Muhammad Ali Raza

Financial Management, Accountancy management, Cash management, Budget
management, Leads Audits, Capacity building for finance & non-finance staff. Analyzing the financial follow ups of the mission. Ensure the qualitative filling system in the mission. Reforming the policies and procedures, developing financial management tools, A Senior Management Team member. Developing operational strategy for the organization, Reviewing the monthly payroll, lead in recruitments for manager level and above, actively involved in developing the Staff capacity plan, Developing the weekly security SITREP, actively involved in monthly regional security meetings.

Financial Management, Accountancy management, Cash management, Budget
management, Leads Audits, Capacity building for finance & non-finance staff. Analyzing the financial follow ups of the mission. Ensure the qualitative filling system in the mission. Reforming the policies and procedures, developing Financial management tools, A Senior Management Team member.

Financial Management, Accountancy management, Cash management, Leads Audits,
Capacity building for finance & non-finance staff. Analyzing the financial follow ups of the mission. Ensure the qualitative filling system in the mission.

Accountancy Management
• Supervise the monthly accountancy and its compliance to ACF-USA financial standards in timely manner.
• Supervise cash movements and invoice filing.
• Physically check the cash count in the capital and on the bases during visits.
• Supervise the accounting and extra accounting data entering in the accounting software.
• Manage the shared cost allocation and review and update the allocation key.
• Check the bank matching and reconciliation .
• Supervise the monthly accounting feedback.
• Supervise the implementation of SAGA on the bases.
Budget Management
• Check the coherence of charges to grant’s budget lines with the donor’s rules and the grant agreement; ensure that expenses incurred are consistent with grant agreements.
• Prepare and analyze the monthly Budget follow up reports.
• Maintain a grant database with reporting and disbursement deadlines.
• Prepare Donor budgets.
Cash Management
• Supervise the mission treasury.
• Review the monthly treasury forecast for the mission.
Financial policies and procedures
• Ensure the mission in reviewing and updating the mission financial policies and procedures.
• Ensure the mission to ensure the compliance of the mission practices with the mission cash management policy.
• Induction and training of new finance staff and refresher training of the existing staff on the policies and procedures to be applied.
Budgets and reports
• Budget preparation process.
• Ensure support and implementation costs are in line with the donor’s standards.
• Ensure the reporting deadlines and formats are followed.
• Prepare Financial donor reporting.
• Review Monthly Financial report (Class 4 report (Advance), Treasury sheet, Depreciation table, shared cost).
Donor filing and audits
• Ensuring the management of documentation and filing systems compliance for financial data, including grants implementation.
• Provide support during internal and external audit and ensure that appropriate measures are taken to address audit findings and recommendations.
• Conduct periodical internal audits using samples to check compliance with donor and internal regulations.

Work closely and mentor the project team and steering committee to set up financial systems appropriate to the project.
 Developing Financial, Procurement, HR & Logistics policies.
 Developing the forms and tools for the HSS project.
 Making budgets for the new grants.
 Supporting in making fund raising tools.
 Representing HSS project in front of different donors and government bodies.
 Train all the partners (Community Based Organizations).
 Train the staff as required in financial systems and auditing.
 Set up financial systems for auditing.
 Set up the procurement systems for the project.
 Ensures procurement system is in line with donor requirements.
 Set up logistics systems which are appropriate to the region.
 Ensure the financial management are properly followed and managed.
 Attends all the steering committee meetings and other meetings as required.
 Writes monthly reports to the acting project director.
 Prepare annual budgets for the organization.
 Preparation of Donor reports & Budgets. (USAID, SDC, Global Fund, Childs Dream and Christian Aid, DFID).
 To oversee project audits and grantee audits.
 Ensures the technical excellence of all aspects of health financing, financial management, economics, resource mobilization and strategic planning across all the technical domains of the project.
 To manage all financial aspects of the office and grants, ensuring all related expenses are within budget, and well documented and supported by receipts.
 To monitor monthly closing of the books of account and reconciling the Cash and Bank books.
 Uses various quantitative and qualitative techniques to conduct costing exercises, policy analyses and other assessments
 Ensures the inclusion of accountability, and transparency in all assessments, studies and interventions.
 Ensures technical excellence of project interventions and leads the learning agenda around policy and community-level governance.
 Develops and provides technical input into project governance technical offerings.
 Introduces techniques to ensure that governance, accountability, and transparency do not serve as barriers to access to health services and supplies.
 Maintains strong relationships the Ministry of Health and other partners.

Finance Responsibilities:
 To implement and maintain financial systems, and policies & procedures in compliance with organizational standards and donor requirements.
 To prepare annual budgets and forecast as needed for the office and for grants and negotiate with donors to ensure sufficient support for the planned activities.
 To manage all financial aspects of the office and grants, ensuring all related expenses are within budget, and well documented and supported by receipts.
 To prepare annual and monthly/quarterly financial reports and answer all financial questions from the Berkeley headquarters and donors.
 Frequent visits to the field (inside Myanmar - Conflict Zones) to monitor program activities.
 To ensure effective communication mechanism is in place with finance teams of sub grantees as well as of Donors.
 To ensure full understanding and compliance by all project staff, as well as sub grantees through training, guidance and support
 To supervise and train Finance staff.
 Liaison with all CPI locations (US and Yangon), as needed regarding finances project, which are relevant for all the offices.
 To oversee project audits and grantee audits.
 To work with Grants Manager to manage distribution of sub-grants, including drafting Letters of Agreements (LOAs) and monitoring sub-grant tracking system.
 To work with Admin and Finance Team to assist with technical support and coordination with partner organizations.
 Verification of monthly Accountancy.
 Preparation of Donor reports & Budgets. (USAID, SDC, Global Fund, Childs Dream and Christian Aid).
 Focal person for the internal and external audits.
 Actively participate in preparation of Standard Operating Procedures, Form. etc.
Administrative Responsibilities:
 Focal person for Human Resource and Administration support in Mae Sot.
 Clarify and support staff in any practical issues related to Employee Handbook and benefits.
 Provide support / feedback to HR and Admin Director in improving the system, and help in implementation of existing policies.
 Provide staff information to the HR/Admin Director to ensure that Bamboo HR is accurate and updated in Mae Sot Office.
 Ensure appropriate physical maintenance of office, including finding and negotiating lease agreements and ensuring proper upkeep of office.
 Provide support in the process of renovation and application of staff visas.
 Support staff onboarding and provide immediate orientation on behalf of administration.
 Ensure staff safety and security in emergency and maintain telephone tree.
 Actively involved in Recruitment process.

Worked as an acting country Finance Coordinator.
 Remotely managed the South Sudan mission for 2 months from Kenya.
 Manage the financial and compliance aspects of the organization, consolidating the three bases and representing ACF in front of governmental and Partners institutions.
 Preparation of monthly reports on the projected cash flows.
 Plan, supervise and control the successful execution of the projects.
 Monitoring Budget versus expenditure.
 Actively involved in proposal writing.
 Preparation of Interim Reports for Partners.
 Liaison for internal and external audits.
 Ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with accepted policies and procedures.
 Ensure effective coordination with the Project Team.
 Review of Financial closure on monthly basis.
 Resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities.
 Preparation of Financial statements on yearly basis for South Sudan mission.
 Preparation of Partner reports.
 Strategy definition and assessment.
 Review of Procurement Project Plan report with logistics department on monthly basis.
 Preparation of Treasury Forecast report twice a month.
 Give training to Finance staff.
 Actively involved in the recruitment of Finance team.

Preparation of Partner reports, Budget Follow ups for the mission.
 Preparation of cash flow reports on monthly basis.
 Financial Closure for Pakistan Mission on monthly basis.
 Managing the compliance aspects of the ACF Pakistan mission.
 Focal person for external audits.
 Monitor and support taxation issues.
 Ensure accurate and appropriate recording and analysis of revenues and expenses.
 Review of Bank Reconciliations and Cash Counts for the mission.

Maintain company invoices.
* Preparation of Bank Reconciliation & Cash counts on monthly basis.
* Handling of Petty Cash & Bank Expenses.
* Preparation of Supplier payments.
* General Ledger entries in Peachtree Accounting Software.
* Build up a Finance system for one of the subsidiary company of PakGulf Constructions.
* Worked as a Cashier in Petronas Carigali (Pakistan) ltd (SEP09- JAN10)
* Worked on SUN Accounting System to maintain accounts payable.
* Preparation and deposit of With Holding Tax.
* Dealing with the petty cash expenses.
* Maintain Purchase Order Log.
* Dealing with Logistics department regarding the supplier’s payment.
* Preparation of accounts and reconciliation.