Recovery Alberta – Senior Consultant, Finance

Job title: Recovery Alberta – Senior Consultant, Finance

Company: Alberta Health Services

Job description: Your Opportunity:You’re an experienced accountant who has worked within the public sector and knows what it takes to manage financial operations in a large, complex organization. Recovery Alberta, the all-new provincial entity dedicated to helping Albertans overcome their mental health and addiction challenges needs someone with your expertise to develop and implement processes, and procedures that adhere to core accounting principles, public sector reporting standards, in a large complex government environment. Bringing excellent critical thinking with a focus on process improvement, the Senior Consultant, Finance will support financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and audit functions for Recovery Alberta. In this role, you will evaluate complex data, develop strategic solutions, design processes and implement policies that effectively address the organization’s evolving needs. It is an exciting time to be a change leader within Recovery Alberta, as the province works to re-imagine and re-organize healthcare administration and delivery. As this is a provincial team, this position’s location is negotiable, and eligible for a remote/hybrid work arrangement within Alberta. A key part of Alberta’s provincial health system, Recovery Alberta knows that mental health is health. You can make a difference by ensuring public mental health and addiction supports are there for those who need them. Read on for full details and apply below!Description:Reporting to the Lead, Finance, the Senior Consultant, Finance supports the financial reporting and budgeting and forecast processes for Recovery Alberta, while focusing on process improvements. This lead position consults with stakeholders including operational leads, and senior management on prioritization, development, implementation, and evaluation of provincial initiatives, strategic plans, projects, or programs. The Senior Consultant analyzes evidence, assesses options, impacts, risks, makes recommendations, and develops conceptual models. In this leadership role, the incumbent supports the overseeing of budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and audit functions while serving as a key liaison between the Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction, health service organizations, and shared service partners. Furthermore, they lead, facilitate, organize, monitor, and report on the activities of stakeholders/workgroups in achieving outcomes on assigned work and/or projects. In addition to monitoring financial performance and providing strategic direction on funding models and performance, this role ensures internal controls and compliance are met. The Senior Consultant aids in the development of corporate and finance policies, writes briefing notes and creates presentations to support financial information presented to stakeholders. The position also reviews and creates signing authority process flows and supports risk assessment activities. Using their advanced communication and relationship management abilities, the position builds relationships, partnerships, and networks with stakeholders in the finance and corporate areas and may also functionally supervise members of work groups, project teams, and staff.

• Recovery Alberta: Y
• Classification: Senior Consultant
• Union: Exempt
• Unit and Program: Finance
• Primary Location: Seventh Street Plaza
• Location Details: Eligible to work hybrid (on/off site) within Alberta
• Negotiable Location: Provincial
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 18-FEB-2025
• Date Available: 28-FEB-2025
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $36.72
• Maximum Salary: $62.97
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:This position requires a post-secondary degree specializing in accounting or related field and five (5) or more years of accounting or financial experience. This position has transitioned to Recovery Alberta effective September 1, 2024. By applying on this posting, if you are the successful candidate, you agree to and will become an employee of Recovery Alberta.
Additional Required Qualifications:Strong analytical skills. Excellent technical skills in working with large complex spreadsheets. Practical experience in financial reporting, audit, policy development, change management and risk management. Effective communication & facilitation skills with strong organizational skills, client focused orientation and commitment to providing quality services. In particular, the ability to write clearly and succinctly about complex issues and options. Uses strategic thinking, considering long-term goals assessing options and implications. Ability to manage change and create innovative solutions for complex and diverse issues. Proven ability to foster partnerships and cooperation to achieve organizational goals within a large, diverse organization and managing within a unionized sector that interacts with numerous public agencies, government, boards, committees, and other partners.
Preferred Qualifications:Accounting experience preferably in health care or government setting. Professional accounting designation (CPA).Please note:All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.Security Screening:A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.Healthy Albertans. Healthy
Communities. Together.We’re passionate about what we do. Our team of skilled and dedicated health care professionals, support staff, and physicians promote wellness and provide health care every day, all across Alberta.Everything we do at AHS reflects a patient and family centred approach; it’s about putting patients’ and families’ experiences, priorities and trust first.We are an equal opportunity employer. AHS values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

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Location: Alberta

Job date: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 06:51:36 GMT

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