Position Summary:
- The Finance Manager
provides strategic and operational leadership to the Finance Department,
ensuring effective, professional,
- and customer-oriented financial services
to Tangaza University and its stakeholders. The role is responsible for
safeguarding
- financial integrity, developing and
implementing financial strategies, ensuring compliance with statutory and
regulatory
- requirements, and promoting sustainable
financial management practices. The Finance Manager oversees all aspects
of
- financial planning, reporting, control,
and resource utilization to ensure, long-term financial viability.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensure the financial health of TU by
optimizing resource allocation and utilization of assets.
- Support income generation initiatives and
identify opportunities for improving efficiency and expanding revenue
streams.
- Ensure systems, policies, and controls
are in place to uphold the highest standards of financial integrity.
- Provide effective leadership and
management of the Financial Department, ensuring high quality customer
focused services
- that support and enable the delivery of
Tangaza’s priorities.
- Oversee preparation of accurate and
timely financial and management reports, ensuring monthly, quarterly, and
annual
- results are monitored and shared with
relevant governance bodies.
- Provide financial leadership and advice
to Directors, Deans, and Heads of Departments, ensuring they understand
the
- financial implications of decisions.
- Oversee internal and external audit
processes, ensuring recommendations are implemented effectively.
- Lead the preparation of annual budgets
and operational plans in consultation with management and budget holders.
- Presentation of period management report
to the finance committee and the management board and on need basis.
- Ensure compliance with IFRS and
institutional financial policies.
- Grants and donations: Oversee the setup,
accounting, and reporting of donor-funded projects to ensure strict
compliance
- with donor terms, including the
maintenance of separate tracking systems for restricted funds.
Qualification and Experience:
- Qualified accountant in good standing
with professional board (CPA, ACCA, CA, CIMA);
- Bachelors degree in commerce, business
administration or economics;
- MBA or other masters level qualification
with specialization in finance, accounting or strategic management;
- Proven track record of working in the
Finance Department in a complex organization, preferably an institution of
higher learning
- or business organization (3-5 years);
- Strategic capability with experience in
operating at a senior strategic financial management level (3-5 years);
- Demonstrate portfolio of solid
achievements in previous roles;
- Ability to devise, drive and deliver a
clear vision of change and take people along with them on the journey;
- Working knowledge of a range of
accounting software’s and ability to interface management information
systems.
Key Competencies and Skills:
- Person with high integrity, ethical
standards and embracing the values of TU.
- Financial management professional able to
have a bird’s eye view of the affairs of an organization.
- High motivation and commitment to driving
change in a complex and diverse organization.
- Ability to create and sustain work
partnerships and engage effectively with a strong senior team and work
across boundaries
- internally and externally.
- Sound emotional health and ability to
manage self and others when under pressure.
- Open to owning up to personal challenges
and continuous learning.
- Familiarity with government funding
procedures and donor financial reporting requirements.
- Ability to manage multiple funding
streams and reconcile complex accounts (student accounts + government
remittances).
How to Apply
