Massive Recruitment at Mandera County Public Service Board

JG “Q” : REF MCG/CPSB/FEP/2018/08/14

Deputy Director Revenue Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Deputizing the Director of Revenue Services on various roles;
• Planning, formulating strategies and identifying sources of revenue; Implementing County policies and regulations for revenue;
• Preparation and submission of revenue collection reports;
• Developing and implementing plans to operationalize County revenue to enhance efficient revenue collection and growth;
• Designing effective, efficient and secure systems sources /centers, rates and revenues collected;
• Setting up and projecting regular revenue trends for planning and decision making in the County;
• Plan, direct, coordinate and supervise revenue section in the county to ensure the staff collect the revenue and meet the collection targets as set out;
• Advise the relevant county committee on matters of new revenue streams to increase county revenue collection from the new sources;
• Submitting regular reports to County Executive Committees on matters of revenue collection;
• Implement county policies and county regulations on revenue collection to improve revenue collection for the county;
• Design effective, efficient and secure systems of collecting revenue and liaise with enforcers in case of defaulters of revenue payers to seal all revenue leakages;
• Maintain schedules for revenue source within the county to ensure all new revenue sources are identified and improve revenue collection in the county;
• Set broad performance targets in revenue collection to ensure the county collects sufficient revenue to meet its budgetary activities;
• Undertake periodic surveys to determine feasibility in revenue collection from the new revenue sources to develop policies on the revenue collection;
• Forward the revenue reconciliations to the county Director of revenue and expenditure to ensure all revenue is accounted for as required by the financial policies and regulations;
• Prepare demand notes and debtors’ lists for recovery and follow up to ensure the county recovers all its debts;
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned.

Requirement for the Deputy Director Revenue Job

• Be a holder of Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Economics or Business Administration/ Management or Bachelor of Arts from a recognized university;
• Conversant with QuickBooks and sage pastel accounting;
• Must have experience in revenue collection in the public or private sector for a minimum period of five (5) years;
• Membership to professional bodies (e.g. ICPAK, ACCA etc.) will be an added advantage;
• Demonstrated a thorough understanding of national goals, policies and development objectives and ability to align them to the County’s mandate;
• Be conversant with the provisions of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act;
• Be a team player with exemplary leadership qualities, interpersonal, communication, and collaborative skills;
• Certificate in Computer application skills relevant to financial management from a recognized institution;
• Satisfies requirement of chapter six of the constitution of Kenya 2010 on leadership and integrity.