Directorate General of Financial Affairs
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Financial management is the backbone and driving force of every organization (Governmental or private). The Directorate General of Financial Affairs is moving with great acceleration to achieve the strategic goals of the Ministry of Health to build a healthy, disease-free society through proposing future policies, plans and strategies. This is achieved through budget and revenue from the services provided by the Ministry of Health. In addition, the MOH issuing tenders to purchase the medical and non-medical supplies along with establishing different projects to keep up with the developmental progress of the healthcare system in Oman. All these achievements would not have happened without the efforts and cooperation of various departments in the Ministry of Health. But the strong support system is the employees of this directorate who play a major role in implementing the strategic goals of the directorate and who we are very proud of.
History
Department, Budget and Accounts The Budget and Accounts Department is considered one of the vital departments in the General Directorate of Financial Affairs, and it plays a major and pivotal role in everything related to the budgets of the Ministry of Health, as it prepares, reviews and manages the budget in its two parts (Developmental and Current & Capital) in accordance with the regulations and laws regulating and in coordination with the relevant authorities, whether within the ministry or It is the reference for all directorates and hospitals in terms of budget management. Department, Contracts The Contracts Department is one of the vital departments in the Directorate General of Financial Affairs, which prepares and reviews contracts based on the specifications and requirements stipulated by the designated authorities. and is the reference for all health directorates in the governorates of the Sultanate with regard to contracts made within the limits of their approved entitlement. Department, Purchase and Tenders Department of Purchase & Tender carries out an important and major activity to provide the Ministry's internal and external projects, needs, and requirements of materials and assets, and to provide various services from appropriate sources, adhering to quality and standard specifications through financial procedures and practices by Tenders and Quotation Requests to obtain the best suitable offers, issuing purchase orders, follow-up and review the invoices received, all in accordance with the laws, regulations and financial publications coinciding with the support for Small and Medium Enterprises and Omani products. The Directorate relies on a smooth administrative organization and with efficient human force. Aiming to simplify and accelerate procedures by using several electronic systems to help the work done Department, Payroll and Expenditure The Payroll and Expenditure Department is the department concerned with preparing payment vouchers for the claims that are referred to the department according to the financial appropriations. Paying all dues for employees belonging to the Ministry’s office budgets and making the necessary increases, discounts, new appointments, promotions and termination of service with accuracy and confidentiality. In addition to disbursing the dues of employees and others according to the exchange vouchers prepared by the various departments of the department, in addition to following up the amounts owed to the Ministry from others and supplying them to the Ministry of Finance and following up on the bank account of the Ministry and making monthly matching for it. The expenses and salaries department is also responsible for following up all financial matters related to treatment abroad in countries of the world, and direct coordination with the health attachés regarding permanent advances, expenditures and any other revenues entered into the account of the attachés. Department, Revenue The department of Revenue is responsible in receiving revenues from health institutions in the region, collecting amounts due for payment to the Directorate General, in accordance with applicable financial procedures, and sending them to the Ministry of Finance, following up on the Receivables, preparing quarterly reports on them and submitting them to the competent authorities in the ministry. Section, Governorates Affairs Is concerned with the work of opening bank accounts, issuing signature cards for those authorized to sign financial documents, providing the competent authorities with insurance data on the property of the Ministry of Health, and providing general directorates in governorates and reference hospitals with all financial regulations, publications and circulars issued by the competent authorities and it is directly affiliated with the office of the Director General of Financial Affairs. Section, Quality Management The quality management section is following and implementing the Procedure of Quality Management and determine the necessary criteria and making the QMS through its improvement, documentations, implementation, and awareness training.
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Functions/ Objectives of Directorate General of Financial Affairs
Functions/ Objectives of Directorate General of Financial Affairs
1. Proposing future policies, plans and strategies for the Directorate’s work to achieve the Ministry’s objectives. 2. Preparing the ministry’s draft general budget in coordination with the professional bodies and following up on its implementation in light of the goals set for it. 3. Paying the salaries and dues of the Ministry’s General Office employees 4. Carry out procurement processes for the ministry, whether through tenders, practices, or direct method 5. Study the financial obstacles related to the Ministry's budgets and prepare reports for those responsible and propose solutions to them. 6. Study the plans and proposals that are received by the Directorate from the competent authorities in the Ministry and estimate the cost of their implementation and determine the mechanism for their financing and submit it to the officials for approval. 7. Carry out all the financial work related to the collection of the due revenues and pay the expenses of the Ministry’s general office in accordance with the laws regulating this. 8. Monitor spending on the current, capital and development budget items of the ministry to ensure that they are not exceeded and prepare periodic financial centers. 9. Determining the training needs of the directorate’s employees and proposing appropriate courses for their needs in coordination with the competent authorities 10. Paying dues to companies, institutions and individuals contracted with them to carry out works, supply materials or provide services to the Ministry. 11. Take measures to open government accounts with banks according to the needs of work in the ministry and monitor these accounts 12. Managing the permanent and temporary advances accounts for the Ministry’s General Office, monitoring the disbursement thereof, and making the necessary adjustments to it. 13. Preparing the final accounts at the end of each year for the current and capital budgets of the ministry and sending them to the Ministry of Finance and the State Financial Supervision Authority 14. Reviewing and concluding contracts for supplies and for the performance of services and contracting in accordance with the procedures, laws and regulations in force in the Sultanate. 15. Study the obstacles related to the Ministry's budgets and prepare reports on them for officials and propose solutions to them 16. Follow-up to the Ministry of Civil Service to achieve the objectives of the resource system 17. Follow-up to the Ministry of Finance in all matters related to systems and financial aspects
Read MoreProjects
Minimizing the timeframe of Initiating Contracts
It is a lean management project. The main aim of the project is to reduce the amount of time and efforts spent in making a contract in the level of the Directorate General of Financial Affairs.
Facilitating Financial Procedures using Lean Principles
Review all the financial procedures in the Directorate General of Financial Affairs, examine them and introduce lean principles.
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History
Department, Budget and Accounts The Budget and Accounts Department is considered one of the vital departments in the General Directorate of Financial Affairs, and it plays a major and pivotal role in everything related to the budgets of the Ministry of Health, as it prepares, reviews and manages the budget in its two parts (Developmental and Current & Capital) in accordance with the regulations and laws regulating and in coordination with the relevant authorities, whether within the ministry or It is the reference for all directorates and hospitals in terms of budget management. Department, Contracts The Contracts Department is one of the vital departments in the Directorate General of Financial Affairs, which prepares and reviews contracts based on the specifications and requirements stipulated by the designated authorities. and is the reference for all health directorates in the governorates of the Sultanate with regard to contracts made within the limits of their approved entitlement. Department, Purchase and Tenders Department of Purchase & Tender carries out an important and major activity to provide the Ministry's internal and external projects, needs, and requirements of materials and assets, and to provide various services from appropriate sources, adhering to quality and standard specifications through financial procedures and practices by Tenders and Quotation Requests to obtain the best suitable offers, issuing purchase orders, follow-up and review the invoices received, all in accordance with the laws, regulations and financial publications coinciding with the support for Small and Medium Enterprises and Omani products. The Directorate relies on a smooth administrative organization and with efficient human force. Aiming to simplify and accelerate procedures by using several electronic systems to help the work done Department, Payroll and Expenditure The Payroll and Expenditure Department is the department concerned with preparing payment vouchers for the claims that are referred to the department according to the financial appropriations. Paying all dues for employees belonging to the Ministry’s office budgets and making the necessary increases, discounts, new appointments, promotions and termination of service with accuracy and confidentiality. In addition to disbursing the dues of employees and others according to the exchange vouchers prepared by the various departments of the department, in addition to following up the amounts owed to the Ministry from others and supplying them to the Ministry of Finance and following up on the bank account of the Ministry and making monthly matching for it. The expenses and salaries department is also responsible for following up all financial matters related to treatment abroad in countries of the world, and direct coordination with the health attachés regarding permanent advances, expenditures and any other revenues entered into the account of the attachés. Department, Revenue The department of Revenue is responsible in receiving revenues from health institutions in the region, collecting amounts due for payment to the Directorate General, in accordance with applicable financial procedures, and sending them to the Ministry of Finance, following up on the Receivables, preparing quarterly reports on them and submitting them to the competent authorities in the ministry. Section, Governorates Affairs Is concerned with the work of opening bank accounts, issuing signature cards for those authorized to sign financial documents, providing the competent authorities with insurance data on the property of the Ministry of Health, and providing general directorates in governorates and reference hospitals with all financial regulations, publications and circulars issued by the competent authorities and it is directly affiliated with the office of the Director General of Financial Affairs. Section, Quality Management The quality management section is following and implementing the Procedure of Quality Management and determine the necessary criteria and making the QMS through its improvement, documentations, implementation, and awareness training.
Read MoreOngoing Projects
Minimizing the timeframe of Initiating Contracts
It is a lean management project. The main aim of the project is to reduce the amount of time and efforts spent in making a contract in the level of the Directorate General of Financial Affairs.
Future Projects
Facilitating Financial Procedures using Lean Principles
Review all the financial procedures in the Directorate General of Financial Affairs, examine them and introduce lean principles.
Services List
Functions/ Objectives of Directorate General of Financial Affairs
Functions/ Objectives of Directorate General of Financial Affairs
1. Proposing future policies, plans and strategies for the Directorate’s work to achieve the Ministry’s objectives. 2. Preparing the ministry’s draft general budget in coordination with the professional bodies and following up on its implementation in light of the goals set for it. 3. Paying the salaries and dues of the Ministry’s General Office employees 4. Carry out procurement processes for the ministry, whether through tenders, practices, or direct method 5. Study the financial obstacles related to the Ministry's budgets and prepare reports for those responsible and propose solutions to them. 6. Study the plans and proposals that are received by the Directorate from the competent authorities in the Ministry and estimate the cost of their implementation and determine the mechanism for their financing and submit it to the officials for approval. 7. Carry out all the financial work related to the collection of the due revenues and pay the expenses of the Ministry’s general office in accordance with the laws regulating this. 8. Monitor spending on the current, capital and development budget items of the ministry to ensure that they are not exceeded and prepare periodic financial centers. 9. Determining the training needs of the directorate’s employees and proposing appropriate courses for their needs in coordination with the competent authorities 10. Paying dues to companies, institutions and individuals contracted with them to carry out works, supply materials or provide services to the Ministry. 11. Take measures to open government accounts with banks according to the needs of work in the ministry and monitor these accounts 12. Managing the permanent and temporary advances accounts for the Ministry’s General Office, monitoring the disbursement thereof, and making the necessary adjustments to it. 13. Preparing the final accounts at the end of each year for the current and capital budgets of the ministry and sending them to the Ministry of Finance and the State Financial Supervision Authority 14. Reviewing and concluding contracts for supplies and for the performance of services and contracting in accordance with the procedures, laws and regulations in force in the Sultanate. 15. Study the obstacles related to the Ministry's budgets and prepare reports on them for officials and propose solutions to them 16. Follow-up to the Ministry of Civil Service to achieve the objectives of the resource system 17. Follow-up to the Ministry of Finance in all matters related to systems and financial aspects
Read MoreContent Resources
A Guide to Expenditure Procedure of Bills in Developmental Budget
This guide was developed by the Developmental Expenditure Section to assist the Payroll and Expenditure Departments in the Governates to understand the new roles of this newly developed department, to ensure understanding and efficient communication.
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The Directorate General of Financial Affairs is located in Al Khuwair North, Boshar, Muscat https://goo.gl/maps/roefHbFWsrGt3gQNA