Corporate Financial Analyst (Manager Level Position)

About Us

At the Department of Finance and Treasury Board we strive to provide financial leadership, analysis and policies that strengthen Nova Scotia. As stewards of the province’s financial affairs, we deliver a wide range of corporate fiscal and management services – including the preparation of the provincial budget – as well as ensure government plans are coordinated and fiscally responsible.

About Our Opportunity

As the Corporate Finance Analyst you will provide sound, timely financial advice to the Department of Finance and Treasury Board across a number of corporate responsibilities and support functions within Treasury Board Office.

The Financial Analyst will provide a critical support role in primary functions within the Treasury Board Office (TBO) including financial analysis, costing, budgetary preparation, forecast monitoring, public accounts preparation, and mitigation analysis for senior management that is key for Executive Council / Treasury Policy Board decision making. The Analyst leads government employee compensation provisioning functions, vacancy savings and mitigation analysis for key decisions for government fiscal planning. The role oversees and monitors the number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE)’s province-wide and wage settlement funding requirements critical to accurate fiscal planning. The position is also accountable for the year-end processes for the office and leads the coordination of the Supplementary Estimates Detail document for Budget.

You will develop and maintain effective working relationships with senior management in the client departments, departmental managers with financial reporting responsibilities, and representatives of Finance and Treasury Board and the Office of the Auditor General.

As a Corporate Financial Advisor, you will report to the Executive Director, Treasury Board Office.

Primary Accountabilities

Responsibilities include:

• Preparing financial reporting and analysis to support TBO in monitoring corporate departmental expenses for assessing forecasted annual expenditures compared to the fiscal budget and providing analysis for identifying cost mitigations as needed and frequently under very strict, time sensitive deadlines. This requires high fluency with the use of the Province’s Corporate Financial Management System (SAP), Salary Analysis System (SAS) and Microsoft Excel.
• Summarizing, reporting, and reconciling the budgetary requests, including recoveries approved by TPB, ensuring approvals are appropriately reflected in the departments’ confidential target documents and subsequently, appropriations.
• Leading the preparation of the Estimates and Supplementary Detail book, accountable for the accuracy of the data and information ensuring it reconciles to appropriate reporting systems that is critical for Office of the Auditor General (OAG) requirements.
• Working in collaboration with the Lead Tangible Capital Asset Corporate Advisor to support the financial reporting of Tangible Capital Assets (TCA) and Capital Grants for all government departments.
• Acting as primary liaison with all departments for wage settlement analysis and review of wage claims submitted by departments for accuracy and appropriate funding transfers. Prepare the costing and financial analysis of union/non-union compensation for government.
• May provide limited assistance in staff assessments for Memorandums to Executive Council and/or Report and Recommendations to Government.
• Leading the coordination and preparation for final review of the consolidation impact for entities, crowns, agencies, and other special purpose funds have on the fiscal plan for budget preparation and forecast monitoring.

Qualifications and Experience

A Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or Commerce plus several years of progressive experience in financial management. An acceptable combination of education and experience will be considered.

A professional accounting designation (CPA, CA/CMA/CGA) would be a asset.

Additionally, it is required that candidates possess:

• Knowledge and experience in the delivery of a broad spectrum of government financial services to a varied client groups
• Strong experience with SAP, and a proficiency with SAS

As the ideal candidate, you have solid experience in budget development and business planning, forecasting; the ability to provide sound strategic financial and budgetary advice to senior members of the department; experience in providing sound financial advice to various stakeholder groups; effective leadership skills and experience creating, developing, and working in a team environment and be well organized to meet a demanding workload.

You have experience dealing with complex, contentious and sensitive issues in a public forum; excellent interpersonal and communication skills; strong analytical skills, tact and diplomacy; capacity for decisive action and the ability to influence others; the ability to manage multiple demands and interruptions in a challenging, deadline driven environment; as well as working both independently and collaboratively with all levels of management, staff, and other stakeholder groups.

Leadership competencies required at this level of work are: Analytical Thinking, Strategic Orientation, Innovativeness, Adaptability and Flexibility, Initiative, Effective Interactive Communication, Partnering and Relationship Building, and Intercultural and Diversity Proficiency.

We will assess the above qualifications and competencies using one or more of the following tools: written examination, oral presentations, interview(s), and reference checks.

Equivalency

Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their application.

Benefits

Based on the employment status and union agreement, the Government of Nova Scotia offers its employees a wide range of benefits such as a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Health, Dental, Life Insurance, General illness, Short and Long Term Disability, Vacation and Employee and Family Assistance Programs. For information on all our Benefit program offerings, click here: Benefits for government employees.

What We Offer

• Career Development where you have access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your career
• Engaging workplace: our Employees feel valued, respected, connected, and tuned in, we have forward-thinking policies and strategies
• Countless career paths
• A dynamic, client-focused office environment where service excellence and teamwork are our focus