Finance/ Budget Officer - 4 Positions at Tharaka Nithi County Assembly

Requirements for Appointment

• Be an employee of Tharaka Nithi County
• Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce (Finance option), Business Management or Finance, Economics, Business Administration from an approved institution
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) K or Association of Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) or Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) will be an added advantage
• Relevant working experience of five (3) years in the Accounting, Audit or Financial field
• Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and Responsibilities

The officer reports to the Director Budget and Economic Planning and will be responsible for assisting the Budget and Economic Planning in:

• Gathering, compiling and analysing information on commitment and expenditure trends and initiating appropriate corrective action as may be required;
• Compiling information required on budget monitoring and expenditure control including expenditures on salaries and allowances;
• Initial processing of reallocations within the budget;
• Initial evaluation and scrutiny of expenditure proposals and compilation of information required in the budgetary processes;
• Processing of Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and revised estimates budget;
• Taking initial action for the budgeting of donor financed projects, reviewing of financial implementation of such projects, and monitoring commitments on expenditures; and
• Any other duty that may be assigned by the supervisor from time to time.