Assistant Director: Finance, Audit and Verification Support

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

• To providing administrative support to the finance unit in respect of fund and project audits, internal control assessment, process improvements, site visits, due diligence reviews, financial verification of project documents and budget preparation for the Jobs Fund and its projects.

Minimum Requirements:

• Degree in Finance or Auditing or equivalent
• Qualification in public finance management is an advantage
• 5 years’ experience in financial management or administration of budget and financial auditing
• Experience in the public service an advantage

Competencies:

• Knowledge and ability to apply financial management practices, processes, controls and systems associated with budgeting and expenditure management, revenue management, financial and chartered accounting, supply chain management, asset management and financial risk and audit management
• Knowledge and ability to use computers and technology efficiently. Refers to the comfort level someone has with using computer programs and other applications associated with computers (MS Office, Internet, email).
• Knowledge of how to evaluate control systems for financial, administrative, programme, and operational activities to provide reasonable assurances that obligations, costs and disbursements comply with applicable regulations and laws, that property is funded, and assets are safeguarded; and those revenues and expenditures applicable to operations are properly recorded and accounted
• Knowledge of project management principles, methods, or tools for appraising, conceptualising, structuring, scheduling, coordinating, and managing projects and resources, including monitoring, evaluating and reporting on project impact, costs, work, and contractor performance.
• Knowledge of field of economics that studies government activities and the alternative means of financing them.

Key performance Areas:

• Assist in the processing of information to determine project budgets for the financial year
• Assist in compiling progress reports on the status of all project budgets
• Collecting and verifying financial source documents
• As a backup to the administrator, assist in procurement processes for service providers and Prepare invoices
• Project financial reconciliations
• Assist in supporting external auditors and their information requirements as part of the Audit process.
• Preparation of compliance dashboards, training areas, training research and material
• Assist with resource requirements assessment as part of the operations budgeting process.
• Assist with verification of accuracy and completeness of financial projections and other supporting documentation for projects
• Assist with tracking project progress against subsequent financial contractual obligations within the portfolio of projects.
• Assist in checking accuracy and completeness of project budget submissions for approval by the Deputy Director General.
• As a backup to the administrator, provide quality control of all documentation
• Assist in the assessment of risks and internal controls by identifying areas of non-compliance; and assistance in evaluating manual and automated financial processes; identifying process weaknesses and inefficiencies and operational issues. Provide suggestions on improving internal controls
• Assist in the verification of quarterly financial information for projects to ensure alignment with contracted project terms and milestones
• Assists with the compilation of all financial evidence in preparation of the Fund’s Audits
• Ensure financial evidence records are compliant with Fund protocols
• Assist with the compilation of the Jobs Fund’s drawdown budgets based on projections from projects
• Assist in the review of project audits and compilation of progress logs against outcomes of the audits.
• Support the JF and JFP team as they prepare for Project audit
• Assistance with internal control checks of the project portfolio in line with Jobs Fund Guidelines

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