Mr. Aijaz Ali is Finance and grants professional with having 12 years’ experience in development sector and expertise in Financial Reporting, Budgeting & Analysis, Financial management, Contracts and grants management, Procurement and inventory management. Dealing with Internal and external audits, Compliance with tax and labor laws, Office management, Office establishment and HR Management.
Financial Reporting
Prepares vendor and remittance tax forms and ensure these are submitted in a timely manner.
Prepares and submits monthly bank reconciliation and Tax packet reports to Home office.
Monitors and submits advance, commitment, and grant reports
Oversees the reporting of expenses by regional offices
Review sub-award expenses before they are posted to the finance system Audit Comply with USAID and DAI audit requirements.
Supervise and capacity building of the grantee finance staff.
Supports preparation of internal and external audits.
Conducts daily reviews of backup documentation to ensure completeness, accuracy with DAI’s regulations.
Performs regular spot audits on project’s files. Policies & Procedures
Ensures accounting policies and practices are carried out in accordance with GAAP standards; internal controls are established & implemented in accordance with DAI policies, USAID rules/regulations and the terms of the contract. General Accounting/Financial Management
Financial oversight of USAID Pakistan Community Resilience Activity project, consisting of 2 regional offices and 70 employees with $15 million in annual billing. Recording and assigning costs based on approved budget in field accounting system (FAS) Supports management of banking relationships.
Prepares, reviews, and submits project cost data prior to sending to DAI Washington Supervised monthly cash management related journal entries.
Ensures non-billable expenses are thoroughly reviewed and kept to a minimum. Travel Advance & Reimbursement
Audits travel requests and expense reports for accuracy and compliance.
Follows procedures to ensure accurate and timely payment and reconciliation of travel advances, reimbursements for staff and partner travel.
Reviews and monitors outstanding advances report by paying close attention to advances that have not been settled after 30 days of issuance.
. Scrutinize all invoices for accuracy before making payments and ensure that the payment backup in the system is in accordance to DAI’s policies. Closely monitor grants under contract and bring any potential over/underspending to the attention of grants team. Conduct pre-award assessment before surveys of potential grantees’ under the contract before authorizing award in order to ensure their capacity and capability of handling donor’s fund. Prepare cash counts on weekly basis and during each accounting closure. Assists the Finance Manager for bank and cash reconciliation at the end of each month to close the month’s books. Verification and review of petty cash payments for accuracy & legitimacy and reconciliation of remaining cash whenever replenishment is required also maintains a good filing system for all cash, bank payments for audit trail
Handle supplier’s accounts including invoices, general ledger, journal entries and account reconciliation.
Review invoices to ensure all supporting, approvals are accurate, and complete payments through the bank.
Enter and process them on field office project expenditures (locals) in ABACUS software Maintain, record and pay taxes for the project on weekly basis.
Ensure invoicing of other Chemonics' projects for their obligations to entry of payments for joint Payments.
Follow-up settlement for all advances taken by employees, send reminders to submit expense reports.
Oversee processing of payroll each month and prepare salary receipt / payroll forms, as well as pension and social security withholdings and employer contributions.
Prepare monthly and quarterly projection for all the expenses and submit it to Home Office for approval.
Conduct and finalize Financial Pre award assessment of potential grantees and monitoring of grant making mechanism by submitting report to pre award committee with observations and recommendations.
Review of Grant and vendor payments and follow-up with teams for completing the missing documents.
Scans and files vouchers and supporting documents for uploading into the system and share drive.
Collection of financial instruments and bank statements. This includes regular visits to bank.
Maintain petty cash for routine activities and prepare cash count sheets on a regular basis.
Review support documents and ensure compliance with DAI and Donor rules and regulations.
Ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with accepted policies and procedures.
Assist the Finance Manager in Managing day to day finance operations, including implementing Creative and USAID policies, procedures and systems, reviewing accounts payable documents for proper accuracy and completeness, and liaising with bank on all banking issues.
Support livelihood team in implementation of program activities for transfer of cash vouchers/Cash distribution.
Support field teams in the identification and assessments of the cash grant and other beneficiaries of the project.
Prepare payments sheets of beneficiaries for payments through banks.
Keep records and manage documentation of all the transactions and related documents of totals transactions.
Develop and share reports of the transactions to the senior managers keep periodic balance sheets of funds.
Lead a team of my 5 members to distribute the cash vouchers as per SOPs
• To develop detailed Guidelines/Standard Operating Procedures for Cash for work, conditional and unconditional cash grants, vouchers programming
• Manage all banking transactions and keep a detailed record of them
• To further strengthen cash transfer and voucher delivery mechanisms developed for flood response in RDF
Pakistan, ensuring Stand & Operating Procedures (SOPs) are in place and followed
• Prepare and Update the Cash Book, monthly Bank Reconciliation Statement, Check Reconciliation, Check Control and Check Register
• Print Cheques of all activities and Update in the payment database also issue the cheque distribution sheets to the field staff
• To maintain overall oversight of all cash transfer elements of the Project
• Plan cash distribution activities and engage the CT team for transparent cash distribution
• Control crowd during the distribution of cash among beneficiaries
• Update tracker of the cash distribution of all components and reconcile
• Participation in trainings for the operations/ project staff
• Assist Manager Finance & Grants for development of tools to deal with emergency situations
• Processing of reclassification in different grants as required
• Put expenses in the proper code as per budget lines
• Prepare and forward the Monthly Financial Report to the Finance and Admin Manager
AIJAZ is a devoted person to his services, I believe him a lot. Any company would be lucky to have him.
AIJAZ has a track record for success, as well as a bright future.