Public Accountants Officer-MINECOFIN Under Statute at MINECOFIN :Deadline: Dec 1, 2022

Job Description

Under direct supervision and guidance of Deputy Accountant General/ DG Public Account, the public accountant officer will be responsible of the following:
1. Provide technical support and advice to Budget Agencies
– Liaise with Budget Agency management in preparing GoR Financial Statements and verifying their timeliness, completeness and
accuracy of financial reports,
– Guide step by step assigned portfolio in implementation of International Public sector standards
– Review of financial Statements for assigned Budget Agencies and ensure timely provision of quality review feedback,
– Monitor and support audit process of assigned entities and ensure issues noted are resolved and recommendations
implemented.

2. Train and Coach Budget Agency personnel
– Provide induction and reinforcement training to Budget Agency personnel in public finance management and accounting tools
and software such as IFMIS,
– Support and take active role in the preparation of public finance reforms and documents and ensure its dissemination to users in
Central Government Agencies, Local Government and Public Institutions.
– Ensuring that financial and accounting arrangements in Ministries/Districts/Agencies are adequate and effective and
performance of PFM staff of assigned portfolio is satisfactory

3. Consolidate financial reports.
– Prepare monthly, quarterly, semiannual and annual consolidation dashboards of financial information for assigned portfolio.
– Monitor accountability issues of assigned portfolio and ensure these are resolved in reasonable time.
– Maintaining the accounting records of assigned portfolios.