Company Overview

JKUAT Enterprises Limited is a state corporation fully owned by JKUAT that creates and commercializes quality solutions and products through research, consulting, training and innovation to transform individuals and institutions in Africa and beyond. To enhance entrepreneurial activity through the latest innovations in technological research. To provide practical solutions to societal challenges through research and innovation.

Job Summary

The Assistant Manager Finance Officer, Grade 4, will be responsible for ensuring the timely and accurate preparation of financial reports, budgets, and expenditure analysis. This role involves providing technical support to departments, interpreting financial policies, and verifying financial transactions to maintain sound financial principles and effective internal control.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Review and ensure timely and accurate preparation of management accounting reports on monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
• Ensuring timely and accurate preparation of annual budgets and revised budgets based on approved work plans.
• Provide technical support to technical and other departments during the budget making process.
• Reviewing expenditure returns from departments, prepare variance analysis and recommend corrective action.
• Interpreting of financial policies for sound financial principles, practices procedures for effective internal control.
• Assist other departmental and sectional managers in the management of their budgets through regular provision of reliable up to date financial information.
• Carry out financial planning and consolidate department work plans.
• Participate in Resource Mobilization initiatives of the Corporation.
• Verification of payroll, payment cheques, EFTs and Corporation transfers.
• Approval of Purchase orders, Sales & Purchase invoices and staff imprests.
• Review the coding of ledger and store items in the system to ensure that is accurate and sufficient.
• Review all purchase requisition to ensure the estimate given by users are reasonable and within budget.

Person Specifications

Experience:

• A minimum of ten (8) years’ work experience and at least four (4) in a supervisory role in the Public Service or Private Sector.

Education:

• Master’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Business Administration preferably in Finance or equivalent qualifications from a recognized University or institution.
• Bachelor’s degree in commerce (Finance option), Economics, and Business Administration, Business Management or other relevant and equivalent qualifications from a recognized institution.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Associate of Certified Chartered Accountant (ACCA).
• Certificate in Management Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution.

Other Requirements:

• Membership in good standing of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) or any other recognized professional body.
• Proficiency in computer applications.
• Demonstrated results in work performance.
• Fulfilled the requirements of Chapter Six of the constitution.

• Review and ensure timely and accurate preparation of management accounting reports on monthly, quarterly and annual basis
• Ensuring timely and accurate preparation of annual budgets and revised budgets based on approved work plans.
• Provide technical support to technical and other departments during the budget making process
• Reviewing expenditure returns from departments, prepare variance analysis and recommend corrective action
• Interpreting of financial policies for sound financial principles, practices procedures for effective internal control
• Assist other departmental and sectional managers in the management of their budgets through regular provision of reliable up to date financial information
• Carry out financial planning and consolidate department work plans
• Participate in Resource Mobilization initiatives of the Corporation.
• Verification of payroll, payment cheques, EFTs and Corporation transfers
• Approval of Purchase orders, Sales & Purchase invoices and staff imprests.
• Review the coding of ledger and store items in the system to ensure that is accurate and sufficient
• Review all purchase requisition to ensure the estimate given by users are reasonable and within budget

• Proficiency in computer applications
• Demonstrated results in work performance

• Master’s Degree in Business Administration preferably in Finance or equivalent qualifications from a recognized University or institution
• Bachelor’s degree in commerce (Finance option), Economics, and Business Administration, Business Management or other relevant and equivalent qualifications from a recognized institution
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Associate of Certified Chartered Accountant (ACCA)
• Membership in good standing of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) or any other recognized professional body
• Certificate in Management Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution
• Fulfilled the requirements of Chapter Six of the constitution