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The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) works to keep energy moving safely across the country. We review energy development projects and share energy information, all while enforcing some of the strictest safety and environmental standards in the world. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta with regional offices in Montréal, Vancouver and Yellowknife, the CER has approximately 600 employees.
The Federal Public Service is stronger and most effective when we reflect the diversity of the Canadian population we serve. The CER is dedicated to building and promoting a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce, representative of all Canadians regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender expression, socio-economic background or lived experience.
Achieving a representative and diverse workforce has been identified as an organizational need for CER and may be applied at any time during this appointment process. If this criterion is used, only those who have indicated that they are members of the specified designated group(s) will be considered. As such, first consideration for an appointment may be given to candidates who self-declare as belonging to one of the four designated employment equity groups (Persons with a disability, Indigenous Peoples*, Members of a Visible Minority, or Women).
* Indigenous Peoples are people who are First Nation, Inuit or Métis.
The CER strives to be an employer of choice for Indigenous Peoples*. We are committed to implementing systemic changes within the organization, as well as supporting the individual Reconciliation journey of each person at the CER. We offer our Indigenous employees fifteen (15) hours of paid leave and twenty-two decimal five (22.5) hours of unpaid leave — that can also be made up hour for hour — per year to engage in traditional Indigenous practices. We provide access to Elders, one-on-one coaching, social and cultural events in the workplace, and opportunities to work and lead in a hybrid work model. Depending on the position, we also offer full-time telework options for Indigenous employees for whom living and working in or near their communities is critical to their identity, cultural security and the exercise of Treaty and inherent rights.
Reconciliation link : https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/consultation-engagement/indigenous-engagement/reconciliation/path-advancing-reconciliation.html
To self-declare, please ensure to check off the appropriate box within the online application under the Employment Equity section. To learn more about self-declaring, we encourage you to consult the following two links to learn more about employment equity and self declaration:
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/jobs/opportunities/government/self-declaring-because-we-care.html
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-service-commission/jobs/services/gc-jobs/employment-equity.html
The CER is recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers in a national competition to determine which employers lead their industries in offering exceptional workplaces for their employees.
Reporting to a Director within the Energy Adjudication Business Unit, the Technical Specialist/Technical Leader, Economics & Financial Regulation provides professional advice to CER staff, executives and Commissioners on all matters pertaining to the economic and financial regulation of oil, gas and electrical industries regulated by the Canada Energy Regulator. The incumbent will be expected to provide guidance related to the CER’s economics/financial regulation discipline by displaying exemplary leadership in both the ongoing development of the program as well as support of colleagues and the job family as a whole. The incumbent provides coaching to economics and financial regulation professionals in addition to assisting the Business Unit Leadership Team with fostering teamwork and developing the expertise of others.
The incumbent must have excellent communication skills, both written and oral, and be able to guide economics and financial regulatory analysts through complex and multi-faceted technical issues. Technical Specialists and Technical Leaders are required to work on several concurrent, complex projects at any given time, and to regularly present analysis to Commissioners, executives, and CER staff. The incumbent will coach analysts in the drafting of internal and external correspondence and regulatory decisions for consideration of the CER Commission. The incumbent will be required to contribute to corporate documents, such as speeches, briefings and annual reports, and may be required to represent the CER at conferences, with regulated industry, with external stakeholders, and with Indigenous groups.
The incumbent will be required to conduct rigorous analysis and provide recommendations related to the need for and economic feasibility of new energy facilities, and tolls and tariffs matters, for applications under the CER Act. The incumbent may be appointed as a Project Manager for major hearings, organizational initiatives or projects, and is expected to plan and coordinate the activities of these hearings/projects. This involves working with professional and technical staff to ensure the timely and thorough review of complex applications, initiatives or projects.
The incumbent would provide advice and support in the development and execution of financial compliance activities including regulated company financial reporting, financial conditions, and the CER’s oversight of pipeline financial resources and abandonment funding.
Qualified candidates may be used to staff other similar positions at an equivalent or lower level on a term, indeterminate or acting basis.
Positions to be filled: Number to be determined
Your résumé.
Education:
University graduation with specialization in a related field (e.g. economics, commerce, or business administration).
Experience:
Common Experience Requirements for NEB-11 & NEB-12
E1 Extensive* and recent** experience conducting economic and financial analysis and providing advice, orally and in a variety of written formats, on tolls (or rates), tariffs, and financial regulatory matters in a rate-regulated environment (e.g. provincially or federally regulated pipelines, powerlines, energy utilities, or telecommunications).
E2 Recent** experience providing advice on technical matters in a regulatory hearing process.
E3 Extensive* experience in presenting analysis and advice to senior or executive level management.
E4 Extensive* experience in leading major or complex initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, groups of professionals, or collaborators within an organization.
E5 Experience in coaching, mentoring, and/or leading of technical staff.
(*) Extensive means several years of substantively more progressive and complex responsibilities.
(**) Recent is defined as having recent enough experience that the candidate is familiar with the latest practices and developments and is competent to take on the role with very little direction, typically acquired within the last 1-5 years.
Additional Experience Requirements for NEB-12 only
E6 Extensive* experience in evaluating project economics for regulated long-linear infrastructure (e.g. provincially or federally regulated pipelines, powerlines, utilities, or telecommunications infrastructure).
E7 Extensive and recent experience coaching and mentoring technical staff in tolls, tariffs, and financial regulatory matters in a rate-regulated environment (e.g. provincially or federally regulated pipelines, powerlines, utilities, or telecommunications rates).
(*) Extensive means several years of substantively more progressive and complex responsibilities.
(**) Recent is defined as having recent enough experience that the candidate is familiar with the latest practices and developments and is competent to take on the role with very little direction, typically acquired within the last 1-5 years.
Asset Qualifications
AQ1 Graduation from a recognized university at the Master’s level or higher with specialization in a related field (e.g. MA or PhD in Economics, MBA)
AQ2 Obtained a Professional Designation in Finance or Accounting, including the CFA and CPA designations.
AQ3 Extensive experience conducting economic or financial analysis in the energy industry.
AQ4 Experience managing complex tolls and tariff hearings.
AQ5 Experience conducting or leading financial or compliance audits and reporting on findings.
AQ6 Extensive experience conducting analysis or developing programs and regulatory approaches with respect to asset retirement/abandonment funding, and financial resource requirements.
Operational Requirement:
The incumbent will be required to relocate to Calgary.
English essential
Information on language requirements
Organization-wide Competencies:
OC1 Leadership & Teamwork
NEB-11 Proficiency Level: Guide
• Encourages others to be personally accountable for their own development, and coaches or mentors others in their development needs.
• Takes a leadership role in team and partnership building.
• Visibly supports a learning environment through actions and results.
NEB-12 Proficiency Level: Shape
• Coaches teams on methods of collaborating, conflict resolution and aligning activities with organizational results.
• Invests in and supports long-term development needs for individuals.
• Promotes a professional culture where ideas are freely expressed.
OC2 Accountability and Results Orientation
NEB-11 and NEB-12 Proficiency Level: Shape
• Takes responsibility for identifying and resolving gaps and issues of organization-wide importance.
• Resolves issues beyond one’s own scope of work.
OC3 CER’s Unique Regulatory Context
NEB-11 and NEB-12 Proficiency Level: Guide
• Provides guidance on interpretation and application of legislation, regulations, policies, and standards.
• Provides advice on regulatory decisions that have broad impacts on the public interest.
• Anticipates and communicates how external trends and issues impact CER business decisions and provides options for action.
OC4 Initiative and Adaptability to Change
NEB-11 and NEB-12 Proficiency Level: Shape
• Designs and implements business system changes with broad internal and external application
• Facilitates change initiatives and ensures quality management thinking is built into business-wide processes
OC5 Written Communication
NEB-11 and NEB-12 Proficiency Level: Guide
• Clearly articulates technical matters to senior level audiences in writing.
• Interprets complex and possibly contradictory messages and optimizes communication to achieve desired results.
OC 6 Oral Communication
NEB-11 and NEB-12 Proficiency Level: Guide
• Clearly articulates technical matters to senior level audiences verbally.
• Interprets complex and possibly contradictory messages and optimizes communication to achieve desired results.
Technical Competencies:
TC1 Regulatory Research and Analysis
NEB-11 Proficiency Level: Guide
• Links research to the organization’s mandate.
• Obtains and synthesizes information from a wide range of sources.
• Analyses complex issues.
NEB-12 Proficiency Level: Shape
• Provides direction to staff conducting research.
• Identifies gaps in the organization’s knowledge base and organizes resources to address them.
• Engages external parties on key regulatory issues.
TC2 Financial, Accounting and/or Economic Principles
NEB-11 Proficiency Level: Guide
• Coaches, assists others in identifying economic and financial regulatory issues.
• Makes connections between past regulatory approaches, current business environment and emerging situations and applies these to analyses.
• Demonstrates ability to influence others with respect to approaches to regulatory problems and challenges.
NEB-12 Proficiency Level: Shape
• Anticipates issues, persuades/mobilizes the organization to pro-actively prepare for and develop approaches to resolve emerging regulatory issues.
• Provides advice on communicating the organization’s key messages on economic regulation.
Competency Level Definitions:
Guide is defined as thorough knowledge and capability of the competency. Able to influence and guide others in its application.
Shape is defined as recognized as an expert. Shapes direction of the organization with regards to the competency.
Organizational Needs: The CER is committed to build a diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society and to increase the representation of Indigenous Peoples to advance Reconciliation. Preference may be given to qualified candidates who self-identify from the following Employment Equity Groups: Indigenous Peoples, Visible Minorities, Persons with Disabilities and/or Women. We encourage you to indicate if you belong to one or more of the designated groups by completing the self-declaration section in your application.
1. Willingness to undergo, successfully pass and maintain a reliability status security clearance.
2. Compliance with the CER’s Code of Conduct is required.
Note: It is strongly recommended that potential applicants read and consider the CER’s Code of Conduct prior to applying. This document is available on the CER Website http://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/code-of-conduct.
3. Must be willing and able to travel and to work overtime when required.
4. Must be willing to move within and between business units and teams, based on operational requirements and/or as individual development needs are identified.
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
1. The CER has a classification system that differs from the greater public service. These NEB- 11 and NEB-12 positions are similar to EC-07 & EC-08 positions, respectively, in terms of salary range only. The benefits offered, including relocation assistance, may be significantly different than those offered in the greater public service. This position is subject to CER’s Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada Collective Agreement.
2. Salary: Effective Effective 1 November 2024: $125,628 - $152,847 (NEB 11), $137,564 - $167,371 (NEB 12)
The CER has the following forms of additional compensation that are separate from base salary, the eligibility for which is determined, in accordance with the provisions in the collective agreement or terms and conditions of employment for the duration period specified:
• annual performance pay which includes elements of individual performance and corporate performance; and
• annual market allowance which applies only to specified operational positions applies to this position; the allowance is paid in a single annual payment.
3. Application Requirements: Applicants must submit, by the closing date, a resume and respond to screening questions clearly demonstrating how they meet the essential qualifications of education and experience. Applicants are strongly encouraged to demonstrate how they also meet the asset qualifications. Asset qualification(s) may be used at any point in the selection process (screening and/or assessment). Failure to provide sufficient information will result in applicants being screened out.
Applicants must provide a valid e-mail address which is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users. Our intention is to communicate with applicants by e mail for assessment purposes including sending invitations for written tests, interviews and issuing selection process results.
Candidates will need to provide proof of their education prior to appointment. Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at https://www.cicic.ca.
NOTE: Equivalencies granted by the Canadian provincial authorities with respect to Applied (Bachelor's) Degrees by colleges and technical institutes (i.e. in Ontario, British-Columbia, Alberta & Manitoba) must always be accepted as equivalent to Bachelor Degrees granted by universities in the provinces concerned.
4. Head Office Location – Calgary, AB: 210, 517 10th Avenue SW
The CER requires applicants to submit their application online. Applications received via email will be rejected. Please submit your application by clicking “Apply Online”.
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.