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Executive Profile

  • Focused on fostering trust based on financial accountability and transparency yields top results by challenging analysts to surpass organization goals. I am energetic, results and detail oriented, proactive, self-starter and an innovative individual. I am seeking a mid or senior level financial management position that welcomes a seasoned professional with an exceptional ability to work under pressure and multitasking environment. I have over 26 years of financial management, accounting management, internal controls and audit experiences, excellent organizational and analytical skills. I am proficient on U.S. Government funds control and management including full cycle of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable. I have the ability to promptly learn procedures and methods easily adapt to new situations, communicate in a clear, concise, and understandable manner. Also, I have proven track records, knowledge and skills in the following areas:
  • GAAP, OMB Circulars A-110, A-122, A-123, A-133 , CFR, FAR, AIDAR, FAM, ADS, FMFIA
  • Project start-ups and close-outs
  • Effective ability to plan and organize work schedules, establish workload priorities, and perform assigned tasks in a timely manner
  • Month-end, quarter-end, and year-end scheduling, closing, and reporting
  • Financial reports and financial statements preparation, consolidation, and customization
  • Pipeline Analysis accruals and costs review and analysis
  • Planned vs. Actual expenditure analysis
  • Pre-award assessment
  • Budget preparing, reviewing, analyzing and tracking
  • Compliance
  • Internal Controls and Audit
  • Accounting reservation, commitment, obligation includes data entries
  • Full cycle of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
  • Reconciliations
  • Preparing and recording of Journal Vouchers
  • Payroll processing and coordinating
  • Cashiering
  • Ensure correctness of financial data entries in the accounting system in a timely manner
  • Strong analytical, qualitative, and quantitative skills
  • Very strong Excel skills to prepare complex financial reports and/or statement using VLookup, HLookup, If, Sumif, Iserror, Yearfrac, Left, Mid, Right, Count, Text, Find, Search, other advanced excel formulas and Pivot table,
  • Strong attention to details financial analytical capabilities
  • Strong understanding of US Government contract types and the accounting aspects for the contractor
  • Information search and analyzing, trouble shooting, and problem and complaint resolution
  • Employees' development

Professional Background

Senior Finance Manager, Confidential

  • Provide leadership and coordination in the accounting, financial reporting and budgeting processes of HQ staff and global finance staff when required to implement, maintain and improve financial management systems, policies and procedures.
  • To implement, improve and maintain financial management policies, systems, structures and procedures including procurement and expenditures, inventory, requisition and record keeping systems.
  • Conduct country finance office assessments and make recommendations with a corrective action plan.
  • Provide training, leadership, oversight and direction to country finance staff in order to enhance and develop overseas country national finance staff capabilities, within a growing and expanding organization.
  • Assist the country and field finance offices with both the annual and special external donor audits and to ensure that in audit preparation there is the proper financial records and backup documentation in place.
  • Assist with the preparation ofconfidential Government, EU and other donor agency grant and contract reports for submission to the donors.
  • Assist IAIA with country-based risk assessments and to respond to internal audit demands from IAIA and RI HQ as these arise.
  • Meet and/or confer with Program Desk staff that are assigned to similar countries on a monthly basis to both informed and problem solves issues with the field.
  • Meet and/or confer with Field Finance Offices Staff on a monthly basis to review outstanding issues and concerns.
  • Review and approved Request for Funds initial Contract/Grant budgets.
  • Ensure generation of timely reports for management use, compliance with RI, audit and donor requirements.
  • Assist in the preparation of monthly, quarterly or annual reports to the donors, annual and donor audits including the incorporation of scanning activities.

Audit Consultant, Confidential

  • Perform Internal Audit of voucher
  • Suggest corrective action from Internal Audit Results, this will also serves as training in best practices for South Sudan staff.
  • Provide Pipeline Operational Budget with appropriately allocated shared costs for ongoing open Projects 0261, 0118, 0119, 0231 and 027.
  • RFF Assistance the projections will assist with new 6-month RFF procedure.
  • Reporting: provide input in completing final financial reports for 0261 year 1 ended 7/31/13 and U-123 ending 8/31/13 .
  • Re-class expenses: Ensuring that all 2013 projects have proper allocations, there is the possibility we will have to re-class expenses between US and UK projects.
  • Managing documentation and work papers.

Internal Auditor Confidential

  • Performed internal audits of headquarters and field offices pursuant to the schedule established by the Director, Internal Audit.
  • Analyzing all IRD audited programs invoices' supporting documentation under the supervision of the Director Internal Audit and IRD staff seconded to the internal control, compliance, and analytical effort.
  • Developed expert understanding of IRD's internal controls systems related to each audit performed.
  • Assist with the design of audit programs to cover the operations of the IRD headquarters and field offices.
  • Assist with the development of the annual audit plan, audit schedule, and audit follow-up.
  • Prepare written reports on the results of each audit including conditions noted along with conclusions and recommendations thereon.
  • Properly documented the audit steps and related results and the bases for the recommendations and conclusions, and maintain this documentation in an orderly file.
  • Communicate at actions contemplated or taken to the Director, Internal Audit.
  • Maintain independence and objectivity in the performance of the duties of the office.
  • Adhere to all operating procedures established by IRD and the Director, Internal Audit.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Consultant, Confidential

  • Analyzing Sabre and Global Securities invoices' supporting documentation under the supervision of the Director Internal Audit and IRD staff seconded to the analytical effort:
  • Assisting IRD in reviewing Sabre's supporting documentation and stands ready to support IRD in defended its analysis of Sabre's supporting documentation before Sabre and the USAID mission in Iraq.
  • Analyzing the supporting documentation for the Global Securities security contractor in Afghanistan. Analysis of supporting documents of four contracts AVIPA, HRLS, KESIP and SPR with Global Securities as a pre-emptive measure of DCAA Audit.
  • Providing support to other IRD Departments for designing templates for subcontractor or sub-grantee supporting documents on complex projects as directed by the IRD's Director, Internal Audit.

Acting Chief Accountant

  • Confidential Agency for International Development confidential
  • Performed the following tasks as the Manager of the Office of the Financial Management in addition to my responsibility as Project Accounting Specialist:
  • Scheduled month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing process in consultation with the Controller
  • Prepared financial reports and financial statements and inputs in to confidential Reporting Systems: FMS, GWA, Goals, SF-224, and Data Call.
  • Prepared, reviewed, consolidated, customized and distributed month-end, quarter-end, year-end, Mission Management, and Host Government financial reports and financial statements
  • Prepared Annual Audit Plan in coordination with the Controller and the Strategic Objective Teams.
  • Performed Pipeline Analysis which includes budget expenditure projections, tracks and forecasts contract burn rates related to Cooperative Agreement, Contract and Grant Agreements
  • Ensured compliance with confidential regulations regarding accounting, auditing, and financial management requirements.
  • Tracked and managed the process for updating budget information.
  • Tracked and managed the full cycle of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.
  • Project start-ups and close-outs
  • Ensured all financial data are correctly recorded by all other accounting and financial staff members Financial Analysts, Accountants, Budget Analysts, and Payment Specialists/Voucher Examiners .
  • Supervised Financial Analyst, Project Accounting Specialist, Budget Analyst, and Supervisory Voucher Examiner.
  • Trained new incumbents for the Financial Analyst, Project Accounting Specialist, and Budget Analyst positions.

Project Accounting Specialist Confidential

  • Provided technical guidance on confidential procedures and accounting control requirements to customers.
  • Performed financial review and/or pre-award assessments of proposed Technical Team recipients.
  • Performed Pipeline Analysis which includes budget expenditure projections, tracks and forecasts contract burn rates related to Cooperative Agreement, Contract and Grant Agreements.
  • Pre-award assessment.
  • Analyzed Projected Expenditure vs. Actual Expenditure.
  • Acted as Audit Liaison Officer for the confidential Mission.
  • Managed the Accounts Receivable of all project funds.
  • Performed funds control and availability functions of project funds as follows:
  • Input financial data into Phoenix verify accuracy of financial data and appropriateness of documentations
  • 1311 Review for Technical Team activities to fully support outstanding obligations and commitments
  • Quarterly Pipeline Analysis, accrual estimate, identify and recommend project pipeline into accurate levels
  • Maintained and reconciled accounting records and completing all financial reports and financial statements.

Budget Analyst, confidential

  • Agency for International Development
  • Prepared and analyzed the Mission's annual operating expense budget and continuously monitored Mission budget.
  • Participated in budget reviews and assist with the development of budget estimation for the annual Mission Operating Budget MOB .
  • Analyzed obligation and reservation documents for substance and, if appropriate, indicate the availability of funds.
  • Managed the Accounts Receivable of all operating expenses funds.
  • Entered financial data into Mission Accounting and Control System MACS .
  • Provided mission personnel with information related to reservation, obligation and expenditure of Operating Expenses OE funds.
  • Assisted in the preparation of internal and external financial reports.
  • Maintained, reviewed, reconciled and balanced the accounting records for OE funds and assisted in reconciling program fund records.
  • Performed 1311 Review of unliquidated obligations at least 4 times in a year.

Voucher Examiner Payment Specialist , Confidential

  • Examined and processed difficult and complex Accounts Payable administrative, project, and international travel vouchers .
  • Prepared all Accounts Receivable and/or Bills of Collection and follow up.
  • Processed US PSCs payroll and AETA.
  • Prepared Form 1099 - Quarterly Tax Report and forward it to the respective vendor.
  • Prepared Form 941s - Quarterly Tax Report and forward it to IRS.
  • Prepared Form W-2s and distribute to the employees and IRS at the end of the CY.
  • Performed as an Alternate Class A Cashier.

Name of the Countries Worked:

Niger

Mozambique

Swaziland

Kenya

Chad

Swaziland

South Sudan

Bangladesh

Familiar with the Accounting Software and Other Software:

Quick Book

SAGE/MIP

Power Point

Phoenix/Momentum

MACS/MACSTRAX

SUN Systems

Excel

MS Word

Dbase

CART

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