Duties and Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities

1. Financial Strategy Formulation

* Providing insight and analysis to support the Director General and Senior Management’s strategy planning.
* Formulating and implementing financial strategies that will enable the Agency to achieve its goals.
* Monitoring the achievement of plans and targets and taking corrective action where necessary.
* Resource mobilization, supporting and funding growth opportunities for the Agency.

2. Cost Control Management Accounting

* Overseeing the pricing of the Agency’s services.
* Overseeing the preparation of the annual business plans.
* Coordinating and managing the budgeting process and ensuring it is aligned with the Agency’s overall strategy.
* Ensuring budget implementation and control.
* Ensuring preparation, review and presentation of monthly management accounts and reporting to Senior Management and the Board. StrategicPlanning

3. Financial & Cash Flow Management

* Performing financial analysis of new opportunities and decision alternatives.
* Defining key financial performance measures and targets with the management team.
* Overseeing working capital management.
* Overseeing debt management and liaison with the Legal Services Department.

4. Financial Reporting and Controls

* Controlling and coordinating the Agency’s overall accounting function.
* Preparing financial information for external publication.
* Managing relationships with external auditors.
* Managing the resolution of key accounting and control issues.
* Implementing sound, cost-effective and efficient accounting and financial systems, policies and processes.
* Ensuring adherence to financial provisions in the Public Finance Act, EMA Act and all other relevant Acts, Regulations and Frameworks such as IFRS and IAS.
* Ensuring financial statements are prepared on time for both internal and external auditing.

5. Financial Risk Management

* Formulating and implementing risk strategies for the mitigation of liquidity risk, interest rate risk, credit risk and other financially related risks.

6. Administration

* Planning and directing the activities of the Agency’s real estate functions.
* Proposing and approving capital expenditure projects to improve operations.
* Maintaining the Agency’s assets to avoid any loss and determining depreciation parameters to preserve shareholder value.
* Ensuring adequate and efficient administrative processes are in place to support operations with adequate and effective internal controls to mitigate related risk issues.
* Supervising, guiding and controlling staff in the department to ensure maximum productivity, efficiency, discipline and compliance with guidelines, policies and procedures. Urban& Regional Planning

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Qualifications and Experience
Qualifications, Experience and Competences

* Degree in Finance, Accounting or equivalent.
* Postgraduate qualification e.g. CA, ACCA, MBA/MBL.
* Must be a member of a relevant professional body.
* At least 10 years relevant experience, of which 5 years must be at senior management level.
* Knowledge of Acumatica is an added advantage.