DIRECTORATE FOR PROGRAMMING, BUDGETING, FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING

DIRECTORATE FOR PROGRAMMING, BUDGETING, FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING


Mandate

-To plan, develop and implement Financial Accounting policies and policy toexecute Budgetary Programmes, Rules, Regulations and Procedure. The Directorate also collects and manages statutory and other funds owed to the African Union.

- To ensure inter-departmental coordination in programming and the budgetary process, as well as to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of programmes in realizing organizational goals and objectives

Core functions

i. To prepare integrated programmes of overall operational activities and projects;
ii. To prepare and issue instructions relating to budget preparation;
iii. To conduct and monitor the process of budget preparation;
iv. To prepare the programme budget of the Commission and follow up its implementation;
v. To organize coordination meetings on programming and budgeting;
vi. To propose training programmes relating to programme designing,
programme coordination, and budget preparation;
vii. To manage the Programme Budget of the Commission;
viii. To initiate, propose, manage and implement financial policies;
ix. To develop, maintain financial and accounting rules and procedures;
x. To promote awareness of best practices in financial management and internal financial control systems;
xi. To initiate and take necessary actions to collect funds of and for the African Union;
xii. To control budget execution and process payments;
xiii. To invest excess liquidity as authorized;
xiv. To facilitate the conduct of external audit;
xv. To ensure effective implementation of Financial Rules and Regulations;
xvi. To ensure safe custody of all liquid Assets of the Union ;
xvii. To ensure prompt recovery of all receivables owed to the Union ;
xviii. To produce periodic financial and budget execution reports and annual
financial statements, in accordance with Financial Rules and Regulations.