Senior Chief Finance Officer at Public Service Commission Kenya (PSCK)

V/No.40/2017

Basic Salary Scale: Ksh.120.270 – Ksh.180,660 p.m. (Job Group ‘S’)

Qualifications for the Senior Chief Finance Officer Job

• For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:
• Served for a minimum period of two (2) years in the grade of Chief Finance Officer/Deputy Director of Budget, Job Group ‘R’;
• A Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines: Commerce (Finance Option), Economics, Business Administration, Business Management or Finance from a university recognized in Kenya;
  OR
• Any other Bachelor’s degree from a university recognized in Kenya plus Certified Public Accountant II (CPA II) qualification;
• A Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA), Economics, Finance, Commerce or in any other finance related discipline from a university recognized in Kenya; shown outstanding capability in financial management; and demonstrated understanding of national development goals, policies and objectives, national values and principles of governance.

NOTE: Possession of a strategic leadership course from a recognized institution will be considered an added advantage

Responsibilities for the Senior Chief Finance Officer Job

An officer at this level will be deployed in the Budget Department at the National Treasury, or in a Ministry/State Department as a head of Finance Department;

Specific duties and responsibilities at the National Treasury include:

• coordinating the development of budget policy, budget systems and reforms;
• coordinating the overall resource allocation in line with national policy;
• coordinating capacity building in the Finance units/Budget department;
• coordinating the linkage of the overall budget to the sectoral and ministerial cash plans; and undertaking risk assessment on overall budget policy.

Specific duties and responsibilities at the Ministry/State Department include:

• Developing budgetary requirements and coordinate the activities of the department.
• Scheduling of expenditures consistent with work plans; contract liability projections for the identification and budgeting of contractual and
• Legal financial obligations;
• Budget planning, preparation and implementation;
• Coordinating the preparation of annual work plans, procurement plans and cash management;
• Advising the accounting officer on financial management matters;
• Coordinating the preparation of the Ministerial Public Expenditure reviews and the
• Sector reports; and undertaking risk assessment and management of the Budget.