Background

The Kitui County Assembly Service Board is a body corporate established under Section 12 of the County Governments Act, 2012. Section 12 (7) (b) of the County Governments Act, 2012 mandates the County Assembly Service Board to constitute offices in the County Assembly Service as well as appoint and supervise office holders. Further Section 24(1) of the County Governments Act, 2012 outlines the functions of the County Assembly Service Board.

Responsibilities

• Developing, implementing, and reviewing internal financial policies, resource allocation strategies, fiscal regulations, guidelines, and procedures for the County Assembly Service;
• Ensuring comprehensive financial prudence, transparency, and strict accounting discipline across all planning, treasury management, and budgetary execution workflows in absolute compliance with the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, 2012;
• Spearheading the strategic formulation of the County Assembly's annual budget estimates, cash flow projections, and Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) budget proposals;
• Coordinating institutional investment planning, resource mobilization, and financial forecasting strategies to support the Assembly's development priorities;
• Initiating and reviewing detailed justification proposals seeking supplementary budgets or additional financial allocations for emergency or extra-budgetary expenditures;
• Conducting meticulous analysis of budget estimates and monitoring expenditure commitments for recurrent, development, and donor-funded programs to eliminate fiscal deficits;
• Coordinating institutional tax planning, payroll withholding management, and tax statutory administration in total compliance with relevant national revenue laws;
• Enforcing security protocols to guarantee the absolute safe custody of institutional cash, cheques, financial records, bank assets, and all accountable statutory documents;
• Maintaining and updating a secure institutional inventory tracking all official bank accounts of the County Assembly and their approved mandates and signatories;
• Managing the asset and liability portfolios of the County Assembly Service and overseeing the compilation of accurate statutory balances and fiscal condition reports;
• Spearheading the preparation, validation, and statutory submission of consolidated quarterly, semi-annual, and annual financial and management reports in accordance with laid down National Treasury guidelines;
• Coordinating institutional external financial audits, serving as the technical liaison with the Office of the Auditor-General, and overseeing the tracking and implementation of audit recommendations; and
• Any other duty that may be assigned by the Office of the Clerk of Assembly.

Qualifications

• Be a Kenyan citizen;
• Have a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Commerce (Finance option), Economics, Business Administration (Finance option), Business Management (Finance / Accounting option), or any other relevant qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;

Experience

• At least three (3) years' relevant work experience.

Added Advantage

• Master's degree from an institution recognized in Kenya or its equivalent;
• Membership to a professional body/association;
• Senior Management Course or its equivalent; and
• Certificate in computer applications/packages.

• Developing, implementing, and reviewing internal financial policies, resource allocation strategies, fiscal regulations, guidelines, and procedures for the County Assembly Service;
• Ensuring comprehensive financial prudence, transparency, and strict accounting discipline across all planning, treasury management, and budgetary execution workflows in absolute compliance with the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, 2012;
• Spearheading the strategic formulation of the County Assembly's annual budget estimates, cash flow projections, and Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) budget proposals;
• Coordinating institutional investment planning, resource mobilization, and financial forecasting strategies to support the Assembly's development priorities;
• Initiating and reviewing detailed justification proposals seeking supplementary budgets or additional financial allocations for emergency or extra-budgetary expenditures;
• Conducting meticulous analysis of budget estimates and monitoring expenditure commitments for recurrent, development, and donor-funded programs to eliminate fiscal deficits;
• Coordinating institutional tax planning, payroll withholding management, and tax statutory administration in total compliance with relevant national revenue laws;
• Enforcing security protocols to guarantee the absolute safe custody of institutional cash, cheques, financial records, bank assets, and all accountable statutory documents;
• Maintaining and updating a secure institutional inventory tracking all official bank accounts of the County Assembly and their approved mandates and signatories;
• Managing the asset and liability portfolios of the County Assembly Service and overseeing the compilation of accurate statutory balances and fiscal condition reports;
• Spearheading the preparation, validation, and statutory submission of consolidated quarterly, semi-annual, and annual financial and management reports in accordance with laid down National Treasury guidelines;
• Coordinating institutional external financial audits, serving as the technical liaison with the Office of the Auditor-General, and overseeing the tracking and implementation of audit recommendations;
• Any other duty that may be assigned by the Office of the Clerk of Assembly.

• Financial policies
• Resource allocation
• Fiscal regulations
• Accounting discipline
• Treasury management
• Budgetary execution
• PFM Act, 2012 compliance
• Budget formulation
• Cash flow projections
• MTEF budget proposals
• Investment planning
• Resource mobilization
• Financial forecasting
• Supplementary budgets
• Budget analysis
• Expenditure monitoring
• Tax planning
• Payroll withholding management
• Statutory administration
• Security protocols
• Financial record keeping
• Asset and liability management
• Financial reporting
• External audit coordination
• Audit recommendation implementation
• Computer applications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Commerce (Finance option), Economics, Business Administration (Finance option), Business Management (Finance / Accounting option), or any other relevant qualification from a university recognized in Kenya
• Master's degree from an institution recognized in Kenya or its equivalent (Added Advantage)
• Membership to a professional body/association (Added Advantage)
• Senior Management Course or its equivalent (Added Advantage)
• Certificate in computer applications/packages (Added Advantage)