Alexa D. Email & Phone Number

London Area, United Kingdom

London Area, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

• Collaborated with project directors/managers and finance directors/managers of 3 external partners on an FCDO multi-year consortium project on project financial planning, forecasting, management and reporting. • Steered process improvement by inventing and introducing monthly reporting in preparation for quarterly reports, which advanced the speed and quality of quarterly reports and payment requests by 65%.• Led the consolidation and reporting of funds received from FCDO by A19 and partners on International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) after every reporting cycle.• Coordinated with A19 US teams on US Government grants - provided finance support, consolidated quarterly reports, forecasts and prepared FFRs to facilitate payment requests for submission to the donor.• Requested supporting documents from external partners and executed spot checks to ensure compliance with A19 and donor financial policies, thereby ensuring 100% completeness of the right documentation for project files. • Generated monthly project reports and shared with project managers to confirm all planned expenses for the quarter were captured and any errors were identified for adjustments, which accelerated budget tracking by 50%. • Partnered with finance colleagues to support auditors during internal, statutory and grant audits.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Reviewed all country expenses, ensured they were billed correctly, supported with the right docu• Analysed expenses, established they were allocated to the right budget codes, supported with the right documents and were within budget limits that met donor and NEF finance policies on a monthly basis. • Refined the quality of finance documents submitted 80% by consolidating and sharing monthly feedback reports with 9 field finance offices, that identified missing/wrong documents, coding errors and wrong descriptions. • Enhanced project output 25% by scheduling bi-monthly calls with country teams, reviewing project budgets, discussing issues, raising cost allowability questions and analysing project burn rates and forecasts. • Spearheaded change and process improvement 42% by analysing monthly financial reports per country in collaboration with managers and recommending areas for reorganisation where project performance was low. • Reduced incidences of non-compliance to set policies and guidelines 30% by continuously monitoring all transactions for potential financial irregularities and escalating suspected/potential issues. • Facilitated the month end closure process by booking accounting entries into sage, reconciling staff travel accounts, vendor accounts, NEF bank accounts and balance sheet accounts.

Abuja, Nigeria

• Increased compliance and streamlined work processes 30% by implementing a stable control environment through promoting compliance to finance internal controls, policies, procedures and national laws. • Upgraded results on subsequent audits 65% by collaborating with auditors and/or investigators as the finance focal point and ensuring all internal and external audit recommendations were implemented. • Boosted quality of budgets submitted 80% by collaborating cross-functionally with project managers and senior managers to prepare and revise project budgets and advised on financial and budgetary matters. • Slashed overspending on budget lines 75% by executing continuous budget monitoring through reviewing and verifying of project expenditure against approved budget lines before validating of payments.• Advanced staff motivation and output 20% through mentorship leadership of a team of 6 finance and administration staff and training both finance and non-finance staff on finance procedures and policies. • Mitigated financial risks 60% by forecasting and planning cashflows and ensuring payments were made and received timely; managing liquidity and building and managing relationships with our bankers.

Abuja, Nigeria

• Executed document checks on expense reports submitted by partners and shared feedback for corrections.• Initiated foreign exchange conversions to local currency by comparing offers and prepared an analysis report prior to closing of deals for approval. This increased trust and transparency by 75%.• Reviewed agency contracts for field cash transfers to beneficiaries.• Planned and forecasted financial flows for cash transfers to beneficiaries for timely payments.• Reconciled cash transferred to beneficiaries with the cash agency.• Documented and filed beneficiary information obtained from field cash transfers and payments for the audit trail.• Liaised with the programs and logistics teams to review the process of cash transfers for lessons learnt and future cash/non-cash interventions.• Formulated financial reporting tools that boosted the local partner’s deliverables, improved the quality of financial documents and reduced delays due to submission of wrong and/or documents by 50%.

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

Supervised 2 drivers, whom I occasionally delegated some administrative tasks to and trained on fleet related functions to gain the needed skills and experiences to provide support when needed. These trainings advanced the skills, experience and confidence of one of the drivers, who went on to apply for a fleet position and got the job. A proud moment for me.• Forecasted the office’s monthly expenses and prepared budgets.• Updated the cash and bank journals and uploaded accounting entries into the CODA weekly.• Shared protocol guidelines and welcome briefings to guests before arrival to Nigeria.• Planned, organized and coordinated workshops, trainings and conferences.• Maintained and updated asset registers.• Ensured inventories for the office and apartments were properly and regularly labelled and updated.• Prepared the monthly fleet report and supervised the general management of vehicles including usage, inspection, fuel consumption and maintenance.

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Due to the emergency nature of this project from inception, administrative processes were hastily executed. In collaboration with the Head of Emergency operations, the fleet delegate and a volunteer, I researched and went on a 10-hour return road trip from Freetown to Lungi where the airport is situated. On my way, I inspected and negotiated with suitable hotels, got room rates slashed by 45%, which resulted in huge savings on accommodation bookings for the organisation for subsequent bookings. At the end of my mission, I was highly praised for my contributions to the response and was promoted to the role of Finance & Administration Officer upon my return to Abuja, Nigeria.• Planned, organised and coordinated delegate arrivals and departures into and out of Sierra Leone.• Prepared and updated Delegates welcome briefing pack.• Booked and followed up with travel requests on UN flights and Helicopters.• Liaised with the UN to ensure delegates obtained medical clearances to enter/exit Ebola countries.• Scheduled and updated delegate’s leave and Rest and Recuperation (R&R) Calendar.• Took minutes, prepared and shared reports of bi-weekly task force meetings.

Abuja

London, England

Abuja

• Initiated investigations on money laundering alerts and transactions considered suspicious.• Conducted continuous monitoring of customer account transactions for potential suspicious activities.• Collated and assessed AML reports for potential suspicious activities, consolidated and submitted all reports generated.• Liaised with law enforcement agencies particularly the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU).• Collected documentary evidence, built and maintained case files for all transactions deemed suspicious and accurately filed all data collected and analysed for proper record keeping.• Responded to colleague queries and provided guidance on actions to be taken in dealing with high-risk accounts.• Addressed queries from corresponding banks and the Central Bank of Nigeria relating to money laundering matters.• Supported with staff trainings on ways to identify and report suspicious transactions.

International Business, Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services, 2:1

Modules taken: Project Management, Marketing Across Cultures, Information Management, International finance and Effective Manager FINAL.

B.Sc, Political Science

Activities and Societies: Charity works Member: National Association of Political Science Students