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Being a professionally qualified Accountant - ACCA and Masters in Economics & Finance, have more than 20 years of professional working experience, out of which about 15 years in Not-for Profit sector including 12 years (2005-2017) with Marie Stopes International Reproductive Choices - Pakistan (One of the biggest partner of MSI Reproductive Choices UK) in a senior capacity, being one of the most acknowledged team members) working closely with CP Executive leaderships and MSI UK team members.
I have number of years of experience working on different multi million dollor projects funded by DFID, USAID, Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, European Commission, UNFPA, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation and other institutional funding. Hence, have a sound knowledge on key compliance and reporting, financial management, pre/post-award requirements.
During my career in NGOs while managing a large and diversified portfolio of grants, have gained exposure over business process improvements, internal controls, risk assessment and evaluation, strategic business planning, proposal development, reprogramming, donor liaison, budgeting, forecast, financial management, reporting, grant management, FX management, timely management / group / donors and statutory reporting delivering with accuracy and completeness, development and implementation of Standard Operating Procedures, capacity building of team and partners, sub-award management, ERP implementation, several successful and clean project and statutory audits, project close-outs etc.
I have attended several international and local personal and professional development trainings and workshops including donor compliance, sub-award management, leadership development, change management, and annual global business meetings/workshops.
I would bring with me the following skills, experience and expertise to the position:
- Extensive experience in dealing with partner NGOs, and donors;
- Extensive experience in financial management having worked on several large grants which include day-to-day operations, financial reporting, audit, compliance, and managing multiple currency funding sources;
- Understanding of working with INGOs and donors including understanding of the documentation requirements for internal and external controls;
- Experience in managing grants and sub-contracts with international and local NGOs including capacity building, monitoring compliance, and financial reporting;
- Experience in developing SoPs including financial, and operations management;
- Extensive contracts management skills having worked on several large Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Sub-contracts including monitoring budgets and ensuring deliverables are met;
- Extensive experience in administration, setting up offices, hiring staff, supervision, training and capacity building;
- Hand on expeirence using accounting softwares: SUN Systems, Vision XL, Microsoft Dynamics, Quickbooks etc.;
- An attitude of result driven, focusing on people and processes, and love working closely with doers;
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Senior Fiscal & Financial Manager
Head Of Finance
Leading a team of big team, managing overall financial and accounting management of the company, tax management and statutory compliance, audits, imports, business planning, budgeting and forecasting, treasury, payroll management etc.
Head of Finance
Principal strategist and visionary leader, who orchestrated all bottom-line factors including overall financial management and reporting of $14.0Mln funded by the Global Funds for TB project while ensuring compliance with donors’ and group guidelines.
Capacity building of finance and non-finance teams on key compliance requirements. Supervised Monthly / Quarter / Annual closing of accounts and group reporting in accordance with meaningful commentary on the management reporting pack. Steered efforts towards managing Donor and statutory reporting. Managed cashflow while forecasting monthly requirements. Developed SOPs to ensure compliance with the local, group, and donor compliance requirements along with internal control systems.
Key Accomplishments:
• Ensured appropriate documentation for Internal, LFA (Local Funding Agent) and External Audits; represented and lead long-term Strategic and annual Business Planning including rolling-forecasts with a keen focus towards positive financial efficiency.
• Delivered strategic directions to projects’ financial operations; conducted detailed financial analysis on KPIs, burn rate reports, forecasts and meaningful commentary to the management, and group reporting team for 61 static service outlets.
• Ensured appropriated formulation of changes in existing project budgets; shared financial data in Monthly Executive Team (ET) meetings and led the SECP reporting and overseeing tax matters, saved around PKR 5.0 mln P.A. of
Deputy General Manager of Financial Reporting
Managed financials and reporting of Million-Dollar projects funded by national and international donors for multi-lateral / bi-laterals; ensured Financial compliance of the local, donors’, and group guidelines. Major donors includes USAID ($80.0 mln), DFID (£ 20.0 mln), European Commission (€ 10.0 mln), UNFPA ($ 5.5 mln), STBF follow on funding for Phase IV ($ 15.0 mln) and other local and international private donors including David & Lucile Packard Foundation-USA, FHI 360, Research & Advocacy Funds (RAF), OMV Pakistan, Pathfinder International etc. Ensured Capacity building of finance and non-finance teams, and sub-awardees i.e. Creative Social Marketing (CSM Pakistan) and HANDS. Managed the Monthly / Annual closing of accounts and group reporting in line with meaningful commentary on the management reporting pack. Key Accomplishments: • Developed, designed, and implemented SOPs and complied with the local, group and donor compliance requirements along with internal controls system, supervised documentation for international and external audits. • Allocated common costs, supervised projects’ financial operations as well as represented and led from a financial perspective in long-term Strategic and annual Business Planning including rolling-forecasts. • Conducted detailed financial analysis on KPIs, burn rate reports, forecasts and meaningful commentary to the management, and group reporting team for 80 static service outlets, 24 outreach teams, 200 private providers, etc. • Utilize broad scope of industry knowledge toward supporting comprehensive financial operations, developed new / amendments to the existing project budgets and represented monthly executive team (ET) progress review meetings.
