.

Qualifications

· Mustdemonstratethattheproposed resource has an accountingdesignation(CPA,CA,CMA,orCGA).

· Mustclearlydemonstratethattheproposedresource has a minimum of five (5) yearsof experience within the last ten (10) yearsworking for or working with the Federal Governmentproviding financial managementadvicetoseniormanagement.

· Mustclearlydemonstratethattheproposedresource has a minimum of two (2) yearsof experience in the management ofcorporateandfinancialprojectsinvolving

· financialprocesses and systems that affectmultiplefunctionsacrosstheorganization

· Must clearlydemonstrate that theproposedresource has a minimum of two (2) yearsof experience performing accountingfunctionson assetsorinventorieswitha

· minimum

Net Book Valueof  $50

Million

· Must clearlydemonstrate that theproposedresource has a minimum of two (2) yearsofexperiencewithinthelastfive(5) yearsworking directly with and developing arelationship with one or more of the following

Governmentof

Canada Central Agencies:

· thePrime

Minister'sOffice;

· thePrivy Council Office ;

· theTreasury Boardof Canada Secretariat ;and

· theDepartmentof Finance

· Mustclearlydemonstratethattheproposedresource has a minimum of five (5) yearsinthelastten(10) yearssupportinga Government of Canada Department or Agency’s business processes that rely on theuseofan

SAP-based

Integrated Financialand Material System (IFMS).

MUST CURRENTLY HOLD VALIDRELIABILITY GOVERNMENT SECURITY CLEARENCE