Edwin Mkabane Email & Phone Number

Kenya

United States

• Overseeing grant portfolio of a Budget of USD $ 25 Million funded by various donors such as Global Affairs of Canada (GAC) and USAID where am in charge of Compliance and Grant Management, Subaward Management, Finance &.
• Compliance & Grant Management – Ensure that grants are executed in compliance with organization, donor and government requirements through their full lifecycle—from pre-award planning to final reporting. In close.
• Compliance & Grant Management – Ensure that grants are executed in compliance with organization, donor and government requirements through their full lifecycle—from pre-award planning to final reporting. In close.
• Finance & Operations Management – Working closely with the Country Finance and Grants Manager to oversee financial and operational aspects of various Grant portfolios, including leading the grant start up processes.
• Subaward Management – Oversee the entire Sub Award Life Cycle from identifying potential implementing partners to negotiating and executing subaward agreements, monitoring subaward activities, and reporting on subaward.

Nairobi County, Kenya

• Oversaw the Finance and Grants functions in Four major countries (Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda & Somalia) that included maintaining/updating financial processes; grant management, award and sub grantee processes, reporting.
• Executed the finance grant closeout processes for the Improving Nutrition and Livelihoods for Children and Mothers in Kenya (BTC) Grant funded by DFID and start-up processes for the Youth Inclusive Dairy Market Systems.
• Coordinated Budget Preparation, Monitoring, Revisions and provided responses to all donor inquiries
• Ensured projects are spending within the budgets, accurate financial forecasting, burn rate analysis and reporting
• Building strong relationships with donors and other stakeholders including implementing Partners
• Managed Various Implementing Partners including Cascadia (Canada), Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), KEMFRI, KFS, WSTF among others

Nairobi County, Kenya

• Worked directly with the Finance and Admin Coordinator to oversee the finance functions in Kenya & Somalia including maintaining/updating financial systems, reports, budget monitoring, guide all compliance and risk.
• Adaptation to Climate Change Trends for Sustainable Livelihoods (ACCTS) - USD €… Show more Worked directly with the Finance and Admin Coordinator to oversee the finance functions in Kenya & Somalia including.
• Adaptation to Climate Change Trends for Sustainable Livelihoods (ACCTS) - USD € 5M Budget by Bread for the World (BftW)
• Logistics & Livelihood Support for Kakuma Refugee Camp & Kalobeyeii Settlement by UNHCR – Budget KES 120,000,000 Annually
• Livelihood and Peaceful Coexistence Project by UNHCR in Elwak and Hargeisa in Somalia – Budget USD $ 10MCore Accomplishments:
• Coordinated and Prepared Somalia and Kenya Grants Financial reports as per donor requirements whilst ensuring timeliness and accuracy.

Nairobi County, Kenya

• Worked directly with the Finance Manager to ensure smooth operations of the finance and accounting functions including documents verifications, inputting data in FAS, payment processing, filling, reports, Archiving.
• Reviewed and processed suppliers’ payments via Internet Banking System
• Enhanced proper coding of expenses data for each project before being posted into FAS System
• … Show more Worked directly with the Finance Manager to ensure smooth operations of the finance and accounting functions including documents verifications, inputting data in FAS, payment processing, filling, reports.
• Improved program activity efficiency through coaching, mentoring and training staff on internal controls
• Coordinated the preparation of project expenditure forecast for each project.

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