Yukon Government Hiring For Financial Accountant at Whitehorse, YT Full Time

Yukon government’s vision is an engaged and diverse public service that embraces innovation to deliver positive outcomes for Yukoners.

Our department makes a difference…

As the responsible stewards of public funds, the Department of Finance partners to ensure value for money in the delivery of programs and services for Yukoners. The Department of Finance serves as the territory’s statistical body and develops the territorial budget, corresponding supplementary budgets and Public Accounts for the territory. It is also responsible for negotiating, coordinating and representing Yukon on inter-governmental financial matters with other jurisdictions. In its capacity as a central agency, the department works with all areas of government in the creation of their annual departmental budgets and in processing operational accounts payable and accounts receivable transactions.

The opportunity…

The Office of the Comptroller provides a central service to the Government of Yukon by maintaining the financial management and reporting framework for departments, government corporations and executive decision makers. The services culminate in the production and delivery of the annual public accounts to the Legislative Assembly, providing transparency and accountability to the public.

The main responsibility of the Financial Accountant is the preparation of the Yukon Government’s financial statements, which includes the associated back-up documents and various schedules that are to be included in the Yukon Public Accounts. The Yukon Public Accounts includes consolidating multiple entities into one consolidated statement, which is audited by the Office of the Auditor General. The position is also responsible for providing advice to departments in regards to the public sector accounting standards, as well as reviewing transactions to ensure they are compliant with accounting standards. The Financial Accountant also reviews and prepares the T4/T4A’s for all Yukon Government that are non-payroll related (i.e. service contracts, honoraria, etc.).

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Yukon government cares about their employees and strives to offer a variety of learning and developmental opportunities including in-house training. Funding may also be available to support further education.

Flexible work and leave options may be available allowing you to balance your personal and professional needs.

We also have a comprehensive and generous benefits plan, providing for the health and wellbeing of you and your family.

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Essential Qualifications

Important application requirements:

Please submit your resume clearly demonstrating how you meet each of the following qualifications. Emphasize how your work experiences and related duties align with the essential and asset qualifications listed below. Note that selection for further consideration is based solely on the information you provide in your resume.

Include the month and year you started and ended a job when you list your work experience. This allows us to accurately calculate the length of time you were in the position.

For more information on how to prepare and submit your resume visit this resource page on Yukon.ca.

• Post-secondary bachelor’s degree with an accounting background or equivalent program. AND/OR Recently designated or near completion of a professional accounting designation will be considered an asset.

• Experience in analyzing and reviewing accounts to ensure account balances are reasonable

• Considerable experience applying accounting principles on all accounting transactions

• Considerable experience in the preparation of financial statements and associated back-up documents.

• Experience working with enterprise accounting systems.

• Experience with internal controls and process improvement will be considered an asset

Candidates who have education, training, and/or experience equivalent to the essential qualifications listed above may be equally considered.

Desired Knowledge, Skills and Suitability

To best support the achievement of key strategic and business objectives, candidates may be assessed on:

• Thinking Strategically
• Developing People
• Demonstrating Client Focus
• Leading Change and Innovation
• Ability to work in an organized, detailed manner under tight deadlines with a high degree of accuracy in an environment with changing priorities.
• Ability to summarize complex financial material into clear messages and plain language for a variety of audiences.
• Ability to facilitate discussions, work collaboratively and generate commitment while building relationships internally and externally, to reach the Departments goals.
• Ability to identify a problem, obstacle or opportunity and make appropriate recommendations to address current or future problems or opportunities.
• Ability to demonstrate strong self-awareness through deliberate learning from past experience and self-reflection to increase personal effectiveness and responsibility.
• Proficient in advanced Excel functions

Additional information

Conditions of Employment: ability to obtain a security clearance

Contact details:

If you have any questions about this position, please contact: Gurmaan Rai, Director of Financial Accounting, Reporting and Compliance at [email protected] or 867-332-6380

If you have questions about our recruitment process, please contact: Cassandra.Henderson, Human Resources at [email protected] or 867-667-5763