Hiring Of Individual Specialist - FMS Karachi - Sindh Mass Transit Authority (SMTA)

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST (FMS)

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BACKGROUND: 

Sindh Mass Transit Authority (SMTA) was established in October 2016 under the Sindh Mass Transit Authority Act, 2014. The Authority was created with the purpose of planning, developing, operating, maintaining and regulating mass transit systems in the Province of Sindh. Its core function is to provide safe, efficient, affordable, sustainable and reliable mass transit systems.

SMTA will embark on the implementation of the Karachi Mobility Project (KMP) with financing support from the World Bank. KMP includes primarily the construction of a BRT corridor along Korangi Road (Yellow BRT Corridor). The Corridor connects Karachi’s southeast suburbs, characterized by dense industrial and residential land uses, with the city’s central business district with thriving and dynamic commercial, institutional, cultural, and religious activities.

SMTA intends to recruit a Finance Manager to lead the Financial Management aspects of KMP as part of its Project Management Team (PMT). The PMT will consist of appropriate experts to effectively manage and implement the Project. A Project Director (PD) will be appointed to lead the PMT. The Finance Manager will report to the PD -KMP (Yellow BRT Corridor Project).

JOB DUTIES / KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

General Management and Leadership 

•  Liaise with internal SMTA staff and the World Bank on all aspects of project’s financial management. 
•  Conduct trainings for the project staff and other relevant government officials on the importance of financial management and educating staff on financial responsibilities. 
•  Keep abreast the Project Director with the latest developments and issues in project’s financial management and provide suggestion to the best possible option. 
•  Assist the Procurement Specialist in designing job descriptions for staff in Finance team and selection of suitable applicants, when needed. 
•  Open (when needed), maintain and be joint signatory of assignment account (s) in accordance with revolving fund account procedures issued by Ministry of Finance (Finance Division), Federal Government, as adopted by Government of Sindh. 
•  Liaise with Director General Audit Sindh, to timely conduct financial statements audit of the project