Job Purpose

This position is responsible for advising the Controller of Budget on effective methods of county budget implementation, facilitating authorization of withdrawals from County Revenue Funds and other public funds. The holder is responsible for preparation of statutory and special reports on Budget Implementation.

Key Responsibilities/ Duties / Tasks

Managerial / Supervisory Responsibilities

• Implementing policies, strategies, standards, frameworks, work plans, legislation, guidelines, procedures and regulations on budget implementation.
• Receiving and collating all requisitions and supporting documents related to County Governments from County Treasuries.
• Comparing the requisitions against the budgets and primary requirements and preparing report
• Analysing the requisitions and supporting documents and preparing summaries.
• Maintaining a tracking record of all the requisitions.
• Collecting, collating and analysing data to prepare special reports.
• Implementing formats for requisitions and approvals of withdrawals of funds.
• Collecting and collating data on budget implementation for the County Governments.
• Keeping inventory on the resolutions adopted on the reports of the County Governments.
• Keeping track of compliance and implementation of the recommendations of the CoB reports by accounting officers in the county governments.
• Implementing the department's charter.
• Promoting Business Process Re-engineering (BPR).
• Implementing the business continuity plan for the department and
• Fostering a corporate culture that promotes ethical practices and good corporate citizenship.

Job Dimensions:

Financial Responsibility

• Reviewing County Governments Exchequer Requests
• Preparing and monitoring the execution of OCOB county office budget

Responsibility for Physical Assets

• Responsible for the assets assigned by the office of the Controller of Budget as per office's asset register

Decision -Making / Job Influence

• Financial
• Analytical

Job Competencies (Knowledge, Experience and Attributes / Skills).

Academic qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in any of the following disciplines: Economics, Statistics, Finance, Commerce (Finance or Accounting Option), Business Administration (Finance or Accounting Option), Business Management (Finance/Accounting Option) or equivalent qualification from a recognised institution.

Professional Qualifications / Membership to professional bodies

• Certified Public Accountant CPA (K) or Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) or Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) or its equivalent.
• Membership in good standing with a relevant professional body.

Previous relevant work experience required.

• Satisfactorily served for a cumulative period of six (6) years, three (3) of which should have been in the grade of Fiscal Analyst or a comparable position.

Functional Skills, Behavioral Competencies/Attributes:

• Certificate in a management course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Proficiency in computer applications;
• Met the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution; and
• Demonstrated professional competence and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

• Implementing policies, strategies, standards, frameworks, work plans, legislation, guidelines, procedures and regulations on budget implementation.
• Receiving and collating all requisitions and supporting documents related to County Governments from County Treasuries.
• Comparing the requisitions against the budgets and primary requirements and preparing report
• Analysing the requisitions and supporting documents and preparing summaries.
• Maintaining a tracking record of all the requisitions.
• Collecting, collating and analysing data to prepare special reports.
• Implementing formats for requisitions and approvals of withdrawals of funds.
• Collecting and collating data on budget implementation for the County Governments.
• Keeping inventory on the resolutions adopted on the reports of the County Governments.
• Keeping track of compliance and implementation of the recommendations of the CoB reports by accounting officers in the county governments.
• Implementing the department's charter.
• Promoting Business Process Re-engineering (BPR).
• Implementing the business continuity plan for the department and
• Fostering a corporate culture that promotes ethical practices and good corporate citizenship.
• Reviewing County Governments Exchequer Requests
• Preparing and monitoring the execution of OCOB county office budget
• Responsible for the assets assigned by the office of the Controller of Budget as per office's asset register

• Proficiency in computer applications
• Demonstrated professional competence and ability as reflected in work performance and results
• Financial analysis
• Analytical skills
• Management skills

• Bachelor's degree in any of the following disciplines: Economics, Statistics, Finance, Commerce (Finance or Accounting Option), Business Administration (Finance or Accounting Option), Business Management (Finance/Accounting Option) or equivalent qualification from a recognised institution
• Certified Public Accountant CPA (K) or Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) or Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) or its equivalent
• Membership in good standing with a relevant professional body
• Certificate in a management course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution
• Met the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution