Financial Management Advisor Jobs

About the Role

Finance Services are currently looking to create a pool of qualified candidates for the position of Financial Management Advisor (ADG-C).

As the Financial Management Advisor, you will be accountable for providing financial expertise and advice to a Service Head and management team within a large or complex client portfolio of the House of Commons. You are also accountable for the delivery of timely and reliable corporate financial expertise in supporting and advising on the preparation of HoC annual budgeting process and funding through Main/Supplementary Estimates, overall financial planning and analysis, as well as oversee the budget allocations, costing and development of funding strategies to address the House’s financial challenges and pressures. You will also be responsible for conducting ongoing analysis, financial projections, and risk assessment within the client group or corporately to support sound financial fact-based decision-making and resource management in achieving the House’s strategic priorities, while promoting a corporate perspective to the stewardship of resources.

Top Reasons to Join the Financial Planning Team

This is an opportunity to join a dynamic and knowledgeable team within Finance Services. We are the centre of expertise in financial planning and analysis. Our team provides strategic and high-quality financial planning, analysis and value-added advisory services to management across the organization. To thrive as a member of the Financial Planning Team, you must enjoy working with others and aspire to provide exceptional advisory services. You are the financial planning and analysis subject matter expert and you will be providing options and recommendations to senior management and to your clients within your portfolio in support of sound decision making. You will work with and learn from some talented experts in a variety of financial disciplines. Join our team for a truly unforgettable experience!

Education:

• Successful completion of a bachelor’s degree with specialization in accounting, finance, business administration, or commerce AND possession of a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation OR an acceptable combination of education, training and extensive relevant experience in financial management.

Experience:

• Extensive experience using Microsoft Excel and/or Power BI to execute financial modelling, complex formulas, manipulate large data sets, and prepare analyses and financial reports.
• Significant experience in at least one (1) of the following fields: Financial Planning and Advisory Services, Costing, Resource Management or Financial Reporting, Budgeting and Forecasting, Development and Interpretation of financial policies and procedures, Financial (accounting) Systems, Financial statements preparation;
• Significant and recent experience in the preparation of briefing materials, financial briefs and reports as well as analyzing and interpreting financial results;
• Significant and recent experience providing financial planning advice, guidance and interpretations to management;
• Experience using an Integrated Financial Systems (i.e., SAP, Oracle, Business World) to extract and interpret financial data;

Assets:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills when providing valuable insights, risk-based options and recommendations.
• Experience in Standardization, Process Management and Continuous Improvement;
• Experience supervising junior financial officers;
• Experience in Project Management and Change Management;
• Professional accounting designation (CPA);
• Master Business Administration (MBA);

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace by providing a barrier-free recruitment and selection process. If you have an accommodation request, require material in an accessible format, or need additional support with the application process, please contact Recruitment and Selection Services at [email protected].

Each bilingual position is assigned a linguistic profile that identifies the level of second language proficiency for reading comprehension, written expression and oral interaction required. The profile for this position is CBC. Consideration may be given to candidates with other linguistic profiles. 

Qualified candidates may be considered for future vacancies for this role or for other similar and/or related roles on an indeterminate and/or fixed term basis.

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