Job Description
Applications are invited from highly competent and qualified persons to fill the above mentioned position that has arisen in the Office of the Auditor-General.
Develop and implement finance and administration strategy, policies and systems and achieve economic efficiency and effectiveness of the functions.
Reporting to: Deputy Auditor General Administration.
Duties and Responsibilities
Strategic planning:
- Lead in the designing and developing of the Finance strategy in line with OAG ‘s corporate goals and objectives.
- Oversee the development and implementation of finance policies and systems in accordance with the finance strategy.
- Lead in corporate strategic planning and budgeting and develop finance annual plans and budgets.
- Review adherence to the budgets and report variance with necessary explanations.
Management and Financial Accounting Reports:
- Assist with the review of guidelines and collation of information for budget forecast preparation.
- Oversee the production of timely and accurate management accounts and financial statements, reports and schedules as required.
- Oversee the preparation of accurate and timely reconciliation statements as required
- Take the lead in the review and maintenance of the integrity of the computerized accounting system
- Monitor and ensure that all statutory requirements of the organization are complied with.
- Oversee the documentation and maintenance of complete and accurate supporting information for all financial transactions.
- Approve the financial accounting system for cash management, accounts payable accounts receivable, credit control, and petty cash.
- Ensure that employees’ payroll and financial information is secure and stored in compliance with current legislation and OAG policies and guidelines.
Procurement
- Development systems and policies aligned with the Procurement Act and the best practices for the procurement functions at OAG.
- Monitor and ensure economy and efficiency in the procurement of goods, services and works.
- Monitor the development and implementation of the annual procurement plans and ensure conformance to the plan.
- Verify and confirm that procedures are followed and full compliance of the laws, regulations and policies and achieved.
Project Management:
- Oversee the planning of all projects in the OAG and ensure the achievement of the organizational mandate.
- Oversee the preparation of all project budgets and ensure that they are in line with the OAG guidelines.
- Oversee the implementation of all approved projects in the OAG.
Administration
- Set policies and procedures for the administrative activities of OAG and monitor compliance.
- Oversee the management of fleet for ensuring the principle of economy and efficiency.
- Monitor and ensure that the safety and legal requirements related to the fleet management are fully complied with.
- Facilitate the timely maintenance of all assets of OAG by ensuring that civil and electromechanical maintenance plans are implemented effectively and efficiently.
- Provide strategic and supervisory leadership to the organization.
Annual Work Plans:
- Coordinate the development and review of the annual department work plan in line with the Audit plans.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent from a recognized institution.
- Professional qualification of either the following CA(Z), ACCA, CPA and CIMA is a must.
- Master’s degree is an added advantage.
- Clean class four driver’s license.
- Seven (7) years’ experience in the corporate/public management sector, three (3) of which should be at management level.
Attributes:
- Financial management skills.
- Teamwork and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent and written Communication skills
- Creativity and innovative.
- People management skills.
- A high level of integrity.
- Strategic management.
- Organisational development.
- Planning and organising
- Leadership skills.
- Proven ICT skills including SAP.
Other
How to Apply
If you are qualified and interested, please submit your application with a detailed Curriculum Vitae not later than June 28, 2024, to the following email address: auditofficehr@gmail.com
OR hand deliver to No. 48 Burroughs House, Corner George Silundika and Simon Muzenda Street (4th Street).