DIRECTOR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION – EMA 223 views

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Environmental Management Agency (EMA)

Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons to fill the following position that has arisen within the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) – an equal opportunity employer:

Position: DIRECTOR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION Grade E1

Station: Head Office

Reporting to the Director General, the job holder will be charged with the responsibility to plan, direct and control key initiatives in Finance and Administration Department in support of the overall strategic goals of the Agency through following policies and procedures in accordance with the Public Finance Management Act [Chapter 22:19], EMA Act [Chapter 20:27] and all the other relevant legislature.

Duties and Responsibilities Entail:

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 overall strategy.
• Ensuring budget implementation and control.
• Ensuring preparation, review and presentation of monthly management accounts and reporting to Senior Management and the Board.

3. Financial and Cash Flow Management

• Performing financial analysis of new opportunities and decision alternatives.
• Defining key financial performance measures and targets with the management team.
• Overseeing the working capital management.
• Overseeing debt management and liaisons 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 auditors.

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 of the Agency’s assets to avoid any loss and determining the 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.

Qualification, Experience and Competences:

• Degree in Finance, Accounting or equivalent.
• Post graduate 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 must be at a senior management level.
• Knowledge of Acumatica is an added advantage.