Considering working with Alberta Finance? Here’s
what some of our employees have to say about why
they chose Alberta Finance and what motivates them
to come to work everyday.
Unique
Work Opportunities
Pamela Steppan
Senior Socio-Economic Analyst, Provincial Demographer
What’s the most interesting project Pamela
has worked on while she has been with Finance? When
the Alberta Government asked Albertans to provide
advice on the Province’s policies in a debt-free
Alberta, it was Pamela’s group that provided
the statistical analysis of the 282,156
responses from the It’s Your Future
survey.
In her position as Provincial Demographer,
Pamela has had an opportunity to be involved in
some unique work, to say the least. While the majority
of Pamela’s day focuses around providing expert
statistical advice to interdepartmental committees,
ministry clients and senior management on socio-economic
issues, demographics and survey methodology, Pamela
has also had an opportunity to be involved in some
very engaging projects.
Pamela is the Provincial delegate on the Federal/Provincial
Committee on Census, the Federal/Provincial
Committee on Demography, and the Federal/Provincial
Committee on Social Statistics. Pamela has
also acted as a technical advisor on a number of
committees including the Alberta Electoral Boundaries
Commission, the Aboriginal Data Initiative
Committee and the Personnel Administration
Office’s Human Resource Projection Model project.
Competency
Development
David Mulyk
Senior Pension Compliance Officer
How do you balance working full time and completing
a Masters of Business Administration? With a little
flexibility and a lot of support!
David Mulyk is a Senior Pension Compliance
Officer with Alberta Finance and has been working
on his MBA part time since September of 2004. As
a student in the public sector stream of the University
of Alberta’s MBA program, David is able to
put what he learns in the classroom into action
in the workplace. Not only has the department provided
financial support for tuition, it was David’s
manager who actively encouraged him to apply for
the program in the first place.
It is not just academic development that David
has received support for during his employment with
Alberta Finance but also career development. When
the Senior Pension Compliance Officer position become
available, David’s manager and colleagues
within the department encouraged him to compete
for the position and pursue the career development
opportunity that it presented.
What’s the best thing about Alberta Finance
in David’s mind? The chance for challenging
but rewarding employment, the opportunity for development
and advancement, a great work environment, skilled
co-workers… the list just seems to keep on
going.
Career
Mobility
Tony Morehen
Chief Economist and Executive
Director, Economics and Public Finance
Tony Morehen moved
from Ottawa to Alberta fifteen years ago to be the
Manager of Economic Analysis with Alberta
Finance and has not once regretted it. Now Tony
is the Chief Economist and Executive Director,
Economics and Public Finance, with three work
units reporting to him, including his original work
unit, Economic Analysis. Alberta Finance
has assisted Tony in his career development by making
sure that he has the tools and resources required
to be successful in a changing, demanding work environment.
Working on a provincial
scope allows Tony to be involved in a wide range
of challenging and interesting economist work, an
exciting prospect in an economically dynamic province
like Alberta. For example, Tony had the opportunity
last year to participate in the development of the
government of Alberta’s twenty-year strategic
plan. This cross ministry project was breaking new
ground when it came to strategic planning and Tony
and his group had the challenge of determining how
to forecast a twenty-year fiscal outlook, something
that has never been done before in provincial strategic
planning.
What Tony appreciates
about Finance is the team atmosphere, getting to
work with bright minds and being involved in work
that makes a difference for Albertans.
Job
Enrichment
Lucianne Lavoie
Tax Officer
Lucianne Lavoie is a Tax Officer with
the Corporate Income Tax program but lately
she has been giving out money rather than collecting
it. That is because Lucianne is on a secondment
with the Tax Exempt Fuel Use program that
provides tax rebates to Alberta businesses that
purchase fuel for off road use.
It is the opportunity to work in different program
areas and learn more about the organization that
Lucianne values about being an employee of Alberta
Finance. Since starting in 2000 Lucianne has been
on two secondments: a six-month secondment with
the Information Services Call Centre and
her current one-year secondment with the Tax
Exempt Fuel Use (TEFU) program. Both of these
opportunities have given Lucianne the chance to
develop a big picture view of Alberta’s provincial
tax and benefit programs. In the call centre Lucianne,
had to quickly become familiar with each one of
tax and benefit programs so that she could effectively
respond to calls from Albertans. With the TEFU
program, Lucianne is developing a whole new skill
set working on a program that is more manual than
the highly computerized Corporate Income Tax program.
It is not only the secondments, but the overall
learning environment that encourages employees to
continually develop themselves that Lucianne feels
is the best thing about working in Alberta Finance.
She feels that working in a government organization
that has a positive reputation outside of Alberta,
that is innovative and a departure from the usual
public service, is also pretty exciting!
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