Manager Finance at Kenyatta National Hospital

KNH has turned 115 years and it had its Centenary Celebration in 2001. The Hospital was built to fulfill the role of being a National Referral and Teaching Hospital, as well as to provide medical research environment. Established in 1901 with a bed capacity of 40, KNH became a State Corporation in 1987 with a Board of Management and is at the apex of the ...

 

Manager Finance

• Job TypeFull Time
• QualificationBA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
• Experience8 years
• LocationNairobi
• Job FieldFinance / Accounting / Audit 

REF. NUMBER, KNH/EX/M/FIN/10/29 (1 POST)

Job Purpose

An officer at this level will be responsible to Director, Finance in the provision of accounting services in the hospital.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop the road map for implementation of Internal controls to minimize financial and operational risk to the hospital;
• Coordination of the billing services to ensure timely and accurate bills and related reports;
• Evaluate the Credit management system to ensure that it aids in timely recording, collection and reporting of all debts;
• Design revenue collection procedures for efficient collection and accounting of hospital revenue;
• Design expenditure control procedures that ensure all payments made are dully authorized and are within the provisions of the Public Finance Management Act 2012 and its Regulations 2015;
• Provide guidance on financial reporting processes to ensure generation of timely and accurate statutory and non-statutory financial statements;
• Coordinate external audits and action plans for audit issues resolution;
• Coordinate preparation, implementation, control and monitoring of the hospital budget;
• Set up fixed assets management processes to ensure prompt and accurate identification, recording and reporting of all hospital fixed assets;
• Coordinate cost accounting management processes and procedures to ensure accurate costing of all hospital services and goods;
• Design management reports that should be generated to facilitate prompt management decision making;
• Design cash management procedures to ensure all revenue collected and GOK Grants are timely and accurately banked, recorded and reported;
• Coordinate tax management processes to ensure the hospital compliance with the provisions of tax laws;
• Coordinate Implementation of hospital investment plans and advise on availability of funds & investment opportunities;
• Set mechanisms for ensuring that performance targets are achieved;
• Direct staff deployed in the Unit on all technical financial matters;
• Supervise, train and mentor staff deployed in the Unit;
• Implementation of financial regulations, policies, strategies and plans;
• Monitoring the billing processes to ensure accuracy and timeliness of billing and related reports;
• Reviewing credit management procedures and processes to ensure that all debts are fully recorded, invoices promptly submitted to debtors and debt collected within the stipulated credit period and accurately reported;
• Appraising the revenue collection processes and procedures to ensure timely collection, reconciliation, banking and reporting of all hospital revenue;
• Reviewing the accounts payable, imprest and accountable documents archiving management procedures to ensure accurate and prompt recording, payment and reporting;
• Prioritize the settlement of hospital obligations as they fall due
• Maintenance of General Ledger and generation of timely periodic, statutory and nonstatutory financial statements;
• Managing external financial & special audits and ensure resolution of audit issues
• Coordinating and facilitating the preparation and consolidation of the hospital’s annual and Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) setting out three-year spending plans of the hospital, manage implementation, control and monitoring of the budget;
• Maintenance of a fixed assets register, ensuring that all assets are identified, tagged, recorded and reported in line with International Public sector Accounting Standards;
• Guiding the process of costing of items and services offered in the hospital to ensure that the user fee manual is dully updated;
• Ensuring that management reports are prepared on a timely basis to guide in decision making;
• Maintenance of proper books of accounts for revenue collected and GOK Grants received to facilitate timely recording and reporting;
• Ensuring all cash received in the hospital is promptly banked, recorded, reconciled and reported;
• Timely and accurate cash flow projections are generated to facilitate management decision making;
• Filling all statutory and non-statutory deductions and remittances are timely and accurately done, recorded, filed, paid and reported;
• Ensuring timely and accurate execution, recording and reporting of all hospital investments;
• Setting performance targets for the Unit and staff and conduct staff performance appraisal;
• Prepare periodic financial Board papers.

Qualification & Experience

• Master’s degree in any of the following: Commerce, Accounting, Tax, Business Administration, Finance, or their equivalent qualification, from a recognized institution;
• Bachelor’s degree in Commerce (Accounting or Finance option), Business Administration (Accounting or finance option) or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
• Leadership/management Course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from recognized institution;
• Certified Public Accountants (K) or its equivalent from a recognized institution;
• Valid membership certificate by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK); 
• Served for a minimum period of eight (8) years relevant work experience and at least three (3) years’ experience in a supervisory capacity.

Method of Application

Interested applicants who meet the requirements are requested to download and fill the application form available on KNH Website www.knh.or.ke. The application form together with a detailed C.V listing the qualifications, experience, current responsibilities, copies of testimonials, and certificates to be submitted at Kenyatta National Hospital’s Central Registry situated in the Hospitals Administration block on or before 3rd December 2024 or posted to the address below:-

 The Chief Executive Officer

Kenyatta National Hospital

P.O Box 20723-00202

NAIROBI

“Kenyatta National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer and qualified candidates with disabilities are encouraged to apply”.

NB: 

• Kenyatta National Hospital DOES NOT charge ANY FEES for application
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted through telephone number 0780 433080
• Successful candidate will be required to submit the document listed below to comply with the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution of Kenya,2010: – 
  • A certificate of good conduct from the National Police Service
  • EACC Clearance
  • Credit Reference Bureau Clearance
  • HELB Compliance
  • KRA Tax Compliance