Duties and Responsibilities

• Analysing current and past financial data;
• Looking at current financial performance and identifying trends;
• Preparing reports on the above information and communicating the insights of these reports to the wider business;
• Produce regular reports using financial data, and work collaboratively with finance team to analyse the University business performance and strategy;
• Consulting with the management team to develop long-term business plans;
• Suggesting budgets and improvements based on the above information;
• Assist in exploring different investment opportunities;
• Developing financial models and providing financial forecasts;
• Developing initiatives and policies that may improve financial growth.
• Oversee all aspects of general office coordination;
• Maintain office calendar to coordinate work flow and meetings;
• Maintain condentiality in all aspects of client, sta and agency information;
• Monitor and assist with maintenance of the Department’s Communications;
• Interact with clients, vendors and visitors;
• Answer telephones and transfer to appropriate staff member;
• Open, sort and distribute incoming correspondence, including faxes and email
• Prepare responses to correspondence containing routine inquiries;
• Perform general clerical duties to include, but not limited to, bookkeeping, copying, mailing and filling;
• File and retrieve organizational documents, records and reports;
• Attend Board, committee meetings or other meetings as requested in order to record minutes;
• Compile, transcribe and distribute minutes of meetings;
• Collect and maintain inventory of office equipment and supplies;
• Support staff in assigned project-based work;
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Supervisor

Knowledge, Experience and Qualification

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics or Mathematics;
• Must be a CIFA or CFA holder;
• At least 3 years of experience in a similar position;
• Ability to determine the best use of resources to achieve business objectives
• Experience with statistical analysis and nancial forecasting
• Attention to detail and the ability to identify data patterns
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Abreast of industry updates
• Ability to provide technical guidance and leadership to professional personnel in area of expertise.
• Database management skills.
• Skill in examining and re-engineering operations and procedures, formulating policy, and developing and implementing new strategies and procedures.
• Ability to plan, implement, and administer nancial information and control systems.
• Knowledge of a range of automated nancial systems and applications software.
• Ability to compile, analyze, interpret, and present complex annual nancial reports, statements, and/or projections

Duties and Responsibilities

• Plan and direct Quality Assurance Programmes;
• Responsible for data collection of key strategic initiatives of the University.
• Provision of leadership on the strategic direction for Quality Assurance for the organization;
• Oversee the implementation of internal Quality Assurance with the collaboration of all function heads;
• To ensure that CUEA policy on curriculum development is in consonance with the CUE (Commission for University Education) Guidelines for designing curriculum for University Academic Programmes;
• To Coordinate the inspection of Academic Programmes and facilities by regulating bodies such as CUE;
• To provide the link between CUEA and accreditation bodies (CUE, Inter-University Council of eastern Africa) on academic Programme development and harmonization of university education in the region;
• Present regular reports to the Management Board on functioning of the CUEA Quality Assurance System and the performance of QMS; and advise on the areas of improvement;
• To oversee the evaluation of Academic programmes for CUEA, Constituent Colleges and Aliate Institutions before presentation to CUE
• Oversee budget development and implementation as the Chief Accounting Officer of the Directorate;
• Ensure effective implementation of performance management system in the Directorate;
• Promote University’ Mission, Vision and Core Values;
• Perform any other duties appertaining to quality assurance as may be assigned by the Vice-chancellor.

Knowledge, Experience and Qualification

• Should have a PhD or its equivalent;
• Should have at least seven (7) years’ experience in Senior Administrative and Academic Leadership position;
• Should be at least at the level Senior Lecturer;
• Should be an outstanding scholar with a proven record in promoting ethical scientific research, quality teaching/learning and community service in the University;
• Should have outstanding organizing, people mobilization and negotiating skills;
• Should be customer oriented with a clear understanding of the University’s customers’ needs, preferences and interests;
• Ability to offer leadership in higher education, quality promotion and assurance;
• Evidence of in-depth and extensive knowledge of higher education and related quality assurance policies, processes and issues;
• Experience in teaching in higher education;
• Should have knowledge about the emerging trends, practices and policies affecting University education in Kenya and beyond;

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist the Special Advisor to the Vice Chancellor in developing, documenting, managing, and reporting strategy documents.
• Assist strategic-initiative Project Managers report project performance.
• Plan and manage own workow, anticipating obstacles, and juggling priorities.
• Lead and facilitate the design and selection of performance measures that align to CUEA’s strategic direction prior to implementation.
• Produce and maintain the quarterly, annual Corporate Strategic Performance Report and update performance dashboards for daily operations.
• Coordinate strategic performance measure data collection, capture, analysis, reporting, and action planning.
• Provide analytical capability to support deeper analysis of performance and organizational capability to support decisions about strategy adjustment and execution.
• Prepare, maintain, and present the Corporate Strategic Performance Report and other strategy documents to the internal audiences.
• Facilitate business processes identication, mapping, analysis, improvement and automation in support of achieving CUEA’s strategic goals.
• Facilitate the identification of performance improvement initiatives that have high Return on Investment (ROI).
• Represents the Special Advisor to the Vice Chancellor in meetings.
• Perform any other duty as assigned by the Supervisor from time to time

Knowledge, Experience and Qualification

• 3+ years of experience in audit, finance, investment, or management consulting firms or 1+ years of management experience in strategy roles.
• A master’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Commerce, or related fields.
• Professional certification or experience in performance measurement (PuMP), balanced scorecard, project management (PMP), six sigma or designing operating models is an
• added advantage
• High level of skill in consulting, presenting, communicating, influencing, and persuading without formal authority.
• High level of skill in quantitative (statistical) analysis, and process design and analysis.
• Demonstrated proficiency in the current analytics software.
• Ability to manage performance measurement systems within a large organization.
• High level of skill in customer service in a consulting-style relationship.
• Ability to teach or coach others to implement performance measurement and conduct performance conversations.
• Must be a person of integrity with high moral standards.
• Should be profficient in MS office applications