Head of Finance job at CoRSU | Apply Now

Education:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce/ Business Administration (Accounting option)

• MBA – Accounting/Finance and MSC – Accounting/Finance.

• A professional qualification in accounting preferably ACCA, CIMA, CFA, CPA (U)

Experience:

• 8 years’ post certification professional experience in finance and accounting in a reputable organization.

• Membership with a professional accounting body

• Ability to analyse financial data

• Excellent communication, presentation and social skills.

• Unflustered personality of outstanding integrity record, professional and ethical background

Knowledge and Skills:

• Leadership skills

• Analytical and organizational skills

• Financial management skills

• Understanding of standard costing

• Sound understanding of public-private partnership

• Communication, presentation and interpersonal skills with a good understanding of cultural diversity.

• Computer skills and practical experience with ICT productivity solutions at both personal (Microsoft packages, e.g., MSWord, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet) and enterprise level (Enterprise Resource Planning)

Other Key Attributes:

• Drive for Improvement:

• Is focused on the goal of service improvement and resists being side tracked.

• Invests sustained effort in making a significant impact on improvement within the organization and across the whole healthcare community.

• Works in such a way as to leave a legacy of improved services.

• Personal Integrity:

• Demonstrates a real commitment to working with, involving and consulting patients and other stakeholders in decisions about service delivery and improvement.

• Acts as a role model for such an approach even where this results in challenges to how things are done.

• Self-belief:

• Draws upon own relevant experience and is positive about own ability to succeed.

• Is able to maintain and communicate optimism about achieving goals even when the going is tough.

• Self-management:

• Able to take conscious steps to manage self under pressure – creating time for reflection and support for self and others.

• Able to manage own energy and pace efforts.

• Recognize others’ anxieties and problems – encourage them to find ways of dealing constructively with stress.

• Able to absorb and deal constructively with criticism and seek support as necessary.

• Drive for results:

• Invests effort in making a quality difference to how services are planned and delivered.

• Understands the need to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to achieve positive outcomes for patients.

• Makes own experience and expertise available to the wider health and social care system.

• Demonstrates openness to learning from others and improving services for the greater good.

• Empowering Others:

• Deliberately lets others take the lead and credit by stepping to one side to grow their capability and confidence.

• Actively promotes the role of stakeholders and patients in shaping services and influencing decisions about services.

• Coaches others, challenging and asking questions to help them work out answers for themselves.

• Assessing the Future:

• Looks to the future and is able to see and act on opportunities.

• Uses a range of innovative approaches to progressing a situation.

• Uses a detailed understanding of the broader trends in health improvement/service delivery to innovate.

• Leading Change Through People:

• Communicates the vision and brings it alive – describes what the future needs to look like in terms of service improvement and modernization which gives people a sense that change is achievable and that their contribution matters.

• Physical, Mental, Emotional and Environmental Demands of the Job

• This role requires a high level of confidentiality; emotional sensitivity, mental concentration and attention to detail to ensure reliable and accurate stories are told and reported.

• You may be required to deal with sensitive patient situations or information and customer care issues; including resolving conflict relating to patients, media, and donor or staff relations/ stakeholders.

• You may sometimes be required to work off premises and outside of normal working hours or days.