Recovery Alberta - Senior Consultant, Finance

at  Alberta Health Services

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

• 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 Tim