Title:  Team Leader - Controlling and Reporting Grade D2

Overall Objective

Ensuring the Authority meets its reporting needs for various internal and external stakeholders and efficient management of the Authority’s budgeting process including controlling and implementation.

Main Responsibilities

• Implementing budget development calendar in line with agreed timelines and guiding framework and provide input in the review and update of budget development guidelines in line with best budgetary formulation practices
• Assisting with the review and update of budget formulation working templates, work sheets and chart of accounts in line with workplans, strategic plan and best budgetary formulation practices
• Sensitizing and train stakeholders (including budget holders) on all budget development and formulation matters.
• Reviewing draft budgets submitted by departments for conformity with agreed budgetary formulation framework and consolidate approved budgets and communicate to final budgets to stakeholders.
• Monitoring implementation of approved budgets in liaison with stakeholders to ensure expenditures are within approved budgets and provide ongoing support to budget holders on daily implementation of approved budgets
• Processing approved budget transfers for activities not budgeted for but duly approved to be undertaken by forgoing initially planned activities
• Uploading approved budgets in Controlling and Funds Management Module and any approved changes to the approved budget
• Conducting system month end procedures in Funds Management and Controlling modules
• Updating the Controlling and Funds management modules for any changes to the chart of accounts and any other related developments
• Preparing timely and insightful budget performance reports in accordance with service level agreements with stakeholders
• Engaging budget owners (i.e. station managers/ sectional heads) on respective budget performance reports
• Providing periodic business intelligence analysis reports to trigger management intervention on all matters identified on budgetary development, control and performance

Experience

Atleast 5 years  of experince

Qualifications

A minimum of Bachelor  Degree in Accountancy  or equivalent from a recognized university/College plus some subjects towards completion of professional accountancy qualification such as ACCA or CIMA

Skills and Competencies

Delligent and result oriented

Excellent conflict management skills 

Strong risk Management and internal controls skills

Good Financial reporting and compliance skills

Excellent Financial analysis and planning skills