Walter Malau Email & Phone Number

South Tarawa, Kiribati

Developing a friendship with Kiribati's network of climate finance experts and institutions and assisting where instructed to eliminate climate finance bottlenecks, result in speedier access to multilateral and bilateral climate financing.

Central, Fiji

Climate Finance, Climate Change, Climate change adaptation, accounting and finance, project oversight, internal control and auditing, forensic accounting, and program spot check.

Suva, Central, Fiji

Completed Climate Finance Training Modules,Provided regional countries (Tuvalu, Solomon Islands and Samoa) of technical support for accessing international climate funds,Consulted at country level on their climate finance investment pipeline,Drafted and submitted climate finance funding openings and concept notes, Advised stakeholders to fulfill funding.

Suva, Central, Fiji

Designed and developed Solomon Islands Student Loans Scheme (SLS) Feasibility Study inception report,Conducted Education key stakeholders and documented the responses,Contextualised to some Pacific Island countries’ practices/contexts, OECDbenchmarks, existing domestic legislations and recommended legislation/options and legal reforms to support the SLS.

Delaware, United States, & Suva, Fiji Islands

As a Pacific Islander and more especially as Solomon Islander, financial crime and official corruption are direct impediments to delivering Solomon Islanders and of course the Pacific alike from economic prosperity. Some current public sector accountants are contributing to these messes and of course 'Others' have taken advantage of the "sleepy" and.

Solomon Islands

Led a Five-member Team of six members;Visited and Met 16 Polling station community voters, elders, and chiefs and explained the observation purpose;Conducted more than 150 research questionnaires and collated 19,200 responses;As Team leader, ensured coverage by gender, sampled polling stations and all questionnaires were actually covered fully and.

Solomon Islands

Conducted desk-top review of provincial legislation, taxation law, respective financial management ordinances of each province, Programme (PGSP), Operational Manual, provincial development plans, and fees ordinances;Briefed provincial premiers, members of the assembly, and senior provincial officers relating to the nine provincial governments in areas of.

Solomon Islands

Undertook desktop reviews of in-house documents in the PMO and relevant laws;Traveled to remote villages and company estates for consultations with employees and collected views,Quantified all company employees of a defunct multinational coconut/cocoa/cattle company (Russell Islands Plantations Limited). This was the former Unilever subsidiary company..

Honiara, Solomon Islands

Conducted desk-top review of provincial legislation, taxation law, respective financial management ordinances of each province, Programme (PGSP), Operational Manual, provincial development plans, and fees ordinances;Briefed provincial premiers, members of the assembly, and senior provincial officers relating to the nine provincial governments in areas of.

Honiara, Solomon Islands

Conducted desk-top review of provincial legislation, taxation law, respective financial management ordinances of each province, Programme (PGSP), Operational Manual, provincial development plans, and fees ordinances;Briefed provincial premiers, members of the assembly, and senior provincial officers relating to the nine provincial governments in areas of.

Solomon Islands

Acted as in-country lead researcher to compile responses of 200 questionnaires relating to national governance indicators for sectors such as the national police, electorate, courts, integrity institutions, media, and the revenue points such as the Tax and the Customs offices,Conducted consultations with key stakeholders.

Solomon Islands

Represented the Board of Directors at Regional Meetings, Facilitated or presented at Board Meetings and during preparation to Strategic Plan, Provided advice on finance and financial reporting, Kept project management and monitored progress, Closed audit issues and recommended new initiatives to curb accounting anomalies,Conducted capacity training and.

Solomon Islands

Provided oversight and recommendations into the Bank’s actions on audit results, quality assurance results, budget preparation, Asset and Liabilities Committee and Risk Management Committee discussions/meetings,Served as an internal investigator for fraud cases resulting in the termination of three (3) staff so far. Conducted training for money laundering.

Honiara, Solomon Islands

Checked and implemented procedures that ensured the Bank operated within the risk appetite and risk framework,Drafted briefs so that the Risk Management Committee was kept abreast of risk updates and monthly meetings were arranged and conducted in organized and timely manner. Reviewed the Bank's fraud plan and compliance plan were tested and updated to.

Honiara, Solomon Islands

Provided Audit review for peer financial statements audits and recommended audit opinions on:Nine (9) Provincial Government Accounts; Honiara City Council Financial audits; Central Bank of Solomon Islands; Development Bank of Solomon Islands; Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau Accounts; Solomon Islands Printers Limited Accounts; Solomon Islands Broadcasting.

Honiara, Solomon Islands

Conducted desk-top review of provincial legislation, taxation law, respective financial management ordinances of each province, Programme (PGSP), Operational Manual, provincial development plans, and fees ordinances;Briefed provincial premiers, members of the assembly, and senior provincial officers relating to the nine provincial governments in areas of.

Honiara, Solomon Islands

Preparing payment vouchers for payment,Prepared in the accounts payable schedule for financial statement disclosurePrepared the payroll (using Attache accounting software), Assisted with revenue collections and bank reconciliations and banking,Assisted with end-of-year accounts compilation for statutory audits,Conducted University procurement for school.

Master Of Science - Ms, Forensic Accounting, Credit

Activities and Societies: Involved in the University Volunteer Group to plant 1,000 trees Project. Attended Money laundering seminar in.

Associate Cpa, Corporate Governance, Reporting Framework, Leadership And Strategy And Accounting., Pass

Activities and Societies: Attended Global Financial Crisis CPA seminar Attended APRA (Australian regular on insurance industry ) session I.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Accounting And Computer Science, Pass

Activities and Societies: Attended Trainers' Training on climate change Treasury of the Student Association Undergrad accounting studies.

Diploma, Accounting And Finance, Pass

Activities and Societies: Played rugby Union and a committee member of the Student Association Body.