Accountant - Budgets and Planning

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY

• Reporting to the Manager - Budgets and Planning, the successful candidate will be responsible for timely and accurate preparation, consolidation, and tracking of monthly financial reports and annual budgets to support informed decision-making by Management. The role serves as a critical link in driving financial discipline, transparency, and performance monitoring across the organization.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Preparation of monthly statistical report,
• Preparation of monthly financial, statistical, newsletters & budget variance reports
• Presentation of Budget variance reports to departmental heads
• Budget preparation for all departments
• Discussion of draft budget with input from Planning and Budgeting manager with departmental heads and program administrators
• Preparation of feasibilities studies for all projects and equipment
• Link with departmental managers to enable them to understand financial and budget processes in line with goals
• Work with departmental managers to map out overall pricing strategy.
• Prepare weighted costs schedule for all departments
• Costing of services and preparation of packages
• Prepare and analyse monthly/weekly/daily BVR for different Head of Departments.
• Monthly review the activities of grants and advise Budget & Planning manager on the key recommendations.
• Participate in all team efforts as departmental needs arise.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor of Commerce, Business Administration or related degree.
• Certified Public Accountant CPA (K) or ACCA.
• At least three (3) years of progressive working experience in accounting.
• Computer literate and conversant with computerized accounting packages.