Principal Budget Officer - JG -N

Duties and Responsibilities:

• coordinating and analyzing medium term expenditure framework (MTEF) budget
• Assisting departments in costing of programmes; incorporating departmental inputs into the budget
• communicating approved annual estimates to various departments and ensuring there is timely adjustments of work plans commensurate with the resources voted in the budget
• Determining performance indicators for programmes
• Initial preparation of responses to all budgetary matters including all issues raised by County Assembly Oversight Committees
• Assist desk officers to coordinate the preparation of budget estimates for various departments; analyzing project proposals
• Analyzing budget estimates
• Analyzing fiscal returns
• Preparing fiscal reports
• Preparing briefs on financial management.

Academic and Professional Requirements:

(i) A Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following, Commerce (Finance option), Business Management or Finance, Economics, Business Administration plus Certified Public Accountant CPA-K or Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) or Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

(ii) At least six (6) years relevant experience in the public service or in the private sector;

(iii) Attended and successfully completed a Senior Management course lasting not less than four (4) Weeks;

(iv) Attended and successfully completed a certificate course in Public Financial Management; and;

(v) Shown outstanding professional competence and ability in the budget function.