Chief Transactions Manager at Hawkins Associates

Reference No: 281/AV

Responsibilities for the Chief Manager

Reporting to the Executive Director/CEO, the successful candidate will be responsible for assisting the ED/CEO in leading privatization transactions. Other key responsibilities include:-

• Provide leadership, maintain discipline, trains and appraises staff in the team.
• Motivate and nurture the department to achieve overall objectives.
• Lead the department by budgeting, planning and directing resources to achieve targets and objectives.
• Supervise the development, implementation and management of Transaction policies.
• Oversee staff development.
• Ensure performance measures are designed to evaluate performance against the strategic plan.
• Ensure reporting on work done into the reporting structures in the Institution on a monthly; quarterly or annual basis.
• Play a senior leadership role in bringing the internal community along to support the outputs delivered by developing effective and strategic relationships.
• Build a highly effective team, by leading, managing and motivating staff and by directing and coaching them where appropriate, so that they achieve excellence in delivery.
• Take responsibility for the reports emerging from the division and all documentation sent to the Executive Director.
• Oversee division’s budgeting, monthly, quarterly and annual reporting, cash flow and debt management.
• Supervise mentor and coach staff.
• Lead financial transactions and negotiations;
• Formulate guidelines for implementation of privatization transactions;
• Ensure timely implementation of transactions assigned;
• Lead assignments to develop specific technical papers/presentations, manuals and training materials as required;
• Create awareness, publicity and advocacy of the privatization programme to galvanize support nationally and internally;
• Create and maintain strong relationships and communication linkages with key stakeholders;
• Monitor and evaluate all aspects central to the execution of the privatization transactions;
• Ensure close collaboration and coordination between the various transactions;
• Provide secretarial, logistical and coordination services to the transactions;
• Prepare transaction action plan, and the associated budgets;
• Identify and manage transaction’s commercial and project risks and opportunities;
• Identify required advisory services, developing Terms of Reference (TOR) for advisory assignments and coordinating the procurement processes;
• Provide technical oversight and advice on specific transactions including quality-reviewing and disseminating all consultant reports and comments from stakeholders;
• Monitor privatization transactions and ensuring that data required for demonstrating transaction impact and lessons learned are collected, analyzed and integrated into transaction monitoring and evaluation system

Qualifications and Experience For The Chief Manager Job

• A relevant master’s degree from a recognized university;
• A Bachelors Degree in Business Management, Finance, Economics or equivalent studies from a recognized university;
  CPA (K), CFA or equivalent professional qualification and membership of relevant professional bodies;
• At least 12 years post graduation experience, with a minimum of 3 years’ experience at a senior managerial level.

Salary Scale: Kshs 385,000 pm – 515,937 pm