Finance career opportunities
Last updated on March 7, 2025A financial career with the BC Public Service is so much more than numbers. This work affects everyone in the province.
Making a difference every day
Each day, finance teams work across every ministry to find innovative and responsible ways to meet the social, environmental and economic goals of the province, whether it's managing budgets, forecasting costs, procuring the materials government needs to function, or providing specialized advice and analysis.
Video transcript
Woman's voice (Martha): 'I’m Martha Thomas. I’m the Director of Financial Management and reporting for the Ministry of Finance.'
0:11. Text on screen: 'What is your educational background?'
Martha: 'So, I got out of high school and I did my degree at the University of Toronto in history and political science and that wasn’t quite enough. So, I ended up going back to school to Camosun College to do the business admin program and after being completely inspired by one of my instructors, I decided to become a CA.'
0:32. Text on screen: 'Did you always know that you wanted to work in the financial stream?'
Martha: 'No. No, I had no idea what I wanted to do then. After being a store detective and a cashier and a bouncer in a bar (laughter), anything was up from there.'
0:40. Text on screen: 'What is the greatest misconception about working in the financial stream for the provincial government?'
Martha: 'Don’t think that it’s strictly about numbers. I’ve been really fortunate – I’ve been in government for 12 years almost now and I’ve travelled across the province. I’ve met some incredible people. It is so much more than just crunching numbers. It’s so much more than just putting spreadsheets together. It has so much to do with developing relationships and supporting the businesses across government.'
1: 21. Text on screen: 'What is the best part of your job?'
'That there is the two aspects: you get to meet some really neat people and you get to help people accomplish some really interesting goals.'
New challenges, new opportunities
A financial career in the BC Public Service is always evolving. Our people embrace change and love to solve problems.
Every project will bring new tasks, questions to answer and an exciting change in pace. Working with colleagues, collaborate on each challenge as it arises, using fresh approaches and learning on the job to accomplish the tasks at hand.
As financial careers progress, employees gain experience and new opportunities to move forward in their careers.
A broad career horizon
With a culture of support for learning and skills development, there's no limit to how far employees can go. As professional goals and knowledge evolve, employees are be able to direct their career paths to suit their needs, choosing from a vast range of positions located in both the Ministry of Finance and every ministry office across B.C.