Corporate Financial Advisor (Director 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.

We are constantly looking for new and better ways to plan, manage, budget and invest.

About Our Opportunity

As the Corporate Finance Advisor, 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 Advisor 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 Advisor 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:

• Prepare 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.
• Lead 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.
• Work 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.
• May provide limited assistance in staff assessments for Memorandums to Executive Council and/or Report and Recommendations to Government.
• The Advisor leads 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) is preferred, but not required.


Additionally, candidates should possess knowledge and experience providing strategic financial advice, guidance, direction to varied client groups 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.


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.

LEADS:

The Government of Nova Scotia has adopted the LEADS Leadership Framework. During the interview, candidates will be expected to express how they have demonstrated the key behaviours and capabilities required to effectively lead in a caring and inclusive environment. LEADS Domains includes Leads Self, Engage Others, Achieve Results, Develop Coalitions and Systems Transformation.

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

Benefits

Based on the employment status, 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
• Department specific flexible working schedules