Francis Amara Email & Phone Number

Freetown, Western Area, Sl

Sierra Leone

A qualified individual with over sixteen years of extensive professional experience in managing complex multi-million-dollar cooperative agreements for USG and non-USG donors including Global fund, EU, UN, Private donors both in Emergency response and Development programs. Work alongside managing World Bank project. Extensive knowledge in managing portfolio for USDA-Food for Education (FFE) – school feeding project, USAID-Emergency Food Security Program (EFSP) and USAID Agriculture Sustainability Activity using the Farmers-to-Farmers approach programs, with the guide of USG and FAR rules and regulations, finance, compliance, reporting, budgeting, and procurement policies and procedures.Assessing and monitoring of financial management in accordance with institutional norms and standards as well as compliance with donor requirements.Overseeing office finances and administration to ensure that standards procedures and donor requirements are communicated and institutionalized.

Liberia

• Manage all financial aspects of the development, implementation, and consolidation of the USAID Agriculture Sustainability Activity in Liberia • Develop agreements for sub-recipients, conduct assessments, and financial management onboarding trainings, and monitor financial activities to ensure sub-recipient adhere to donor and CRS financial regulations. • Supervise and review liquidation of sub-recipients to ensure all expenses are allowable according to the donor and CRS financial standards. Ensure compliance with USAID grants, financial tracking, and oversight of partner budgets, finance, administration, and reporting. • Ensure all procurement needs are carried out in accordance with project-specific needs. Review procurement SOWs, approve requests for goods and services, and ensure procured items meets program specifications. • Develop and negotiate lease agreements for sub-offices abiding by CRS standards and procedures. • Support the development of the program DIP, merge DIP to budget, and monitor and track program activities for expenses to correspond with the budget. Provide guidance to the team on activities that are over and underspent. • Supervise field administrative officers to provide admin and logistic support to program staff. • Supervise the project HR making sure qualified farmer-to-farmer volunteers are recruited to train program beneficiaries. Develop volunteer SOW and deployment plans for project assignments. Conduct regular field visits to monitor trainings. • Support team in aligning project indicators and development of data collection tools• Accompany the donor to the project sites to validate data quality assessment of the project. • Report to the donor on a quarterly pipeline focusing on the program’s financial component and biweekly updates as per donor needs. • Liaise with the Partnership Coordinator to maintain a cordial working relationship with the government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Gender.

Sierra Leone

Finance, Administration and Grant Profession of over twelve years of experience. Provide leadership and direction for programs funded by Donor, Partner, and private funds; oversee the financial Administration of Donors and private grants by adhering to the rules and regulations of every grants been awarded; ensure that program staff accomplish their approved program initiatives and that other division meets compliance and reporting requirements. Assist in the budget development process and perform budget analysis duties as assigned by the Chief of Party and the Finance Manager.