Description

Title: Senior Finance Officer - Supervisory

Department: Education

Community: Iqaluit

Requisition Number: 950

Type of Employment: Indeterminate

Salary range: $113,146 to $128,412 per year, 37.5 hours/week

Northern Allowance: $16,328 per year

Housing: Subsidized Staff Housing is not Available

Union Status: Nunavut Employees Union

Closing date: September 25, 2026 @ 11:59 p.m. eastern time

This employment opportunity is restricted to residents of Iqaluit only.

An eligibility list may be created to fill future vacancies.

Reporting to the Controller, the Senior Finance Officer – Supervisory, provides senior financial advice and support to clients and staff, assess and evolve financial procedures, internal controls. audit verification processes and reporting, to ensure operational effectiveness, quality financial and client services, in accordance with the financial and service goals of the Government of Nunavut. The role impacts the quality of accounting operations, budget control and financial services provided to the assigned Department(s), compliance with legislative, policy and financial control frameworks and the accuracy of financial reports.

Responsibilities The main responsibilities for the Senior Finance Officer – Supervisory include, but are not limited to:

- Planning, developing and managing the implementation and evolution of approved operational policies, procedures, processes, tools and systems governing accounting operations and other financial services.
- Monitoring and ensuring compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, financial and other applicable GN legislation, policy, procedures and collective agreements. and effective control of assigned accounts, revenue, multi-million-dollar budgets and assets as well as administering/verifying complex, higher risk accounts. Exercises defined delegated authorities in accordance with the Financial Administration Act (FAA).




- Supervises and provides senior advice on the maintenance and quality of information in the Free Balance financial and other systems, control processes, audit preparation, and required reporting.
- Provides senior advice to the Manager on such issues as budget forecasting, management and adjustments. the reallocation of funds, and the financial implications of proposed policy changes as they pertain to financial procedures and the FAA.
- Determining needs, planning, conducting or leading to ongoing and ad hoc studies and research projects, carrying out in-depth analyses of program initiatives budget and other financial issues. Analyzing and summarizing results.
- Representing the Department with auditors, vendors, suppliers the general public and other stakeholders, ensuring effective relations, and negotiating the resolution of financial issues as well as service contracts, as assigned as well as supervising the maintenance of accounting records and databases, and the filing, access, return, destruction and archiving of confidential and other records in accordance with records management policy.

Qualifications The knowledge, skills, and abilities required for this job are usually obtained through a recognized Diploma in business administration or related field with minimum three (3) years of relevant experience in accounting, auditing or similar financial area, in a computerized setting.

Experience in conducting background research and analysis, developing financial reports and summaries, providing advisory services to a client, supervising, mentoring,



and/or providing training and/or guidance to colleagues and/or subordinate staff is also required.

The Official Languages of Nunavut are Inuktut, English and French. Applicants may submit their resume in any of the official languages of Nunavut. Fluency in more than one of Nunavut’s official languages would be considered an asset. Knowledge of Inuit communities, culture, land,Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, Inuktut and experience working in a northern cross-cultural environment are also considered assets.

Acceptable combinations of education and experience may be considered for this position. We encourage you to apply if you have equivalent years of education and/or experience equal to the education and experience requirements listed above.

- The Government of Nunavut is committed to creating a representative workforce; therefore, priority will be given to Nunavut Inuit who self-identify as being enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement in accordance with the Priority Hiring Policy.
- Government of Nunavut employees serving a probationary period must obtain and provide written authorization from the deputy head of their employing department. The authorization from the deputy head must accompany your application for your application to be considered.
- Possession of a criminal record may not disqualify candidates from being considered. An assessment of the criminal record will be measured against the scope and duties of the position. This is only a requirement for positions that require a satisfactory criminal record or vulnerable sector check.
- Applicants may submit their resume in any of the Official Languages of Nunavut.
- Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
- The onus is on candidates in receipt of foreign post-secondary education credentials to have their foreign credentials assessed through a recognized Canadian education institution. Failure to do so may result in the rejection of their application.

📌 Senior Finance Officer - Supervisory (Canada)
🏢 Government of Nunavut
📍 Canada