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• Building financial and administrative infrastructure for organization
• Establishing financial systems to create an audit-ready, scaleable non-profit
• Creating policies procedures, and guidelines to establish internal controls and best practices for finance, IT, procurement, and budget management

Woking, Surrey, GB

• Built finance and operations infrastructure for non-profit start-up during a period of 133% revenue growth and doubling of revenue base
• Utilized PDCA method of change management to optimize and digitize financial and procurement systems, thus reducing human error, improving compliance, and creating efficiencies
• Established use of digital PEO firms to enable worldwide HR recruitment and decrease hiring time by 1-2 months
• Reduced lag time for expenses to be included in monthly closings from 3 months down to 1 month through improved team communication and role coordination

Washington, DC, US

• Built entire finance and operations infrastructure for non-profit startup while revenue, revenue base, and project count doubled in 3 year period
• Established KPIs for senior management team and board of directors
• Built cash flow analyses and developed financial systems for SaaS start-up GroundTruth Global (spun-off from PeaceTech Lab)
• Managed the opening of our first overseas office, registration, and bank account in Nairobi, Kenya
• Lead transition to paperless office, resulting in fewer audit mistakes, better record retention for donor audits, and increased budget accuracy through use of digitized/automated AP/AR solutions

Washington, DC, US

Chevy Chase, Maryland, US

• Led the Field Operations Improvement Team, which coordinated compliance and program delivery processes for USAID global health programs through staff trainings and procedural audits of 40 country offices
• Developed SOP manuals to ensure proper role management and improve performance in the areas of: contract management, procurement, HR, finance, operations, and security for 40 country offices
• Led in-country staff trainings for compliance and operations management

Bethesda, Maryland, US

• Created budgets and cost narratives for USAID proposals
• Developed partnerships and proposal narratives for vendors and contractors
• Contributed to overall management of proposal design and business development processes

Warsaw, Mazovian, PL

• Lead a 10-person procurement and logistics team to provide shipments of food and medicine to over 5000 war-displaced persons in northern Syria
• Identified needs for institutional systems and procedures for staff security: wrote crisis management manual, contingency plans, risk matrices, and SOPs for office and staff safety
• Developed SOPs for procurement, logistics, asset management, and warehouse management for $3 million of generators, medicine, food, and equipment in Syria and Turkey
• Served as acting country director for 2 months, assuming overall management responsibilities
• Developed and chaired a regional working group to coordinate safety and security between NGOs

Concentration in Managerial Accounting

Toronto, Ontario, CA

• Managed business development processes and outreach resulting in 2 funding proposal wins for $5 million, doubling the program budget for the Afghanistan office.
• Conducted financial analysis on microfinance institutions to establish viability for partnership in providing low-interest loans to 500 business-owning women in Kabul
• Coordinated project design with Afghan civil society groups: trained groups on project design, budgeting, and management structure to ensure project sustainability, enhanced skills, and increased capacity

• Managed 15-person operations department; procurement, logistics, and human resources for an Afghan civil society organization funded through USAID Rule of Law Project
• Created specialized teams within the operations department for this Kabul-based non-profit working on rule of law issues: procurement, logistics, and human resources
• Developed standard operating procedures for each team and created division of labor where none previously existed

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Contributed to proposal writing and program development for USAID, State Department, and World Bank contracts
• Performed research and support for financial services, trade facilitation, and supply-chain development projects in MENA and East Africa

• Part of the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance and the Aga Khan Development Network
• Lead new product development initiatives in conjunction with branch teams and SME loan team
• Developed SME loan products, conducting risk analysis, cash flow models, marketing and branch strategies
• Coordinated with international donor organizations to create 0% loan for businesses damaged in 2010 summer riots; these loans allowed 300 businesses to restart and grow after period of social and economic turmoil
• Initiated GIS Business Mapping project and developed team to continue project after my departure. The goal was to map all economic activity in Osh City to better target strategies for marketing, loan officers, and loan.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Website: www.altyn-kol.com
• Developed marketing and sales capacity at Altyn Kol Women’s Handicraft Cooperative. Created new website, acquired credit card terminal, and improved quality control, management, and accounting systems. This increased.
• Trained cooperative management to evaluate offers of microloans, process potential cash flow, and understand repayment options
• Acquired and implemented 1000USD in grant funding for accounting software, business seminars, and establishment of internship program. The business seminars increased the cooperative’s organizational capacity and the.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Trained two microfinance organizations in Kiva protocols and MIS, enabling one organization to continue receiving 0% interest loans from Kiva’s internet loan platform
• Advised microfinance organizations on lending strategies, collateral standards and loan requirements to reduce risk

Köln, DE

• Managed market research projects for consumer goods and energy sector clients in Germany, England and America
• Coordinated logistics, sub-contractors, and focus groups in English-speaking markets
• Consulted consumer goods clients on marketing campaigns, brand positioning, target groups, and messaging
• Conducted, analyzed and reported on consumer focus groups and individual consumer interviews

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, DE

• Taught American English, History and Culture classes at the University of Potsdam
• Advised students on presentation, resume writing and interviewing skills with a focus on American cultural standards

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