Leading a team of 5 Finance, 3 Human Resources and 4 Fundraising professionals to create effective enabling systems to align financial and people resources to maximize impact.Finance Achievements• Successfully transitioned from a Modified Cash basis to Accrual basis of accounting while maintaining high customer service to internal clientsHuman Resources Achievements• Upgraded and transitioned to a new HRIS that replaced six disparate systems and resulted in easier user interface combined with annual savings of $21kFundraising Achievements• Introduced Raiser’s Edge to structure fundraising pledges into a pipeline for increased visibility and action

Leader of a nine-member team with a $3.3 million annual budget comprising Human Resources, Information Technology and Facilities functionsOrganizational Development Achievements• Diversified the Leadership Team through proactive and prudent Succession Planning • Introduced new tools to enhance Leadership Team performance• Devised and implemented a 4-day work week to increase engagement, creativity, and productivity• Steer Board Compensation & Personnel Committee to manage institutional risks• Successfully act as Fiduciary on Retirement Plan and ensure complianceOperational Achievements• Initiating an Ethics and Whistleblowing mechanism • Introduced tools and mechanisms to enable Physical, Emotional and Financial Wellness• Saved more than $38,000 annually while improving benefits such as Life Insurance, STD and LTD• Introduced an Applicant Tracking System to create a diverse candidate pipeline• Successfully oversaw a $17M dollar gut renovation of a historical property during Covid• Saved more than $50,000 by proactively moving the organization to a private provider for Paid Family Leave Act in Massachusetts• Rewrote the Human Resources Manual to align with current laws and practices• Managing multiple H1-B visas, PERM applications and Employee Relations issues

• Transformed onboarding, timekeeping, payroll, employee self-service and offboarding systems that enhanced employee productivity and promoted operational excellence• Revamped the performance management system by automating the process and leveraging technological tools• Saved at least $35,000 while significantly reducing liability exposure by revamping the retirement plan and adding additional investment options and a new user interface for the employees• Successfully managed H1-B and F-1 visas for new hires• Ensured top notch legal compliance through timely reporting of Health Insurance Responsibility Disclosure (HIRD), Affordable Care Act (ACA), W-2 production and others.• Introduced new voluntary employee benefits like critical illness, accident and spouse life insurance• Moved dental insurance and short-term disability from a self-insured mechanism to external provider• Created an Organizational Compensation Philosophy and Salary Administration Guidelines

• Led a team of 10 HR professionals to deliver high quality support to 425 employees spread across seven countries on three continents• Managed a global organizational restructuring process in a unionized environment by ensuring transparent and fair treatment of employees and supporting them to transition successfully • Worked with the Board Chair and Compensation Committee members to set executive compensation and ensured that it was legally compliant and competitive to retain senior talent • Changed the Short-term Disability and Long-Term Disability insurance vendor that generated annual savings of around $140k• Changed the Retirement Plan vendor to improve investment options and lower investment costs for employees while generating annual savings of around $40k for Oxfam• Integrated the operations of multiple Oxfam affiliates to significantly enhance operational efficiencies and achieve our business goals in a more cost-efficient manner without sacrificing quality• Member of Risk Review taskforce to track and mitigate risks• Successfully managed risk as Fiduciary for retirement and 403(b) plans and by tracking and mitigating organizational risks covering finance, reputation, operations, cybersecurity, pandemics and others.• Led the investigation of whistleblower complaints and brought them to closure • Successfully completed union negotiations using Interest Based Bargaining saving more than $200K and freeing up staff time

• Put in place strong systems for planning, managing meetings, decision-making and increasing horizontal and vertical accountability• Leveraged tools and existing technologies to reduce inefficiencies and maximize outcomes, resulting in improved service to internal customers • Submitted timely and accurate online EEO-1 forms

• Led an organizational upgrade of the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) that significantly enhanced Oxfam’s ability to proactively hunt for talent and reduce transaction costs• Successfully decentralized approval process in ATS to regional offices and instituted a more structured and responsive staffing support mechanism for seven country offices• Successfully managed H1-B, L-1 visa applications and PERM filings to operationalize the business goal of creating a more diverse workforce

• Managed the HR budget to increase transparency within the team for project owners and increase efficiencies in budget utilization and better management of actuals versus the budget • Trained Hiring Managers on the applicant tracking system and competency based interviewing techniques• Successfully coached managers and teams to improve their structure as well as increase team cohesion and performance

• Developed financial model for business viability of Equitable Food Initiative, a multi-stakeholder initiative• Co-conceptualized the Women in Small Enterprise (WiSE) program that enables women entrepreneurs to receive gendered mentoring, business training and finance to pull themselves out of poverty• Successfully co-facilitated a private sector workshop in Cambodia to enable six different Oxfam affiliates to expand their vision of possible tools to engage the private sector

Taught microfinance at the Heller School at Brandeis University.

• Led a team of three persons encompassing cause marketing, public figures and internal communications• Commissioned an ad campaign to increase Oxfam’s supporters on Facebook• Led an ad campaign to highlight the public figures program• Started up and staffed cause marketing and internal communications positions• Set up a brand campaign to launch Oxfam’s revised brand identity in the US market

• Co-started the ‘Saving for Change’ program that reached more than 500,000 persons in Mali, Senegal, Cambodia, El Salvador and Guatemala with members’ savings exceeding $9 million as of June 2011• Successfully raised $3 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation for expanding the program• Panelist at the Global Savings Forum organized by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2010• Presented Saving for Change to a select audience of United Nations Community Development Fund technical staff for microfinance at their annual retreat in August 2010 in Senegal

• Successfully co-raised $11.76 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for program expansion in Mali and Cambodia

• Developed the Theory of Change for the Saving for Change Program• Trained 22 trainers from 6 countries for Wetlands Poverty Reduction Project in Kenya in 2006 • Trained Oxfam and local partner staff on Saving for Change• Co-created a Pictorial Manual to aid field workers to form savings and credit groups in collaboration with Freedom from Hunger • Provided crucial inputs to change the Village Saving & Lending Associations MIS from a donor reporting tool to a program management tool that is now used by the savings led microfinance sector

• Trained Oxfam and local partner staff on Saving for Change• Created an Oral Record Keeping System for groups and trained animators on the new system

I taught microfinance courses for Southern New Hampshire University's Microenterprise Development Institute in South Africa and Tanzania.

Led a team of 8 professionals to develop and manage programs across microfinance, education, watershed, HIV/AIDS, emergency response and peace building across two states in India with an annual budget of $563,000 and 7,500 tons of food resources

• Successfully spearheaded the integration of SHGs with other development initiatives as a development model• Presented CRS India’s development Model to key staff at Baltimore, USA in 2003• Member of the development team of an Assessment Tool for microfinance programs• Designed a Quarterly reporting system for capturing data on Self Help Groups in 2002

Drafted Strategic Business Plan for the Indian School of Microfinance for Women in Ahmedabad, India