There is a pool being posted for FI-03 positions at PWGSC. The posting indicates 1 (one) position is open, but I was in this same process last year and it is actually a pool being created to staff all open FI-03 positions.
Last year, 18 candidates qualified for the pool, and eventually 14 of these candidates were eventually appointed to the position. Even though the pool was only open until roughly October 2013, candidates continued to be nominated to positions as recently as a couple of months ago. I highly suspect that the 4 candidates that were not nominated likely found FI-03 positions elsewhere. (i.e. everyone that qualifies into the pool will eventually get called). At the interview stage, I was told that "the positions usually go pretty quickly".
Just wanted to spread the word, as many times candidates see that there is only "one" position being staffed, but don't realize that in fact the posting is to create a pool of qualified candidates, many of which will eventually be nominated to the position.
Closing date to apply is May 20, 2014.
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Position Information
Selection Process Number : 2014-SVC-IA-HQ-15568
Position Title(s) : Financial Advisor (various titles)
Classification(s) : FI - 03
Salary : $80,186.00 - $103,333.00 per year
Federal Organization(s) -
Sub-Organization(s) : Department of Public Works and Government Services - Finance and Administration Branch
Location(s) : Quebec - Gatineau
Ontario - Ottawa
Type of Advertisement: Indeterminate , Deployment , Acting
Anticipated number of positions that may be staffed with this advertised process : 1
Intent / Result of this process: A pool of qualified candidates may be established to staff positions within Public Works and Government Services Canada. Please note that most positions are located in Gatineau.
Area of Selection / Closing Date
Open to: Persons employed in the Public Service of Canada occupying a position in the National Capital Region and employees of Public Works and Government Services Canada across Canada.
Closing Date : Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Applications submitted using the "apply-online" button below can be submitted until 23:59 (Pacific time) on the closing date of this Job Opportunity Advertisement
Essential Qualifications
Personal information is collected only for the purpose of appointment as required. With respect to transparency, the application of merit criteria, including asset qualifications and organizational needs, such as achieving a representative workforce, may be shared during the appointment process.
View the complete Statement of Merit Criteria & Conditions of Employment .
Essential Qualifications
Applicants must clearly demonstrate on their application that they meet all the following essential criteria and are within the area of selection. Failure to do so may result in the rejection of your application.
IMPORTANT: Applicants MUST provide a cover letter that clearly demonstrates how they meet each screening criterion (Essential qualifications: Education and Experience (2 or more) and Asset qualifications) in the format prescribed:
To do so, you MUST proceed by using the following format: Use each screening criterion chosen as a header, and then explain how you meet this qualification –
A) 1 to 2 paragraphs ONLY per criteria demonstrating that you have the required education and experience and ensure to provide concrete, clear and detailed examples.
B) the period(s) in which you performed the functions (FROM month-year TO month-year) and
C) the position occupied. For experience within the Public Service, you MUST indicate the group and level, i.e. FI-02.
The Screening Board cannot and will not make any assumptions about your experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current or past duties.
The curriculum vitae will be a secondary source to confirm the experience described in the cover letter.
APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CANDIDATE MEETS THE ESSENTIAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE CRITERIA WILL NOT BE GIVEN FURTHER CONSIDERATION.
CANDIDATES WILL NOT BE SOLICITED FOR INCOMPLETE OR MISSING INFORMATION.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor degree from a recognized university with *specialization in one of the following fields: accounting, finance, business administration, commerce or economics; OR Member of a recognized professional accounting designation (CA, CGA, CMA or CPA).
*Specialization is defined as a minimum of 30 credits within one of these areas: accounting, finance, business administration, commerce or economics.
EXPERIENCE:
*Significant experience in two (2) or more of the following finance areas:
- Experience in the production of financial reports such as departmental performance reports, public accounts, financial statements, etc.;
- Experience in financial planning;
- Experience in budgeting and forecasting;
- Experience in accounting operations;
- Experience in providing financial management advisory services;
- Experience in internal controls;
- Experience in cost-based management;
- Experience in the development or the revision or the interpretation of financial policy instruments;
- Experience in the preparation or review of Cabinet documents;
- Experience in financial systems development or upgrades or support or testing of new functionalities;
- Experience in financial auditing;
- Experience in various projects related to financial community renewal and development.
*Significant experience is defined as the combined experience in two (2) or more finance areas that would have been gained over a period of approximately 36 months in total at the FI-02 level. For employees of the public service, this means experience at the FI-02 level (or equivalent group and level).
*Also see note in Asset Qualifications
Official Language Proficiency : Bilingual Imperative - Level: CBC / CBC
Other Official Language Information :
The positions to be staffed may require the following language requirements: Bilingual imperative CBC/CBC and BBB/BBB.
Please note that most positions are Bilingual Imperative - level CBC/CBC.
Applicants must demonstrate on their application that they meet the following criteria.
Asset Qualifications
AFFILIATION AND EDUCATION:
Member of a recognized professional accounting association (CA, CGA, CMA or CPA) AND a Bachelor degree from a recognized university with specialization in accounting, finance, business administration, commerce or economics;
Asset Qualifications
EXPERIENCE:
*NOTE: Should you have experience in more than one finance area as indicated in the Essential Experience criteria, please clearly demonstrate this on your application as it may be used for placement purposes.
- Experience in leading work teams or supervising employees;
- Experience in working with SAP financial system;
- Experience in financial system business requirements analysis;
- Experience in the delivery of information sessions and/or training activities to SAP users and/or customers;
- Experience in project management;
- Experience in the provision of financial advice and guidance to *senior management;
- Experience in preparing briefing notes;
- Experience in preparing presentations;
- Experience in negotiation.
*'Senior management' is defined as director level and above.
Organizational Needs
Placement of PWGSC employees affected by work force adjustment.
Placement of employees subject to current or future reorganization.
Public Works and Government Services Canada is committed to establishing and maintaining a representative workforce. This organizational need may be identified as part of the appointment decision. In such cases, qualified candidates who self-declare as members of a visible minority group, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities or women (in non-traditional occupations) would be considered.
Operational Requirements
Be willing and able to work overtime on short notice
Be willing and able to travel occasionally
Conditions of Employment
Reliability and Security : Confidential
Other Conditions of Employment :
Some position may require reliability, confidential or secret security status.
This factor is not used at the pre-selection stage. The hiring department is responsible for the security clearance process.
Duties
Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) helps the Government of Canada serve Canadians. With a strong focus on quality customer service, we provide innovative common services such as real estate and building management, purchasing, banking, pay and pensions, and translation to other government departments, agencies and boards. By providing these centralized services to departments and agencies, we enable them to focus on what they do best: providing their programs and services to Canadians.
As an organization, PWGSC strives to give all its employees opportunities to achieve organizational, professional and personal goals in a respectful and inclusive workplace, mobilized and supported by leadership at all levels. For more information on PWGSC's People Management Philosophy and Our Commitments please see the following link: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/apropos...pe-pc-eng.html.
The Finance Branch at PWGSC ensures that departmental financial resources are managed with prudence and probity, provides professional financial management analysis, advice, guidance and decision support; serves to optimize the departmental financial resource investments, and provides functional direction in the development of financial management process improvements and appropriate controls and tools.
We are looking for dynamic, enthusiastic individuals who want to pursue a rewarding and challenging career in the fields of financial management, financial planning and reporting, cost-based management, accounting and controls, policies and procedures, and financial systems.
Please visit us at http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/carrier...index-eng.html
General Inquiries
Name: [Removed for privacy reasons]
Title: Human Resources Advisor
Telephone : [Removed for privacy reasons] Ext. :
Fax : [Removed for privacy reasons]
E-mail : [Removed for privacy reasons]
Your online application will be sent to
Name : [Removed for privacy reasons]
Title : Senior Human Resources Assistant
Address : 11 Laurier Street, 2c1-79B
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0S5
Telephone : [Removed for privacy reasons] Ext. :
Fax : [Removed for privacy reasons]
E-mail : [Removed for privacy reasons]
Other Information (Notes)
The Public Service of Canada is committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection and appointment processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to this process, please advise the organization's representative of your need for accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner.
Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.
Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.
Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.
Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application
Reference checks may be sought.
An interview may be administered.
A written examination may be administered.
Please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or application form.
Please ensure that your Personal Record Identifier (PRI) is included in your application.
Indeterminate employees at the same group and level or equivalent may be considered for deployment. If no deployment is made, applicants from other groups and levels will be considered in the advertised appointment process.
Please note that when the appointment process is finalized, a Notification of Consideration (First Notification) and a Notification of Appointment or Proposal of Appointment (Second Notification) will be posted on Publiservice. It is your responsibility to check for notifications on the Publiservice site to avail yourself of the right to informal discussion with the manager and/or recourse to be submitted to the Public Service Staffing Tribunal.
Appointment decisions may be based on organizational needs. We therefore encourage candidates to self-declare their membership to any of the four employment equity designated groups in order to be considered should the organizational need be invoked during the appointment process.
Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Candidates who apply on this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and to make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is the candidate’s responsibility to provide any changes to their personal information to the contact indicated on this job advertisement.
PLEASE APPLY ONLINE. While online application is the preferred method, your application can also be sent by e-mail OR by fax OR by courier, in which case you must indicate the process reference number and your application must be received at the latest on the closing date. You can also send your application by mail in which case it must be postmarked at the latest on the closing date and received within ten (10) calendar days of the closing date.
You must be prepared to provide the original or a certified true copy of your educational credentials.
Management may use top-down consideration of scores at various steps in the process.
**YOUR APPLICATION HAS TO START WITH THE FOLLOWING ESSENTIAL INFORMATION**
1- LETTER OF PRESENTATION EXPLAINING HOW YOU MEET THE REQUIRED CRITERIA (AS PER THE FORMAT REQUESTED IN THE ''ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS'' SECTION.)
2- YOUR PERSONNEL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (PRI)
3- YOUR CURRENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS (INDETERMINATE OR TERM)
4- THE GROUP AND LEVEL OF YOUR SUBSTANTIVE POSITION
5- THE DEPARTMENT YOU CURRENTLY WORK FOR.
**IN ADDITION, YOU MUST CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE**
THAT YOU MEET THE ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS BY RELATING THEM TO YOUR WORK EXPERIENCES (Do not forget to specify the duration in terms of dates).
Last year, 18 candidates qualified for the pool, and eventually 14 of these candidates were eventually appointed to the position. Even though the pool was only open until roughly October 2013, candidates continued to be nominated to positions as recently as a couple of months ago. I highly suspect that the 4 candidates that were not nominated likely found FI-03 positions elsewhere. (i.e. everyone that qualifies into the pool will eventually get called). At the interview stage, I was told that "the positions usually go pretty quickly".
Just wanted to spread the word, as many times candidates see that there is only "one" position being staffed, but don't realize that in fact the posting is to create a pool of qualified candidates, many of which will eventually be nominated to the position.
Closing date to apply is May 20, 2014.
***
Position Information
Selection Process Number : 2014-SVC-IA-HQ-15568
Position Title(s) : Financial Advisor (various titles)
Classification(s) : FI - 03
Salary : $80,186.00 - $103,333.00 per year
Federal Organization(s) -
Sub-Organization(s) : Department of Public Works and Government Services - Finance and Administration Branch
Location(s) : Quebec - Gatineau
Ontario - Ottawa
Type of Advertisement: Indeterminate , Deployment , Acting
Anticipated number of positions that may be staffed with this advertised process : 1
Intent / Result of this process: A pool of qualified candidates may be established to staff positions within Public Works and Government Services Canada. Please note that most positions are located in Gatineau.
Area of Selection / Closing Date
Open to: Persons employed in the Public Service of Canada occupying a position in the National Capital Region and employees of Public Works and Government Services Canada across Canada.
Closing Date : Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Applications submitted using the "apply-online" button below can be submitted until 23:59 (Pacific time) on the closing date of this Job Opportunity Advertisement
Essential Qualifications
Personal information is collected only for the purpose of appointment as required. With respect to transparency, the application of merit criteria, including asset qualifications and organizational needs, such as achieving a representative workforce, may be shared during the appointment process.
View the complete Statement of Merit Criteria & Conditions of Employment .
Essential Qualifications
Applicants must clearly demonstrate on their application that they meet all the following essential criteria and are within the area of selection. Failure to do so may result in the rejection of your application.
IMPORTANT: Applicants MUST provide a cover letter that clearly demonstrates how they meet each screening criterion (Essential qualifications: Education and Experience (2 or more) and Asset qualifications) in the format prescribed:
To do so, you MUST proceed by using the following format: Use each screening criterion chosen as a header, and then explain how you meet this qualification –
A) 1 to 2 paragraphs ONLY per criteria demonstrating that you have the required education and experience and ensure to provide concrete, clear and detailed examples.
B) the period(s) in which you performed the functions (FROM month-year TO month-year) and
C) the position occupied. For experience within the Public Service, you MUST indicate the group and level, i.e. FI-02.
The Screening Board cannot and will not make any assumptions about your experience. It is not sufficient to say that you have the required qualifications or to list your current or past duties.
The curriculum vitae will be a secondary source to confirm the experience described in the cover letter.
APPLICATIONS THAT DO NOT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CANDIDATE MEETS THE ESSENTIAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE CRITERIA WILL NOT BE GIVEN FURTHER CONSIDERATION.
CANDIDATES WILL NOT BE SOLICITED FOR INCOMPLETE OR MISSING INFORMATION.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor degree from a recognized university with *specialization in one of the following fields: accounting, finance, business administration, commerce or economics; OR Member of a recognized professional accounting designation (CA, CGA, CMA or CPA).
*Specialization is defined as a minimum of 30 credits within one of these areas: accounting, finance, business administration, commerce or economics.
EXPERIENCE:
*Significant experience in two (2) or more of the following finance areas:
- Experience in the production of financial reports such as departmental performance reports, public accounts, financial statements, etc.;
- Experience in financial planning;
- Experience in budgeting and forecasting;
- Experience in accounting operations;
- Experience in providing financial management advisory services;
- Experience in internal controls;
- Experience in cost-based management;
- Experience in the development or the revision or the interpretation of financial policy instruments;
- Experience in the preparation or review of Cabinet documents;
- Experience in financial systems development or upgrades or support or testing of new functionalities;
- Experience in financial auditing;
- Experience in various projects related to financial community renewal and development.
*Significant experience is defined as the combined experience in two (2) or more finance areas that would have been gained over a period of approximately 36 months in total at the FI-02 level. For employees of the public service, this means experience at the FI-02 level (or equivalent group and level).
*Also see note in Asset Qualifications
Official Language Proficiency : Bilingual Imperative - Level: CBC / CBC
Other Official Language Information :
The positions to be staffed may require the following language requirements: Bilingual imperative CBC/CBC and BBB/BBB.
Please note that most positions are Bilingual Imperative - level CBC/CBC.
Applicants must demonstrate on their application that they meet the following criteria.
Asset Qualifications
AFFILIATION AND EDUCATION:
Member of a recognized professional accounting association (CA, CGA, CMA or CPA) AND a Bachelor degree from a recognized university with specialization in accounting, finance, business administration, commerce or economics;
Asset Qualifications
EXPERIENCE:
*NOTE: Should you have experience in more than one finance area as indicated in the Essential Experience criteria, please clearly demonstrate this on your application as it may be used for placement purposes.
- Experience in leading work teams or supervising employees;
- Experience in working with SAP financial system;
- Experience in financial system business requirements analysis;
- Experience in the delivery of information sessions and/or training activities to SAP users and/or customers;
- Experience in project management;
- Experience in the provision of financial advice and guidance to *senior management;
- Experience in preparing briefing notes;
- Experience in preparing presentations;
- Experience in negotiation.
*'Senior management' is defined as director level and above.
Organizational Needs
Placement of PWGSC employees affected by work force adjustment.
Placement of employees subject to current or future reorganization.
Public Works and Government Services Canada is committed to establishing and maintaining a representative workforce. This organizational need may be identified as part of the appointment decision. In such cases, qualified candidates who self-declare as members of a visible minority group, Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities or women (in non-traditional occupations) would be considered.
Operational Requirements
Be willing and able to work overtime on short notice
Be willing and able to travel occasionally
Conditions of Employment
Reliability and Security : Confidential
Other Conditions of Employment :
Some position may require reliability, confidential or secret security status.
This factor is not used at the pre-selection stage. The hiring department is responsible for the security clearance process.
Duties
Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) helps the Government of Canada serve Canadians. With a strong focus on quality customer service, we provide innovative common services such as real estate and building management, purchasing, banking, pay and pensions, and translation to other government departments, agencies and boards. By providing these centralized services to departments and agencies, we enable them to focus on what they do best: providing their programs and services to Canadians.
As an organization, PWGSC strives to give all its employees opportunities to achieve organizational, professional and personal goals in a respectful and inclusive workplace, mobilized and supported by leadership at all levels. For more information on PWGSC's People Management Philosophy and Our Commitments please see the following link: http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/apropos...pe-pc-eng.html.
The Finance Branch at PWGSC ensures that departmental financial resources are managed with prudence and probity, provides professional financial management analysis, advice, guidance and decision support; serves to optimize the departmental financial resource investments, and provides functional direction in the development of financial management process improvements and appropriate controls and tools.
We are looking for dynamic, enthusiastic individuals who want to pursue a rewarding and challenging career in the fields of financial management, financial planning and reporting, cost-based management, accounting and controls, policies and procedures, and financial systems.
Please visit us at http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/carrier...index-eng.html
General Inquiries
Name: [Removed for privacy reasons]
Title: Human Resources Advisor
Telephone : [Removed for privacy reasons] Ext. :
Fax : [Removed for privacy reasons]
E-mail : [Removed for privacy reasons]
Your online application will be sent to
Name : [Removed for privacy reasons]
Title : Senior Human Resources Assistant
Address : 11 Laurier Street, 2c1-79B
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0S5
Telephone : [Removed for privacy reasons] Ext. :
Fax : [Removed for privacy reasons]
E-mail : [Removed for privacy reasons]
Other Information (Notes)
The Public Service of Canada is committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection and appointment processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to this process, please advise the organization's representative of your need for accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner.
Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.
Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.
Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.
Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application
Reference checks may be sought.
An interview may be administered.
A written examination may be administered.
Please identify clearly your substantive group and level and your employment status on your resume and/or application form.
Please ensure that your Personal Record Identifier (PRI) is included in your application.
Indeterminate employees at the same group and level or equivalent may be considered for deployment. If no deployment is made, applicants from other groups and levels will be considered in the advertised appointment process.
Please note that when the appointment process is finalized, a Notification of Consideration (First Notification) and a Notification of Appointment or Proposal of Appointment (Second Notification) will be posted on Publiservice. It is your responsibility to check for notifications on the Publiservice site to avail yourself of the right to informal discussion with the manager and/or recourse to be submitted to the Public Service Staffing Tribunal.
Appointment decisions may be based on organizational needs. We therefore encourage candidates to self-declare their membership to any of the four employment equity designated groups in order to be considered should the organizational need be invoked during the appointment process.
Our intention is to communicate with candidates via email. Candidates who apply on this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and to make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). It is the candidate’s responsibility to provide any changes to their personal information to the contact indicated on this job advertisement.
PLEASE APPLY ONLINE. While online application is the preferred method, your application can also be sent by e-mail OR by fax OR by courier, in which case you must indicate the process reference number and your application must be received at the latest on the closing date. You can also send your application by mail in which case it must be postmarked at the latest on the closing date and received within ten (10) calendar days of the closing date.
You must be prepared to provide the original or a certified true copy of your educational credentials.
Management may use top-down consideration of scores at various steps in the process.
**YOUR APPLICATION HAS TO START WITH THE FOLLOWING ESSENTIAL INFORMATION**
1- LETTER OF PRESENTATION EXPLAINING HOW YOU MEET THE REQUIRED CRITERIA (AS PER THE FORMAT REQUESTED IN THE ''ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS'' SECTION.)
2- YOUR PERSONNEL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (PRI)
3- YOUR CURRENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS (INDETERMINATE OR TERM)
4- THE GROUP AND LEVEL OF YOUR SUBSTANTIVE POSITION
5- THE DEPARTMENT YOU CURRENTLY WORK FOR.
**IN ADDITION, YOU MUST CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE**
THAT YOU MEET THE ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS BY RELATING THEM TO YOUR WORK EXPERIENCES (Do not forget to specify the duration in terms of dates).