Are you a highly motivated, organized, team-oriented individual? If so, consider this exciting opportunity with the Branch Business Administration Team in the Business Management Section of Aviation, Forest Fire, and Emergency Services!
About the division: Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services (AFFES) provides forest fire management services for the province including fire management policies and strategies, fire prevention and detection, and the basic resources for managing forest fires, aviation flight and maintenance crews and equipment in support of forest fire and natural resources management, and other specialized aviation services, including non-scheduled air transport to all government ministries and agencies. We support emergency management in response to forest fires, floods, drought/low water, dam failures, erosion, soil and bedrock instability, crude oil and natural gas exploration, natural gas and hydrocarbon underground storage, and salt solution mining emergencies.
Please note: Depending on the successful incumbent, this position may work from the following office locations:
• 95 Ghost Lake Rd., Dryden
• 70 Foster Dr., Sault Ste Marie
• 6150 Skyline Dr., Garson
About the job
• you will provide financial, administrative and fleet support services to AFFES section managers and staff.
• you will be required to work in a fast paced, team environment where you would be responsible for maintaining budget and fleet allocations, expenditures and reports through databases including updating and maintaining the database
• you will provide technical advice and guidance to client groups
What you bring to the team
Financial Skills:
• proven knowledge of and experience with financial administration, budget procedures and forecasting
• proven knowledge and work experience to prepare, analyze and consolidate financial reports with mathematical and problem solving skills
• proven skills to calculate fleet inventory budgets, balance reports, identify errors and to produce accurate financial and fleet reports.
• ability to interpret, apply and explain various Ministry and/or government financial policies, procedures, directives and guidelines.
• ability to use financial programs and review financial reports.
Administrative Skills
• ability to use computer programs and software applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, databases and e-mail
• ability to use office equipment to photocopy, transmit material and perform/arrange routine maintenance
Interpersonal and Communication Skills:
• demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills with ability to apply effective and appropriate judgement, tact and diplomacy when responding to general inquiries and specific questions
• proven experience in providing technical guidance, advice and explanations on financial, administrative and fleet requirements
• demonstrated ability to provide customer service to internal and external clients by sharing information, providing advice to clients and responding to general requests for information.
Analytical and Organizational Skills
• well developed analytical skills to assist the Financial Officer and/or Branch Business Administration Coordinator with drafting procedures/instructions for implementation
• a keen ability to determine urgency of matters and determine priority based on knowledge of subject matter
• demonstrated organizational skills to prioritize own workload and to ensure tasks are completed within established time frames and work with other time-sensitive demands
• demonstrated organizational skills to facilitate the tracking, collection and consolidation of regional fleet and budget information
Don't meet every qualification?
If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!
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Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's
Human Rights Code and the
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer
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