Finance Internship at Zurich's North American Headquarters in Schaumburg, IL for Summer 2026. Support various teams within the Finance organization and gain hands - on experience.
About the role
- Team Lead responsible for leading budget analysts in financial planning for the Ministry of Environment and Protected Areas. Ensuring accurate and timely financial updates and legislative briefings for the Ministry.
Responsibilities
- Reporting to the Director, Financial Planning, this position is responsible for leading a team of budget analysts in financial planning for the Ministry of Environment and Protected Areas (EPA).
- This process includes but is not limited to the Ministry's monthly forecasts, financial plan (Budget, Estimates, Targets and other budget documents), Quarterly Financial Updates, Legislative Committee briefings, revenue and cash flow updates and other Treasury Board ad hoc requests.
- This is accomplished by assisting in the development and maintenance of a comprehensive, timely and high-quality financial resource requirement process.
- In addition, the Team Lead assists divisional and program area staff with interpretation of their budget as well as assist them with financial planning related process questions.
- The responsibilities of this position relate to the Ministry, its department as well as its various reporting entities (e.g. Funds and Agencies).
- This position provides oversight to a team of budget analysts as well as works collaboratively with the Manager Financial Planning to monitor and deliver financial planning functions of the Ministry.
- The position is to represent the Ministry on cross-government committees to develop and improve financial and budget practices within the Department.
- Team Lead may act for the Manager, Financial Planning in their absence.
Requirements
- Four-year university degree in a related field such as Business, Finance, Accounting, Commerce or Management plus four years related experience.
- Equivalency: An equivalent combination of education and experience which includes as a minimum, completion of a recognized applied accounting degree or diploma program.
- Knowledge of budgeting, financial forecasting, costing theories, techniques and processes.
- Experience in preparing and overseeing complex budget and forecast submissions within a large organization.
- Experience preparing briefing materials that translate financial data into meaningful information for decision makers.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, including Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience working with relevant financial information systems, reporting tools and software (e.g., Excel, Power BI, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) / System Analysis Program (SAP) and ability to manipulate data sets.
- Experience in data management software or language (Business Intelligence Tools, SQL, VBA, Python, Tableau, Power BI).
- Canadian professional accounting designation (CPA or legacy designation) or equivalent.
- Experience working in financial planning area within public sector (Federal, Provincial, Municipal) in the last five years.
- Knowledge of government financial legislations, regulations and policies.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, directives, and procedures relating to budgeting and financial administration (e.g. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles - GAAP, Public Sector Accounting Board - PSAB, Financial Administration Act, Government Organization Act, Government Accountability Act, Fiscal Planning and Transparency Act, grant regulations and Treasury Board Directives).
Benefits
- Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP)
- Alberta Public Service Benefit Information
- Professional learning and development
- Positive workplace culture and work-life balance
- Leadership and mentorship programs
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