Director Revenue at Vihiga County Government

The Director of Revenue will be the Head of Revenue and report to the Chief Officer Accounting, Revenue and Supply Chain Management.

An officer at this level will be based at the County Headquarters and will be responsible for the coordination of activities in the Revenue Section.

Duties and Responsibilities.

• Planning, formulating strategies and identifying sources of revenue;
• Designing effective, efficient and secure systems of collecting revenue;
• Developing Bills, policies, programs, bylaws and internal control systems that enhance own source revenue collection in the County;
• Authorizing county employee or entity to collect revenue on behalf of the County government;
• Implementing county policies and regulations for revenue;
• Setting up and projecting regular revenue trends for planning and decision making in the county;
• Developing revenue collection targets for the county and allocating the
• same to various county entities and senior staff;
• Co-ordinating the work of third-party entities engaged by the County
• Government to collect revenue on behalf of the County the Finance Bill/ Act;
• Ensuring posting of all revenue sources in the IFMIS system;
• Preparing quarterly and annual revenue reports on all own source revenue and external sources;
• Submitting regular reports to county assembly, national treasury and commission for revenue allocation on matters of revenue collection;
• Identifying and provide baseline data on new sources of revenue;
•  Maintaining records of all the revenue sources / Centre, rates and revenues collected Championing automation of own source revenue streams in the County;
• Ensuring all own source revenue collected is accounted for and banked intact;
• Preparing the budget for the revenue directorate.

Qualifications

• Be a Kenyan citizen;
• Be a holder of Bachelor’s degree in Commerce (Accounting or Finance option); Finance, Economics or Business Administration /Management (Accounting or Finance) from a recognized institution;
• A holder of a Master’s degree in the relevant discipline from a recognized institution;
• A member of Certified Public Accountant of Kenya (CPA-K) in good standing;
• Conversant with IFMIS and other revenue management accounting or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) packages;
• Served as an Accountant in the public or private sector for a minimum period of ten (10) years, five (5) of which Must be in a senior management position;
• Attended a Senior Management Course or Strategic Leadership Development programme lasting for at least four (4) weeks;
• Demonstrate 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 Financial Management Act, 2012;
• Must satisfy the requirements of Chapter Six of the Constitution of Kenya;
• Be a good team player with exemplary leadership qualities, interpersonal, communication and collaborative skills;
• Proficiency in Computer Application Skills relevant to financial management from a recognized institution.