Jobs at Nzoia Water Services Company Limited

 Job Description

NZOWASCO/MD/9/2020/1

Key responsibilities and accountabilities

Reporting to the Managing Director, the finance manager shall undertake the following duties:-

• Prepare and submit monthly, ,quarterly and annual reports for the department, making necessary recommendations
• Prepare the company budget/cash flow management review to ensure sustainability and give strategic advice to management for proper decision making.
• Develop departmental budget and work plan
• Prepare Board Management papers for approval
• Preparing of financial accounts and final financial statements ensuring they give a true and fair picture of the company
• Prepare and review departmental policies and accounting manuals in line with international financial standards and government regulations.
• Ensure timely statutory payments and levies;
• Conduct periodic review of actual performance against budget and explaining any variance
• Participate in strategic planning and implementation
• Verifying, process claims and follow up for the VAT refunds
• Develop measure of controlling issuance of credit notes and enforce resolutions;
• Preparing of cash flow projections and management of cash flow;
• Ensuring quarterly stock taking, periodically cash count;
• Maintaining and management of all financial records;
• Enforcing adherence to generally accepted accounting standards and principles (IAS and IFRS);
• Implementing of Finance and Accounting Manuals;
• Liaising with both internal and external auditors as appropriate to ensure timely auditing is carried out on the organization;
• Responsible for physical assets assigned by the company
• Deal with banks and financial institutions
• Oversee performance management in the finance department
• Identify training needs for the departmental staff
• Ensuring that the finance system is functional

Minimum Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Commerce, Economics, Strategic Management (Accounting Option) with CPA-K/ACCA or equivalent.
• Member of a professional body in a good standing
• 7 years’ experience with Minimum of 3years in managerial or supervisory level
• Management course lasting more than three weeks

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NZOWASCO/MD/9/2020/2: LEGAL OFFICER

Key responsibilities and accountabilities

Reporting to the Managing Director, the Legal officer shall perform the following responsibilities;-

• Responsible for all matters relating to conveyance and litigation of the company.
• Drafting of agreements, contracts, leases and maintaining records of such transactions
• Liasing with external legal advocates on legal matters affecting the company
• Verifying all contracts agreements, agreements, leases in which the company enters into to ensure compliance
• Representing the company in legal issues
• Instituting legal procedures in debt collection
• Continuously review the laws as they come to ensure that the new compliance issues are captured and complied with.
• Monitor contractual compliance by the third Parties with whom the Company has contractual relationship.
• Ensure the maintenance and update the laws of Kenya, regulations, ordinances, policy manuals and distribute all supplements to designated recipients.
• Reviewing the Company’s Policies and Procedures, Standard Documentation including Contract, HR and Procurement forms to ensure that conform to the various legal and regulatory
• Assisting in drafting board papers relating to legal issues

Minimum Qualification and Experience

• Degree in Law from recognized university
• Post graduate diploma from the Kenya School of law
• Two years experience at a corporate level shall be an added advantage
• Be a member of an Institute of certified public secretary (ICPS)

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NZOWASCO/MD/9/2020/4: OFFICER, WATER SERVICES (LEVEL 4)

Key Responsibilities and accountabilities

Billing

• Review transaction reports and approve them
• Ensure the billing plan has been generated
• Ensure bills are processed in time and delivered to the customers
• Carry out revenue collection and ensure revenue collected is accounted for and banked
• Ensure that the billing system is working well and backups are taken daily and tested
• Ensure that water kiosk operators are billed correctly and money collected is banked
• Develop and implement illegal connection crackdown schedule
• Prepare monthly commercial reports
• Daily monitoring of customers’ accounts starters
• Ensure timely generation of disconnection list

Metering

• Ensure implementation of the metering schedule
• Ensure monthly metering plan is generated
• Ensure that meter readings are accurate, delivered on time and transaction reports generated.
• Ensure that there is reduced number of estimated bills
• Follow up on meter servicing and ensure stalled meters are frequently serviced
• Ensure jointly with the internal auditor that sufficient controls measures have been implemented to prevent fraud and other related malpractice
• Assist in developing the work plan of all commercial activities for region

Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields; Economics, Business Administration, and Commerce, or CPA(K), ACCA, Diploma in Marketing
• Management training lasting more three weeks
• 3 years’ experience in a similar position

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NZOWASCO/MD/9/2020/3: EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

Key responsibilities and accountabilities

• Coordination of board/ committee meetings as per schedule and ensure the BOD/ committee files are up to date and maintained
• Prepare MD’s quarterly report
• Ensure monthly and quarterly regional reports are received on time
• Organize CMT meetings and take minutes
• Maintain and manage the MD’s office.
• Ensure general cleanliness around the MD’s office and smooth running of the office activities
• Handling telephone calls and appointments to the managing director’s office

Qualification and Experience

• A degree in Business administration or an equivalent from a recognized university
• Five years’ experience
• Member of a professional body – KENASA
• Possession of relevant computer skills
• National diploma in secretarial studies shall be an added advantage