Financial Specialist - Senior

Renaud Consulting IM / IT Solutions; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting firm in Ottawa seeks a Financial Specialist (Senior) to provide expert financial management advice for government projects. The ideal candidate will have a CPA designation and substantial experience working with senior management in the Federal Government. Responsibilities include advising on capital expenditures, engaging stakeholders, and developing financial systems improvements. This role requires strong relationships with key government agencies and a valid Reliability Government Security Clearance.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years of experience providing financial management advice to senior management in the Federal Government.
• Minimum two years managing corporate and financial projects affecting multiple functions.
• Minimum two years performing accounting functions on assets or inventories valued over $50 million.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist advice on accounting treatment for capital expenditures.
• Engage with stakeholders to communicate necessary changes.
• Assist senior management with relevant meetings and strategy.

Skills

Financial management advice

Stakeholder engagement

Process improvement

Accounting practices

Education

CPA, CA, CMA, or CGA designation

Tools

SAP ERP

Job description

Description : Responsibilities

• Provide specialist advice on accounting treatment for capital expenditures and ensure the advice given is the best, providing a second opinion to civil servants. The Financial Specialist (Senior) needs to be innovative and think critically to find process and system solutions that work.
• Attend official meetings to assist senior management usefully in all aspects of the work.
• Develop, through the engagement of internal stakeholders, the recommended changes to processes and procedures, and collaborate with the Information Management (IM) team on system changes.
• Engage with stakeholders to communicate the identified changes, close gaps, and bring the DND into compliance from a policy perspective;
• Apply the acquired understanding of the departmental context and interactions to "unblock things" through good relationships with key contacts in other departments.
• Participate in the planning and definition of the key priorities to ensure compliance with the proper accounting treatment for capital expenditures;
• Engage internal stakeholders to develop business requirements for the enhancement of DRMIS (SAP) financial and material system in support of the Vote 5 Accounting Treatment Project implementation to comply with new Receiver General (RG) coding requirements (SAP is the ERP used at DND);
• Assist with the preparation of communications on behalf of senior management (communications to staff and central agencies);
• Provide strategic input for briefing senior management (up to ADM) on the project implications, such as Briefing Notes or Memorandums; and
• Advise the DGFOS (Project Sponsor) and Director on particular risks and challenges of implementation.

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate that the proposed resource has an accounting designation (CPA, CA, CMA, or CGA).
• Must clearly demonstrate that the proposed resource has a minimum of five (5) years of experience within the last ten (10) years working for or with the Federal Government providing financial management advice to senior management.
• Must clearly demonstrate that the proposed resource has a minimum of two (2) years of experience in managing corporate and financial projects involving financial processes and systems that affect multiple functions across the organization.
• Must clearly demonstrate that the proposed resource has a minimum of two (2) years of experience performing accounting functions on assets or inventories with a minimum Net Book Value of $50 Million.
• Must clearly demonstrate that the proposed resource has a minimum of two (2) years of experience within the last five (5) years working directly with and developing relationships with one or more of the following Government of Canada Central Agencies:
• - the Prime Minister's Office;
• - the Privy Council Office;
• - the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat; and
• - the Department of Finance.

Must currently hold a valid Reliability Government Security Clearance.