Responsibilities:

• Ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of the organization's financial reporting processes to achieve financial accuracy and transparency.
• Keep the Senior manger informed of significant issues related to budgeting and forecasting processes that may impact the organization's goals.
• Maintain high standards of confidentiality to safeguard commercially sensitive information.
• Provide guidance to functional units and ensure the effective accomplishment of their respective duties.
• Comply with organizational policies, procedures, management, regulatory requirements, and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
• Implement budgeting systems, procedures, and internal controls.
• Stay updated on the latest budgeting best practices.
• Review budgeting reports and statistics under the direction of the Financial Planning & Analysis Manager.
• Coordinate with internal auditors and provide necessary information for the preparation of internal audit reports.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with related units to achieve departmental goals.
• Prepare Budget Circular and Budget Templates for review by the Financial Planning and Reporting Executive Director.
• Assist in providing guidance to Budget Holders in the preparation of annual budgets.
• Ensure business area partners adhere to the budgeting framework and provide necessary support throughout the budgeting cycle.
• Review and ensure consistency and compliance of Business Units Budgets with the Budget Circular.
• Assist in ensuring smooth flow of documents/data required for effective Budget Consolidation.
• Amend and consolidate the Budget in accordance with Finance Management instructions.
• Contribute to the formulation of finance strategy, annual business plans, policies, and procedures.

• Review Requests for Budget Overrun/Transfer from Budget Holders and recommend further approval as appropriate.
• Coordinate budget-related management reports and other outputs, seeking required approvals.
• Coordinate with the IT department to develop business intelligence reporting packs.
• Review budget templates and communicate them to concerned departments.
• Perform PR budget checks according to organizational policies.
• Upload confirmed and approved budgets into the system.
• Conduct variance analysis and recommend corrective actions.
• Prepare the budget transfer as per policy and procedures.
• The manager is authorized to assign the employee to any task within the department.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s in accounting or related fields; Finance.
• 4 - 6 Years of relevant experience.
• Training courses in the field of finance.

• Strong financial modelling and PowerPoint presentation skills.

Skills and Competencies:

• Analytical and quantitative skills.
• Broad-based business knowledge.
• Detail oriented. Creating an efficient budget requires careful analysis of each budget item.
• Competent IT skills, particularly in the use of spreadsheets.
• The ability to present technical information in a clear and understandable way.