Senior Finance Manager
DAI Global
Total des années d'expérience :12 years, 4 Mois
Department Lead
• Managed and ensured the compliance with all policies and procedures related to Finance, Procurement, Office Administration, Human Resources, and Grants.
• Responsible for ensuring staff members’ adherence to client and DAI policies (as outlined in Field Operations Manual), and that appropriate checks and balances (separation of duties) are maintained, and staff carry out responsibilities in line with the latest Project Schedule of Authorities.
• Provided finance and operational inputs for effective project implementation.
• Communicated operational related new guidelines with staff.
• Took the lead in sending financial expenditure reports to US based Home Office.
• Delivered on the job training to staff on USAID regulations and DAI financial protocols.
Financial Management
• Led and monitor the project budget and ensuring compliance of program expenditures with approved budgets; ensuring the consistency, inclusion and accuracy of costs.
• Supervised day to day financial transactions and petty cash management.
• Managed and approving payments, fund transfer, account reconciliations, and monthly income and sales tax.
• Reviewed and approved staff payroll, fringe benefits, EOBI, and staff final settlement (200 project staff)
• Imported transaction data, project cost analysis on a bi-monthly basis.
• Bi-monthly reconciliation of field expense reports and uploading to oracle
• Timely review of weekly wire request and submission to HO for funds disbursement.
• Reviewed and approved bank account reconciliations and submitting to field cash at HO.
• Consolidation of field financial reports received from regional offices at program country office. Execute regular checks on financial documentation and backup record and submission to US Home office on fortnightly basis.
Compliance and other modalities
• Ensured tax compliance as in line with laws of Government of Pakistan,
• Ensured compliance of 2 CFR 200 subpart E (for non-profit) and USAID cost principles, all procurements (22 CFR 228) are in line with USAID geographical code ‘’937’’.
• Focal point for all GST exemption processes and allowability for USAID.
Financial Audit (Sub Awardees)
• Maintained external audit guidelines issued by USAID OIG. Facilitation in appointing external audit for project and RCA audit.
• Sustained list of QCR (monthly) and OIG recommended firms (annual).
• Established TORs for external audits for IPs.
• Assisted in conducting Internal & External Audits
Capacity Building of Staff (Sub Awardees)
• Built capacity of program and grantee staff in terms of documentation, Financial, HR, Procurement compliance and periodic reporting in line with USAID requirements.
• Established training material and directed formal training for grantee organization’s staff. For this purpose, I have delivered 105 training sessions to grantees ‘staff in Karachi, Peshawar, Lahore.
Operational Lead
• Supervision of the day-to-day financial and operational matters for the program.
• Overseeing and making ensure the compliance with all policies and procedures related to Finance, Procurement, Office Administration, Human Resources, and Grants.
• Chairperson of regional procurement and HR committee
• Responsible for ensuring staff members’ adherence to client and NRSP’s policies and that appropriate checks and balances (separation of duties) are maintained, and staff carries out responsibilities in line with the latest Project Schedule of Authorities.
• Provide finance and operational inputs for effective project implementation
• Managed high official visits and delegations to project sites in AJK & GB.
Financial Management
• Organized and reviewed budget, revenue, expense, payroll entries, processed invoices, and other supporting documents.
• Oversight Journal Entries of prepared rents settled matters pertaining to accounts receivable and payables.
• Oversight Monthly prepayments, depreciation, and fixed assets management
• Accomplished and tracked project’s assets and ensured disposal as per USAID rules.
• Revised and verified Statement of Expenses (SOEs) being submitted by the grantee organizations to USAID SGAFP on monthly basis.
• Led financial monitoring visits to Grantees’ offices and verification of financial records.
• Exercised hands-on approach to prepare and monitor the budget of Grantees to implement the annual work plan.
• Functioned in close coordination with external or visiting auditors and support their audit process.
• Government of Pakistan, compliance of 2 CFR 200 subpart E (for non-profit) ADS 303, ADS 310 and USAID cost principles, all procurements are in line with USAID geographical code ‘’937’’.
• Ensured external audits of projects are being conducted in line with USAID/OIG guild liens.
• Maintained external audit guidelines issued by USAID OIG. Facilitation in appointing external audit for project and RCA audit.
• Sustained list of QCR (monthly) and OIG recommended firms (annual).
• Established TORs for external audits for IPs.
• Assisted in conducting Internal & External Audits
Thesis: Role of Organizational Culture and the relationship between HRM practices and Employee Performance
• Recipient of Merit Scholarship • Graduated in Top 2 of Class • Professional development completed in HRM
• Recipient of Merit Scholarship • Graduated in Top 2 of Class