Expenditure Analyst

Role Responsibilities

The Expenditure Analyst provides guidance and training to ministry representatives on financial processes, including public disclosure, 1GX, Concur, and P-Card activities. The role also coordinates expenditure-related activities across units and program areas.

Responsibilities include:

• Analyzes and reconciles reports to the department General Ledger and expenditure reports to identify errors, resolve discrepancies, prepare journals for transfer and ensure data integrity.
• Coordinates, prepares, and analyzes accrual documents for expenditures and capital, prepares journal entries, and analyzes and reconciles reports to ensure accuracy of accruals.
• Prepares accrual working papers to support expense information in financial statements.
• Responds to enquiries, provides guidance to users, and identifies and resolves issues.
• Serves as Ministry Procurement Card administrator, obtains required approvals, liaises with the Concur team on procurement cardholders’ designations.
• Coordinates with the Minister's Office, management and administrative staff to resolve issues and communicate new processes.
• Provides consultation to the development of Ministry expenditure management processes to ensure compliance with legislation, regulations, policies and internal control principles.

The job description is provided for further details on this position.

APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

Creative Problem Solving – Interprets financial standards and policies, using professional judgment and available resources to identify solutions, resolve issues, and provide advice for decision making.

Agility – Adapts to tight timelines and changing priorities while coordinating with other departments and adhering to 1GX timelines and requirements.

Drive for Results – Delivers accurate and timely quarterly and year-end results and anticipates potential issues that may affect financial reporting and closing.

Systems Thinking – Reviews and revises expenditure policies and procedures to improve processes, increase efficiency and support finance operations.

Qualifications

Required:

• University graduation in Business, Commerce, Finance, Accounting, Management or another related field plus one year related experience.

Equivalency:

• 2 year related diploma plus 3 years directly related experience.

Assets:

• Strong working knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning systems (e.g., 1GX) and the various financial interface systems such as Concur and the Electronic Payment System (EPS).
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, including Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong leadership and communication skills with well-developed advisory and consultancy skills.
• Working knowledge of government financial accounting and reporting, audit, accountability, and internal control principles and practices.

A cover letter must accompany your application and should indicate how your previous work experience aligns with the qualifications and competencies required. Please provide clear examples of how you meet the criteria and skills required in your cover letter. Failure to provide a cover letter will lead to the application being screened out. A cover letter will be one of the ways to assess communication skills of candidates.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification.

Notes

Hours of work: 36.25 hours per week.

Final candidates will be required to undergo a criminal records check (CRC).

Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in.

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