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Kampala, UG

Responsible for all things finance & operations for an exciting and dynamic startup foundation working in governance and democracy.

Kampala, Central Region, Uganda

Providing financial management capacity assessments and tailored training to refugee-led organisations and host communities in Nakivale and Kiryandongo refugee settlements. Training covers six fundamental areas: Budgeting, Record-keeping, Reporting, Internal Controls, Income Management & HR/Staffing.Also providing technical advice and support to the.

Kampala, Uganda

ICCO merged with Cordaid - and I was promoted and moved to Kampala.Responsible for all finance, operations, admin and procurement across four countries, with budget growth EUR 11 -> 16 million.- Oversaw the merger, integration and separation of a newly formed regional structure within Cordaid, including: closing ICCO country offices and legal.

Kigali, Rwanda

Led the management accounting function for seven country offices. - Oversaw all financial planning, reforecasting, proposal development and reporting for eight country offices- Part of regional finance team, supporting an annual budget of approximately EUR 10million- Implemented reforecasting and monthly reporting cycle with each country team- Developed.

Kigali, Rwanda

- Responsible for the financial management and administration of the STARS project (Strengthening Africa Rural Smallholder Farmers), working in Rwanda, Ethiopia, Senegal and Burkina Faso.- Part of three-person management team, overseeing $17m Mastercard Foundation funded project- Introduced monthly reporting, digitalized processes and tightened internal.

Lusaka, Zambia

• Responsible for ensuring delivery of final reporting and audit requirements for EU and Comic Relief projects (both multi-year projects exceeding £1m)
• Identified and resolved issues pre-audit, including with payroll, foreign exchange reporting, documentation and misunderstanding of EU matched funding rules
• Providing financial and management account support and training to regional office and partners, including annual and project budgeting and report analysis

Monrovia, Liberia

• Completed a full financial capacity assessment, leading to delivery of a tailored training and support programme.
• Training covered internal controls and safeguarding assets, donor requirements (incl. EU & USAID), organisational and project budgeting, variance analysis and reporting
• Supported the documenting of systems and policies to produce an organisational Handbook (covering Finance, Admin, HR and Risk Management)

London, United Kingdom

• Accounting responsibility for organisation's annual expenditure across eleven geographic contexts, core and policy (2016 forecast £5.5m, 2015 actual £5.4m)
• Member of Senior Leadership Team, producing and presenting monthly organisation-wide exception reports plus quarterly and annual reports to Board of Trustees, benchmarking performance against forecasts and identifying.
• Led a team of five plus support for embedded officers in geographic teams, identified skill/capacity gaps leading to recruitment of assistant and training for my managees
• Directed preparation of annual statutory accounts in line with IFRS reporting standards, external audit and submission, whilst meeting all other deadlines in year end period including three expenditure verification and.
• Redeveloped fund tracking, risk management and internal control tools, reducing time to produce reports and improving accuracy of information for decision making
• Responsible for consolidation and maintenance of organisational budget, cashflow management, financial policies and procedures, with sign-off on proposal budgets and pioneering core cost recovery to ensure all.

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for providing financial and management account support to all teams, including staff and partner offices based in country
• Grant management support: including restricted/unrestricted fund management, producing budgets for proposals, financial reports and project audits, including USAID, EU, UK Gov (DfiD PPA, Conflict Pool, CSSF), Norwegian.
• Project managed move to new accounting package providing integrated and future-proof solution, including: scoping, negotiating terms, implementation, testing, training, and ongoing troubleshooting and supplier.
• Providing monthly benchmark assessments with teams, with feedback and support including: balance sheet, income statement, actual expenses versus budget
• Provided training to finance and non-finance staff on financial policies, donor requirements, organisational procedures and Excel skills, reducing ad hoc demands on finance team time
• Developed our financial assessment tool and training materials for use with partners and regional staff - including running in-country assessment and training sessions with partners from Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte.

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for financial management of €1.15m EU grant, including coordinating the raising and inclusion of 15.55% matched funding requirement and completing the EU's full expenditure verification report and audit.
• Established system for managing five partners’ finances and small grant programme (approx. €450k based in India & Pakistan), including in country audit and assessment, and tailored training/support with budgeting.
• Supporting Finance Team with processing, data-entry and account reconciliations

• Supporting over 400 volunteer groups to manage their funds, complete Annual Returns and then compiling their data to produce internal reports ready for audit
• Wrote and managed the creation and dissemination of a Financial Handbook, delivering training sessions to staff and volunteers on the topics covered