Ministry of Social Development and Family Services
Port of Spain
Job Description
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">Performs and/or oversees strategic, broad-impact financial analysis, reporting, and systems development for a major, multi-unit operating entity of the Ministry of Social Development and Family Services.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
Key and Critical Responsibilities
<ul><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Analyses past results, perform variance analysis, identify trends, and make recommendations for&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">improvements.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">Works closely with the Investigation and Compliance teams to ensure accuracy and transparency of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">financial reporting or data.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <ul><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">Analysing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <ul><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">Analyses trends in payments made by the Ministry and provide forecasting information on payments and </span><span style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">t</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"=""><span style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">rends </span>by regions.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <ul><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">Advises the Executive on important decisions regarding the leakage of funds in the various grants and</span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%; font-size: 15px;" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">other investments made by Ministry in the transformation&nbsp; &nbsp;and empowerment of the vulnerable.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <ul><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">Prepares report and projections based on the data available.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <ul><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">Advises on payments made regarding the investment in the development of the vulnerable.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <ul><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 15px;" times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">Evaluates and assesses current and previous financial data on payments and makes recommendations to</span>&nbsp;<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">manage the financial resources.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">&nbsp;</span></p>
Key Competency
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">Analytical Skills<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <ul><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 16px;"><font face="Symbol">&nbsp; </font></span></span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">A<span style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">ble to manipulate data in Excel; able to identify arithmetical mistakes.</span><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"=""> </span><ul><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;">&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="text-indent: -0.25in; letter-spacing: 0.4px; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: " times="" new="" roman",="" serif;"="">Analytical skills to process large amounts of information to identify inconsistencies which may affect the spend of the Ministry.</span><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"=""><o:p></o:p></span></p></li><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <span style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">Design and perform ad-hoc analyses, incorporating checks and balances to ensure data integrity.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"=""> </span><ul><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"=""><span style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">Identify and understand trends in data, draw conclusions, and create follow up analysis.</span><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"=""> </span><ul><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"=""><span style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">Interpolate results from large amounts of data, perform root cause analysis and propose solutions.</span><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"=""> </span><ul><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">Ability to generate standard financial reports and export to various formats in order to best illustrate a point </span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">or&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">provide specific financial information.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"=""><span style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">Develop conclusions, and present high level summary of recommendations.</span><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"=""> </span><ul><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">Prepare reports and presentations of complex financial data and metrics for management.</span><span style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>&nbsp; <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"=""><span style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">Run and analyse moderately complex financial reports, often from multiple systems.</span><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"=""> </span><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">Personal Effectiveness<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <ul><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">Demonstrates integrity, accountability and efficient stewardship.</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">Cooperates and collaborates with colleagues as appropriate; works in partnership with others; delivers on&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">commitments to the team/organization.</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: " times="" new="" roman";"="">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">Delivers timely and accurate reports based on review of supporting documents.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <ul><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">D</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">emonstrates honest and ethical behaviour.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <ul><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">Makes clear, consistent, transparent decisions;<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <ul><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">Identifies connections and patterns within complex data sets; utilizes diverse perspectives from various units to broaden the scope of problem-solving.</span></li></ul><p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"=""><br></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;"><b style="text-indent: -18pt; letter-spacing: 0.4px; font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Education and Experience Required</b></p><ul><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: " work="" sans";"=""><font face="Symbol">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</font></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"=""><span style="font-family: " work="" sans";"="">Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field and at least 4 years financial related experience in a multidivisional organization or similar combination of work and experience.</span><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: " work="" sans";"=""> </span></p><ul><li style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: " work="" sans";"=""><font face="Symbol">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</font></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"=""><span style="font-family: " work="" sans";"="">Masters/Post-Graduate or any other professional designation, Including ACCA, CPA will be considered an asset.</span><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>