County Budget Coordinator at Office of the Controller of Budget (OCOB)

Job Purpose

This position is responsible for advising the Controller of Budget on effective methods of county budget implementation, facilitating authorization of withdrawals from County Revenue Funds and other public funds. The holder is responsible for preparation of statutory and special reports on Budget Implementation.

Key Responsibilities

Budget Implementation & Policy Management

• Implement policies, strategies, standards, frameworks, work plans, legislation, guidelines, procedures and regulations on budget implementation
• Promote Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) initiatives
• Implement the department's charter
• Implement the business continuity plan for the department

Requisition & Fund Management

• Receive and collate all requisitions and supporting documents related to County Governments from County Treasuries
• Compare requisitions against budgets and primary requirements and prepare reports
• Analyze requisitions and supporting documents and prepare summaries
• Maintain tracking records of all requisitions
• Implement formats for requisitions and approvals of fund withdrawals
• Review County Governments Exchequer Requests

Data Analysis & Reporting

• Collect, collate and analyze data to prepare special reports
• Collect and collate data on budget implementation for County Governments
• Keep inventory of resolutions adopted on reports of County Governments

Compliance & Oversight

• Track compliance and implementation of recommendations of Controller of Budget reports by accounting officers in county governments

Corporate Governance

• Foster a corporate culture that promotes ethical practices and good corporate citizenship

Financial Responsibility

• Review County Governments Exchequer Requests
• Prepare and monitor the execution of OCOB county office budget

Physical Assets

Responsible for assets assigned by the Office of the Controller of Budget.