The Wa Polytechnic is a public tertiary institution in the Upper West Region of Ghana. The school was founded in 1999 to provide quality tertiary education to people in the Upper West Region of Ghana. The Wa Polytechnic has three academic schools; School of Engineering, School of Applied Science and Technology and School of Business.<\/p>\n
The Wa Polytechnic was officially established in\u00a0legislation by the Government of Ghana (GoG) in\u00a01999. Programming and construction of the school\u00a0site began in 2003. Its prime mandate is to support rural development and poverty reduction\u00a0in one of the most deprived regions of Ghana. It is authorized to provide tertiary education\u00a0through programming in agriculture, manufacturing, commerce and applied social sciences.\u00a0The Establishing the Wa Polytechnic assists the Polytechnic in its effort to distinguish itself\u00a0from other polytechnics in Ghana. In order to ensure its relevance to the surrounding\u00a0community, the Wa Polytechnic has placed emphasis on demand-driven informal and outreach\u00a0training.<\/p>\n
The Polytechnic is a young institution with a strategic vision of becoming a world class centre for applied technology and career focused education for rural poverty reduction and national development. The polytechnic aims at developing core competencies in areas with strong bearing on the regional economy and critical national human capital development. Currently accredited to run tertiary programmes in Agricultural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Building Technology, Estate Management Studies, Information and Communication Technology, Accountancy and Secretaryship and Management Studies, Wa Polytechnic is a rapidly growing institution in an exciting but challenging environment.<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title:\u00a0Finance Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of Wa Polytechnic invites applications from qualified persons appointment to the position of FINANCE OFFICER of the Polytechnic which has been vacant since 1st January 2016.<\/p>\n The Position:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 The Finance Officer is the Chief Accounting Officer of the Polytechnic responsible to the Rector for the financial administration of the Polytechnic in accordance with the Financial Administration Act, 2003. Act 654; Polytechnics Act, 2007, Act 745; Financial Administration Regulation, 2004, LI 1802 and the Polytechnic Accounting Manual.<\/p>\n Job Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Responsible for managing an effective and efficient accounting and treasury system and procedures for the Polytechnic. Terms of Appointment:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 The appointment which is full time shall be for (6) years in the first instance, and may be subject to renewal for another six (6) years. Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n The Person:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Must be a Chartered Accountant with CA (GH) or ACCA (with six years post professional qualification experience). Location:<\/strong> WA, Upper West Region<\/p>\n How To Apply For The Job<\/strong><\/p>\n Qualified candidates should submit applications together with the following;<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Curriculum Vitae Applications must be sent under registered and confidential cover and marked POSITION OF REGISTRAR not later than 15 September, 2016 to:<\/p>\n The Chair<\/strong> Closing Date:<\/strong> 15 September, 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Wa Polytechnic is a public tertiary institution in the Upper West Region of Ghana. The school was founded in 1999 to provide quality tertiary education to people in the…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[14],"tags":[2027,253],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-4ac","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16008"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Provides timely financial reports in accordance with statutory requirement.
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Provide periodic reports for Management decision and policy formulation.
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Establish appropriate financial control and procedures to guide operations of the Polytechnic’s finance function,
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Prepares and monitors the Polytechnic’s budget and controls recurrent expenditure to achieve planned financial results.
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Ensure that the Polytechnic’s tax obligations are settled in line with statutory requirements.
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Supervise the staff of the Finance and Accounts Departments.
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Management of payroll of the Polytechnic<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 The conditions of service and salary are very attractive.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Must have a Master’s degree in Accounting Finance or any relevant area,
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Must have at least twelve (12) years of relevant post-qualification experience in a tertiary or a service industry (eight (8) years of which should be post professional experience),
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Must be proficient in the use of accounting and treasury software
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Must have the ability to prioritize tasks deadlines,
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Must possess very good leadership and\u00a0 skills.
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Must be knowledgeable about the ‘Procurement Act Financial Administration Act and Internal Audit Agency Act.
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Must be able to serve a full six-year term of office before attaining the compulsory retiring age of (60).<\/p>\n
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 Names and addresses of three (3) referees; and
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 A short vision statement not exceeding five (5) pages outlining the applicant’s vision for transforming the Polytechnic’s Administration and Human Resource Management System, and also his vision on the transformation of the Polytechnic into a Technical University<\/p>\n
\nSearch Committee For Finance Office<\/strong>
\nWa Polytechnic<\/strong>
\nP.O. Box 553<\/strong><\/p>\n