Notice of job opportunity

Rulings Officer, Excise and GST/HST Rulings Directorate, Legislative Policy and Regulatory Affairs Branch, Headquarters, National Capital Region and Oshawa, Ontario

Region: HQ - Headquarters, Leg. Policy and Regulatory Affairs
Location: Ottawa and/et Oshawa
Contract type: Perm/Temp - Acting,Lateral Move,Permanent,Promotion,Term
Classification: AU-003
Linguistic profile: Bilingual Imperative
Salary range: $95,745 to $117,752
Closing date: December 20, 2017 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Requisition Number: 52418055

Who can apply

Persons living in Canada and Canadian citizens living abroad.

Preference for appointment will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order.

Please note that this process will be used to staff most positions in the National Capital Region and Oshawa. As a result, we will expect candidates appointed from this process to relocate to these locations. Candidates from the general public will have to pay any expenses related to relocation as well as any travel for assessments.

Duties

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Key Activities

- Provide GST/HST rulings and interpretations, both in writing and orally, directly to private and public sector clients in respect of complex business transactions and provide technical advice directly to national organizations;

- Provide complex GST/HST technical advice and support to CRA Headquarters areas and other government departments and governments and all CRA tax services offices;

- Review CRA publications, including guides, forms, and training materials, which impact GST/HST legislation, for technical accuracy and consistency with CRA policies.

For more information regarding Job number: AU0038 (AU-03), or if you wish to obtain a copy of the work description, please send an email to the contact person below citing the requisition number.

Staffing Requirements to apply

You must clearly demonstrate on your online application how you meet the essential staffing requirements to apply.

You must clearly demonstrate in the questionnaire forming part of your online application how you meet each of the essential staffing requirements to apply.

We may use the asset staffing requirements to screen applications and/or at the appointment stage. Make sure you clearly demonstrate on your application how you meet these requirements.

Failure to do so will result in your application being rejected.

ESSENTIAL STAFFING REQUIREMENTS

To be eligible, you'll need to:

Education

Eligibility for a recognized professional accounting designation; or

Degree from a recognized postsecondary institution with acceptable specialization in accounting*, business administration, commerce, economics or law.

* Acceptable specialization in accounting

Mandatory study areas:

1. CPA* Introductory Financial Accounting or FA1 or Introductory Accounting or Introductory Financial Accounting
2. CPA* Intermediate Financial Accounting 1 and 2 or FA2 and FA3 or Intermediate Financial Accounting 1 and 2 or Intermediate Accounting 1 and 2
3. CPA* Advanced Financial Accounting or FA4 or Advanced Financial Accounting or Advanced Accounting

Two of four optional study areas:

1. CPA* Audit and Assurance or AU1 or Auditing or Internal Auditing or Internal Control
2. CPA* Introductory Management Accounting or MA1 or Cost Accounting or Management Accounting 1 and 2
3. CPA* Intermediate and Advanced Management Accounting or MA2 or Management Accounting or Management Accounting 4 or Advanced Management Accounting
4. CPA* Information Technology or MS1 or Accounting Information Systems or Information and Computer Systems or Management Information Systems

* CPA: Chartered Professional Accountants

The courses required for the acceptable specialization in accounting may or may not be part of a degree program, but must be accredited by a recognized postsecondary institution or a recognized professional accounting association.

The acceptability of courses is determined by comparing the courses from the postsecondary institution taken by a candidate to the courses on the transfer credits or prerequisite studies lists issued by one of the recognized professional accounting associations.

You must upload in your candidate profile your course transcript showing that you have obtained the minimum pass mark of the above noted courses or study areas.

You must also add the following education factor to your candidate profile:

• Academic level: "Accounting Specialization – AU group"
• Area of study: Administration
• Field of study: Accounting

Acquired rights

Previous acquired rights will continue to be recognized for former and current incumbents who had previously been exempted from meeting the education standard of the AU group.

Auditors who joined CRA as part of the Corporate Tax Administration for Ontario (CTAO) initiative on April 3, 2008, who did not meet the standard, are still subject to the acquired rights as described in the CTAO/CTAR Human Resources Agreement.

Note: You must upload your essential education credentials in the education section of your Candidate Profile by the closing date and time of this notice of job opportunity, demonstrating that you meet the essential education requirements for the position(s) being staffed.

ASSET STAFFING REQUIREMENTS

It would be great if you had:

Experience

Experience within the last three (3) years analyzing, interpreting, or applying Canadian legislation either in a classroom setting or as part of your job duties.

Experience of no less than six (6) cumulative months within the last three (3) years analyzing, interpreting and applying GST/HST legislation or related regulations or policies as part of their major job duties to any of the following:

- Administration and enforcement;
- Agriculture and fishing sector;
- Business reorganization and partnerships;
- Charitable and non-profit sector;
- Cross-border sector;
- Education sector;
- Electronic commerce;
- Financial services sector;
- Food sector;
- Indigenous peoples and governments;
- Government sector;
- Health care sector;
- Input tax credit allocation methods;
- Insurance sector;
- Municipal sector;
- Pension plans;
- Real estate sector;
- Recaptured input tax credits;
- Selected listed financial institutions;
- Telecommunication sector; or
- Transportation and tourism sector.

Language Requirements

Bilingual imperative BBB/BBB

Staffing requirements to be assessed/applied

Any essential staffing requirements indicated below will be assessed/applied at a later date. Any discretionary staffing requirements indicated below may be applied/assessed at a later date.

ESSENTIAL STAFFING REQUIREMENTS

Performance validation

Qualifications

The following qualifications will be assessed using a locally developed tool. The pass mark of 60% must be attained for each qualification:

- Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
- Ability to communicate effectively orally.

ASSET STAFFING REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications

The following qualifications may be assessed using a locally developed tool. The pass mark of 60% must be attained for each qualification:

- Ability to plan, organize and/or monitor workloads.
- Ability to make recommendations.
- Ability to adapt to and effectively manage changing priorities.
- Ability to work with others.
- Ability to interpret and apply legislation, jurisprudence and/or related policies.
- Judgment.
- Initiative.
- Dependability.

Results from locally developed assessment tools are not portable to other staffing processes.

CRA standardized tools

The following competency may be assessed using CRA standardized assessment tools. The minimum level must be attained as indicated below:

- Writing Skills (WR): Level 3

To be considered for a bilingual position, you must achieve a Level 3 on either the Writing Skills Test (WST) (B305) (previous version B300) OR the Test d'Aptitudes à écrire (TAE) (B306) (previous version B303). You may choose to write both the WST (B305) and the TAE (B306) and avail yourself of the best result. You must confirm, prior to taking this test, if it is your intent to write both tests, B305 and B306.

Retest period: 180 days

Information about the WST or TAE can be obtained from the following web site: Writing Skills Test (B305) and Test d'Aptitudes à écrire (B306).

Candidates who have valid test results from assessments using the CRA standardized tools are not required to be reassessed, but may request to be reassessed to improve their level(s) provided the time period restrictions for retesting are met.

Note: For some standardized assessment tools, only the most recent result is valid, regardless if it is higher or lower than your previous result. As a result, this could impact your eligibility for an appointment in this and any other staffing processes, where applicable.

Experiences

The following experiences may be further defined according to one or more of the following:

• Complexity (difficulty level of tasks performed);
• Variety (number or specific type of tasks performed);
• Timeframe (period of time during which the experience took place).

Experience in analyzing, interpreting, or applying Canadian legislation either in a classroom setting or as part of their job duties.

Experience in analyzing, interpreting and applying GST/HST legislation or related regulations or policies as it applies to one of more of the following:

- Administration and enforcement;
- Agriculture and fishing sector;
- Business reorganization and partnerships;
- Charitable and non-profit sector;
- Cross-border sector;
- Education sector;
- Electronic commerce;
- Financial services sector;
- Food Sector;
- Indigenous peoples and governments;
- Government sector;
- Health care sector;
- Input tax credit allocation methods;
- Insurance sector;
- Municipal sector;
- Pension plans;
- Real estate sector;
- Recaptured input tax credits;
- Selected listed financial institutions;
- Telecommunication sector;
- Transportation and tourism sector.

Requirements constituting an asset:

- Budget considerations
- Duration of appointment
- Start date
- Minimize business disruptions
- Employment equity

Conditions of Employment:

- Reliability/Security: Reliability Status
- Some positions may require relocation to the National Capital Region or Oshawa
- Some positions may require virtual reporting
- May require a willingness to take and successfully complete training

General information

For information on how to apply, communication during the staffing process, foreign credentials, employment equity, accommodations during assessment, security status or clearance, and our code and conflict of interest requirements refer to the general information page http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/crrs/srch/tps-eng.html.

CRA employees are dedicated to serving in the public interest and have worked hard to earn the trust of Canadians. The Code of integrity and professional conduct and the Directive on conflict of interest, gifts and hospitality, and post-employment are important documents that outline the expected standards of conduct for CRA employees. We strongly recommend that you take the time to review these documents before you consider an employment opportunity with the CRA. Please note that a conflict of interest arises whenever an employee's private interests and/or outside activities impair, or could be perceived to impair, their ability to make decisions with integrity, impartiality, honesty, and in the best interests of the CRA and the Government of Canada.



Before submitting an application, potential candidates should take notice of the requirements of this job opportunity to determine if they are eligible to apply.

You have until 11:59 PM, Eastern Time, of the closing date to submit your online application.

We may give preference to the first fifty (50) complete applications meeting the staffing requirements to apply, and consider more applications as needed. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible. If you are considered further, we will notify you in writing of the next step in this staffing process.

The closing date specified on this Notice of Job Opportunity may change. It may be extended where an insufficient number of candidates apply.

Candidates can view the status of their application by logging into their Candidate profile on our Careers at the CRA site.

Pool

We will create a pool of eligible candidates for this staffing process.

This staffing process may be used to staff similar positions.

Appointment

Before proceeding with appointments from this staffing process, the manager will give priority for appointment to individuals with CRA preferred status.

Appointments made from this staffing process will be based on one or more of the staffing requirement(s) identified on this notice.

Contact

Name: Paul Lafond
Email Address: LPGSTAU03G@cra-arc.gc.ca