Finance and Agreement Coordinator

Employment Opportunity

FINANCE AND AGREEMENTS COORDINATOR

Permanent Full-time, Pay Level 5 $67,080.00 – $84,624.00

The County of Annapolis Municipal Operations department is currently seeking a Finance and Agreement Coordinator to join our team. This is an opportunity to work amongst the breathtaking natural beauty of the Bay of Fundy shoreline and the lush Annapolis River valley, where you will be captivated by coastal communities, towns, village, historic properties and stunning parks that are the pride of our county. Annapolis County is an ideal location to live, work and play.

Finance and Agreements Coordinator shall be responsible for coordinating the procurement of financial services, maintaining the Municipality’s insurance policy, establishing and maintaining a centralized purchasing process,

Preparing educational materials, pamphlets, brochures, and other print and electronic media to promote financially responsible and sustainable purchasing practices. Maintains a master list of all contracts and agreements, leads the development and implementation of an electronic purchase order system, supports a program for the Municipality of standing offers, contracts for the provision of real estate services

Responsible for completion of monthly bank reconciliations for capital and reserve bank accounts, assists Director of Finance with the development and preparation of internal control policies and processes, supports the Finance and Payroll Clerk with payroll maintenance and processing and acts as a backup, allocates interest earned to the Municipality’s various accounts and reserves

Maintains the tangible capital asset ledger including annual entries associated, cooperates fully with Municipal Auditor, prepares variance reports for operating accounts, provides support and leadership to all finance staff that they interact with, establishes and maintains a grant reporting database, annual preparation of the financial information return (FIR), supports Directors and other staff with purchasing in the creation and implementation of purchasing policies and processes, prepares reports and presentations for the Director of Finance, and carries out other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned from time to time by the Director of Finance.

Qualifications:

Candidates for this position must possess, as a minimum, an undergraduate degree in business, commerce, coupled with specialized technical training in public sector accounting, municipal accounting, public sector procurement program, or a similar educational program, or a combination of these educational requirements and lived experiences that meet requirements.

Additionally, the candidate must have a minimum of five (5) years of experience working in a government finance or procurement field, with preference given to those whose experience is directly or indirectly working with a municipal government organization, or a combination of formal experience and lived experiences.

Due to the nature of this position, the employee must have strong reading and writing skills, with meticulous attention to detail, spelling, and proofreading, be fluent with Microsoft Office, and be comfortable working in an environment that has short timelines and high political and business attention. This position will occasionally require work outside of normal office hours including evenings and weekends.

How apply:

Send Resume and cover letter expressing interest in the position to:

• Email: employment@annapoliscounty.ca
• To view Job description, you can visit: Municipality of the County of Annapolis – Employment (annapoliscounty.ca)

Camilo Lopera, HR Coordinator

(902) 532-0890

Municipality of the County of Annapolis

PO Box 100, 752 St, George Street

Annapolis Royal, NS B0S1A0

The County of Annapolis thanks all those for applying but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

www.AnnapolisCounty.ca

Municipality of the County of Annapolis