Purpose of the Job

To provide strategic leadership, resource mobilization, direction, and guidance on prudent use, accounting, and management of financial and material resources.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Developing, reviewing, and monitoring implementation of policies, plans, programs, strategies, systems, procedures and processes on financial and material resource management.
• Monitoring and verifying that all departmental strategies, programmes and activities are developed and implemented in alignment with the Authority’s approved Strategic Plan and policies.
• Providing and attending to enquiries and queries raised by management, Board of Directors, donors and other stakeholders on strategic financial matters.
• Coordinating, consolidating and leading the annual fiscal planning process, preparation of annual budgets including budget reviews and closely monitoring its implementation.
• Advising Management, Finance Committee and other Sectional heads on financial and investment matters.
• Mobilizing resources and monitoring their effective, efficient and economic utilization.
• Developing and enforcing implementation of internal financial controls and risk management mechanisms in line with Government requirements and the Finance Policy and Accounting Procedures Manual.
• Preparing timely management accounts, financial reports/statements in accordance with applicable International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS).
• Establishing and maintaining strategic partnerships with government, professional boards and associations and industries including internal and external stakeholders.
• Providing information and assistance to internal or external Auditors during audit activities.
• Allocating work and appraising staff.
• Any other duties assigned from time to time.
• Mandatory Education Qualifications and Experience
• A Master’s Degree and Bachelor’s degree in accounting/ Finance/Commerce, obtained after a bachelor’s Degree in a similar field.
• A full professional accounting qualification such as ACCA, ACA, ICAM or CIMA.
• Valid membership of the Accredited Accountants Board.
• Eight (8) years of post-graduate work experience, of which five (5) years’ experience must be at senior management level.

• Developing, reviewing, and monitoring implementation of policies, plans, programs, strategies, systems, procedures and processes on financial and material resource management.
• Monitoring and verifying that all departmental strategies, programmes and activities are developed and implemented in alignment with the Authority’s approved Strategic Plan and policies.
• Providing and attending to enquiries and queries raised by management, Board of Directors, donors and other stakeholders on strategic financial matters.
• Coordinating, consolidating and leading the annual fiscal planning process, preparation of annual budgets including budget reviews and closely monitoring its implementation.
• Advising Management, Finance Committee and other Sectional heads on financial and investment matters.
• Mobilizing resources and monitoring their effective, efficient and economic utilization.
• Developing and enforcing implementation of internal financial controls and risk management mechanisms in line with Government requirements and the Finance Policy and Accounting Procedures Manual.
• Preparing timely management accounts, financial reports/statements in accordance with applicable International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS).
• Establishing and maintaining strategic partnerships with government, professional boards and associations and industries including internal and external stakeholders.
• Providing information and assistance to internal or external Auditors during audit activities.
• Allocating work and appraising staff.
• Any other duties assigned from time to time.

• A Master’s Degree and Bachelor’s degree in accounting/ Finance/Commerce, obtained after a bachelor’s Degree in a similar field.
• A full professional accounting qualification such as ACCA, ACA, ICAM or CIMA.
• Valid membership of the Accredited Accountants Board.