Technical Lead

Are you looking for a challenging opportunity where you can showcase your financial and accounting expertise, along with your excellent leadership and relationship management skills? Are you looking to apply your previous (or similar) experience working with public sector employee benefit plans accounting reporting? If so, consider this opportunity as Technical Lead on the Consolidations and Fiscal Support team in the Financial Reporting and Fiscal Support Branch of the Treasury Board Secretariat!

OPS Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism:

We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.

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What can I expect to do in this role?

You will:
• provide financial reporting, project methodology and project management expertise in the design, development and implementation of complex government financial priorities
• identify and resolve a range of complex accounting policy, data and financial risks and issues and, guide parties in resolving high-profile, sensitive and exceptionally complex matters
• lead the preparation of pension budget forecast and public accounts consolidation, including various pension and other post-employment liabilities
• manage and coordinate with other teams within the ministry to ensure information related to pension and other post-employment plans are requested and received from external parties promptly for the annual budget forecast and consolidation process
• provide support to the ministry in the implementation and application of accounting policies and modelling procedures related to pension accounting
• identify any special events related to pension and other post-employment plans that would impact the annual budget forecast and public accounts, and ensure such impacts are recognized by public sector accounting standards and government's accounting policies
• establish strategic and collaborative internal and external partnerships, integrating key activities, informing key stakeholders, and developing options for strategic decision-making and recommendations to senior ministry and central agency management
• lead the design and facilitation of training and change management for the accounting, financial reporting and consolidation of corporate initiatives

How do I qualify?

Mandatory

• You have obtained a Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) designation.

Note that you must be able to provide proof of your CPA designation prior to receiving a job offer.

Technical skills and knowledge:

• You have knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Public Sector Accounting Board accounting standards, consolidation theory and practice, and financial and accounting theories and practices.
• You have demonstrated experience applying your knowledge of employee benefits and pension reporting
• You have demonstrated experience with financial policy/procedures and systems design/development principles and methods to lead the development and implementation of various financial and business processing/operational policies/procedures and corporate systems to meet audit and government requirements.
• You have demonstrated experience with change management to identify and address training/knowledge needs and support organizational change.
• You have assurance and risk assessment expertise.

Leadership and relationship management skills:

• You have demonstrated experience building and maintaining efficient and effective professional relationships/networks to achieve organization goals and establish effective linkages with stakeholders.
• You have experience developing and implementing strategies to support organizational changes and building relationships and linkages to communicate reporting needs.

Research, problem-solving and analytical skills:

• You can gather information addressing unprecedented/complex issues, analyze the impact of new issues and requirements from a corporate perspective, and identify potentially contentious issues.
• You have experience conducting research and can assess information, identify best practices, and determine their applicability to assigned projects.
• You can identify problems, obstacles and opportunities, take appropriate action to address current or future problems or opportunities, and anticipate and act on problems not obvious to others to avoid future crisis.

Communication and interpersonal skills:

• You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to communicate with senior managers, employees, and other stakeholders to exchange information, resolve complex multi-tiered issues, and provide consultation and coordination.
• You have demonstrated experience preparing and presenting various communication materials on complex matters.

Project management skills:

• You have demonstrated experience providing project management leadership in the design, development, and implementation of enterprise-wide projects and financial reporting initiatives.
• You can guide on critical reporting issues, and provide authoritative expertise and guidance to senior management on project development.