Job Description:

About the Job

The Kisii County Public Service Board invites applications for the position of Member – County Executive Audit Committee. Members of the Audit Committee serve on a part-time basis for a period of three years and are eligible for re-appointment for a further final three-year term, subject to performance review. Allowances payable to the Chair and members will be determined by the Salary and Remuneration Commission (SRC).

Responsibilities

Assessment of the performance of the head of the internal audit.
Examine internal and external audit reports and recommendations after management response to ensure action is taken.
Ensuring there is adequate mechanism of enabling the audit committee facilitate adequate disposal of all PAC/PIC recommendations. This is done by following up to ensure positive action is taken.
Communicating with the internal and external auditors. In its overseeing role, the committee should focus on:
Changing financial reporting requirement;
The changing business environment;
Audit findings, including comments governance, risk and controls;
Risks, and judgment areas;
Ensuring written management response to specific audit recommendations.

Requirements

Be a Kenyan citizen.
Holds at least a Bachelor’s degree from an institution recognized in Kenya.
Have at least 10 years of experience, five (5) of which must be in a senior management position.
Satisfy the provisions of chapter six of the constitution.
Not a past or present employee of the County, and shall not have served as an employee or agent of a business organization which has carried out any business with the County Government of Kisii in the last two years.
Demonstrate understanding of national values and principles of governance referred in Article 10 and values and principles of public service referred in Article 232 of the constitutional of Kenya, 2010.
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the objects, principles of Audit Committee as well as the functions and operations of a County Government.
Not a holder of a political office.
Be a member in good standing of a professional body.