Jumpstart Your Financial Career! CT-FIN Development Program (FIDP)

Important messages

We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the hiring process. If you need to be accommodated during any phase of the evaluation process, please use the Contact information below to request specialized accommodation. All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.

Assessment accommodation

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

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⭐ The CT-FIN Development Program is the largest recruiter of university graduates in the finance field across the public service. This structured 30-month development program aligns with the Office of the Comptroller General (OCG) and Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) National Financial Officer Recruitment and Development (FORD) Program.

Through work assignments, training and other professional development activities, the program’s two streams of trainees are supported throughout the two and a half years, with the CPA stream emphasis on attaining their professional accounting designation
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📢 How does this work?

✅ Step 1: Read the entire advertisement. Want to join our team? Let us know you’re interested! Click “Apply Online”

✅ Step 2: Give us the basics! Fill out a quick online application to express your interest.

✅ Step 3: Keep an eye on your inbox! If you meet our criteria, we’ll send you an email with a link to VidCruiter. There, you’ll complete a more detailed application and begin your first assessment
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The first pull of applications from the inventory will occur on December 2, 2024. Apply early to be considered for our immediate vacancies!

Please note that candidates will only be assessed once, and re-applications to the inventory will not be considered.

Work environment

🍁 At DND we foster a work environment where employees have opportunities to grow, learn, progress in their careers and have job satisfaction over the long-term. You’ll enjoy:

✅ A career among a dynamic and dedicated team
✅ Opportunities for advancement
✅ A diverse, respectful and inclusive work environment
✅ Work life balance! Including opportunities for flexible hours of work and compressed work weeks
✅ A total benefits package including a competitive salary, health and dental insurance plans, pension plan and a variety of leave entitlements

🏢 As per the TBS common hybrid work model for the Federal Public Service, there is an in-person requirement of at least 3 days per week in the office.

Intent of the process

A pool of partially or essentially qualified candidates may be established through this process and may be used to staff identical or similar positions at the Department of National Defence.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

Various language requirements
▶ English Essential
▶ French Essential

Information on language requirements

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ESSENTIAL EDUCATION

The minimum standard for positions classified at the FIDP level and above is always met through either of the following Education or Occupational Certification:

▶ A degree from a recognized post-secondary institution, with acceptable specialization in accounting, finance, business administration, commerce, or economics AND experience related to positions in the Financial Management subgroup

OR

▶ Eligibility for a recognized Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation

Acceptable Specialization:
↪ At DND, specialization at the FIDP level and above is defined as the successful completion of six (6) university level accounting, finance, business administration, commerce, or economics courses

Link for full notes: https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/staffing/qualification-standards/core.html#ct-fin

Degree equivalency

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ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

▶ Experience in providing financial advice, analyzing financial data or preparing financial reports

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ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES

▶ Strategic Lens
▶ Collaboration
▶ Adaptability
▶ Results Driven
▶ Communication

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ESSENTIAL ABILITIES

▶ Ability to work with Microsoft Excel

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

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ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS

▶ The Department of National Defence is committed to providing an environment where justice, fairness and the elimination of barriers helps build a skilled, diverse and representative workforce reflective of Canada. We welcome diversity in all its forms, promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply. Please note that preference for hiring will first be given to candidates who are members of the following designated groups: women, persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and Indigenous Peoples.

Information on employment equity

▶ As means to support our military families, consideration may first be given to the spouses or common-law partners of serving Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members

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OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

▶ Willing and able to work overtime

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

▶ Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

▶ Our organization will only accept on-line applications for this opportunity. Please click “Apply online” to submit your application. If there are limitations or special circumstances preventing you from submitting your application via the GC Jobs online portal, you must contact us and receive approval to apply via an alternate means PRIOR to the closing date.

▶ Depending on the position being staffed:
↪ Additional qualifications, operational requirements and/or conditions of employment may be required
↪ Varying degrees of breadth and depth of experience may be deemed essential
↪ Asset qualifications may be invoked as essential qualifications
↪ You may be contacted and asked to submit information or be further assessed

▶ Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid email address and make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.

▶ All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of application to close of process, may be used to evaluate the applicants. Your overall conduct and communications, including email correspondence, may be used in the assessment of qualifications and competencies.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans first and then to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Contact information

Apply online