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Usman Ahmed, Grant & Access to Finance Specialist

Usman Ahmed

Grant & Access to Finance Specialist·Taraqee Foundation

Pakistan

Master's degree, Business Administration

Work experience

Total years of experience: 11 years, 1 months

Grant & Access to Finance Specialist

April 2024 - Present

Taraqee Foundation

Quetta, Pakistan

April 2024 - Present

Duties and Responsibilities
• Leading and managing staff and project on district and provincial level
• Grant Cycle management from application phase to selection and controlling of SMEs
• Conducting coordination meetings with Donor, employees and SMT
• Managing different other project activities i.e., access to finance, crop insurance, training and development
of SMEs
• Facilitating teams in awareness sessions on Access to Finance (Crop Insurance and Loan products) on
district level.
• Raising awareness about different Agri Business Loan products to all the targeted Districts
• Managing SME grants of 0.5 million, 2.5 million and 30 million beneficiaries
• Planning and managing different events of project i.e., Business plan development, financial literacy,
exposure visits, business trainings etc.,
• Managing financial aspects of projects including budgeting and grants.
• Hand holding of SME in procurement of PKR. 30 million machineries.

Company industry:
International Humanitarian Organization
Job role:
Management

Project Coordinator

April 2022 - February 2024

WESS

Quetta, Pakistan

April 2022 - February 2024

• Conducting coordination meetings with employees
• Developing strategies to make better assistance for Afghan Refugees
• Leading the team of eight educational, legal and GBV Components
• Leading team on day to day tasks and assignments
• Leading the Legal and GBV team on different activities
• Coordination with UNHCR
• Presenting the project activities to SMT and donor visits
• Developing understanding with community and outreach volunteers for project activities

Company industry:
Non-profit Organization
Job role:
Management

Marketing Project Coordinator

April 2021 - August 2021

Ofix

Muscat, Oman

April 2021 - August 2021

Handling Clients
Meeting timelines in accordance with SOPs and DIP Managing inflows and outflows with finance team
Preparing Root and Cause Analysis
Dealing for upcoming projects and in pipeline

Company industry:
Other Business Support Services
Job role:
Marketing and PR

HR Officer

June 2020 - October 2020

Medical Emergency Resilience Foundation

Quetta, Pakistan

June 2020 - October 2020

Advertisement of upcoming vacancies
Managing payroll, leaves, attendance, conflict management and JDs of office and hospital staff
Supervising Recruitment process from advertisement to interview grids and selection

Company industry:
Non-profit Organization
Job role:
Human Resources and Recruitment

Office Manager

September 2018 - April 2020

Livewire Trading

Manama, Bahrain

September 2018 - April 2020

Managing the overall operations of the company.
• Training and monitoring the staff
• Dealing with LMRA, GOSI, MOIC, etc.
• Holding monthly meetings with the employees to give information, take feedback and review progress.
• Identifying inefficiencies and making recommendations for improvements.
• Motivating employees to increase productivity
• Representing the company at different events and exhibitions.
• Marketing the services of the company through different platforms.
• Overseeing the accounts payables and receivables.
• Reporting on a weekly basis to the Managing Director.

Company industry:
Business Support Services
Job role:
Marketing and PR

Admin, HR and Finance Officer

September 2017 - February 2018

Center for Peace and Development

Quetta, Pakistan

September 2017 - February 2018

• Time sheet submission of employees to finance department and calculating working hours of employees.
• Conflict management in organization
• To supervise regular data collection through implementing partners and ensure quality of the data by random verifications and validations
• To record, manage and preserve monitoring and evaluation data in a safe and accessible way
• To analyse and discuss findings based on regular monitoring data
• Support team in developing the annual and six monthly organisational reports.
• Support team in dealing with any other tasks as may be required
• Financial reporting to donar
• Maintainance of financial documets
• Recording cashflow

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Management

HR and Finance Officer

November 2016 - September 2017

International Union for Conservation of Nature

Quetta, Pakistan

November 2016 - September 2017

• Maintain the accounting record with IUCN policies and procedures and the donor requirements.
• Report Manager Financial and Administrational -IUCNP on all important issues.
• Monitor the staff personal accounts.
• Internal/external audits of the project in close coordination with Country Office.
• Assist the Manager-BPO in the budgeting and Human Resource planning process in close consultation with the Manager IUCNP.
• Prepare Funds request on monthly basis and send to the Country Office.
• Improve systems and procedures to enhance internal controls & comply as required.
• Perform tasks and duties of other members of finance and accounting team in the absence of or on the instruction of Manager Finance-IUCNP.
• Responsible for receiving, checking and filing time sheets of Quetta based staff.
• Manage the day to day activities disbursement of cash/cheques. Check overtime claims of support staff before Head of Office signs them.

Company industry:
Non-profit Organization
Job role:
Management

Project Assistant

August 2013 - September 2015

Mercy Corps International

Quetta, Pakistan

August 2013 - September 2015

• Keep track of the budget and ongoing purchases.
• Coordination with Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Unit to ensure the right path of the activities.
• Seed Money (capital) distribution to entrepreneurs group.
• Management for business incubators for vulnerable i.e. identifying beneficiaries, material required for incubators, routine work for incubators
• Assisting manager in daily updates from business incubators
• Maintaining time sheets of Project staff
• Identifying vulnerable males and females for vocational trainings.
• Processing purchase requisitions and vouchers
• Assist project officers and managers in maintaining the record.
• To coordinate with staff and ensure all the activities are as per schedule.
• Holding regular meeting with staff about the ongoing purchases and utilization of budget according to cash flow of the month.
• Preparing and maintaining cash flow forecast according to detailed implementation plain.
• Assist manager in the field to identify true beneficiaries.
• Follow-up from procurement office, operations and finance about the purchase order and payments according to the cash flow of the month.

Company industry:
Non-profit Organization
Job role:
Administration

HR Manager

August 2012 - September 2015

Development Organization for Underprivileged Areas

Quetta, Pakistan

August 2012 - September 2015

• Helping draw up plans for future personnel needs Recruiting
• Providing staff trainings in required deparmtment
• Operating pay and benefits policies
• Counseling staff about any problems they may have, either at work or personally
• Oversee employee services such as health and safety and social facilities.
• Time sheet submission of employees to finance department and calculating working hours of employees.
• Conflict management in organization
• Procurement of required material as per the organizations police and procedures

Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Human Resources and Recruitment

Education

National University of Modern Languages Islamabad

December 2017

December 2017

Master's degree, Business Administration

Pakistan

GPA (point): 3.87 out of 4

GPA (point): 3.87 out of 4

Maters in Business Adminstration and Maj. SHRM
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Superior University

September 2012

September 2012

Bachelor's degree, Management and Business Administration

Pakistan

GPA (point): 3 out of 4

GPA (point): 3 out of 4

Completed by Bechalor's Degree in Business Administration with Majors in HRM

Federal Government Public School

September 2008

September 2008

High school or equivalent, Science

Pakistan

GPA (percentage): 70%

GPA (percentage): 70%

Board of Intermediate & Secondary

January 2005

January 2005

High school or equivalent, Science

Pakistan

GPA (percentage): 55%

GPA (percentage): 55%

Completed my Matircullation

Skills

Business Development
Expert
Business Development
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Project Management
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Management
Expert
Management
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Training and Development
Expert
Training and Development
Expert
SPSS
Expert
SPSS
Expert
BUDGETING
Expert
BUDGETING
Expert
BUSINESS RESEARCH
Expert
BUSINESS RESEARCH
Expert
CASH FLOW
Expert
CASH FLOW
Expert
CONSULTING
Expert
CONSULTING
Expert
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
Expert
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
Expert
DATA COLLECTION
Expert
DATA COLLECTION
Expert
ACCOUNTANCY
Intermediate
ACCOUNTANCY
Intermediate
COUNSELING
Expert
COUNSELING
Expert
Team Work
Expert
Team Work
Expert
Leadership
Expert
Leadership
Expert
payroll processing
Expert
payroll processing
Expert
payroll
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payroll
Expert
operational hr
Expert
operational hr
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performance management
Expert
performance management
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performance appraisal
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performance appraisal
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planning
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planning
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marketing
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marketing
Expert
office administration
Expert
office administration
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web project management
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web project management
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project planning
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project planning
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project work
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project work
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marketing management
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marketing management
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negotiation
Expert
negotiation
Expert
project execution
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project execution
Expert
Project Management
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Project Management
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Management
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Management
Expert
Business Development
Expert
Business Development
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Project Management
Expert
Management
Expert
Management
Expert
Training and Development
Expert
Training and Development
Expert
SPSS
Expert
SPSS
Expert
Recruitment
Expert
Recruitment
Expert
Human Resources
Expert
Human Resources
Expert
Employee Relations
Expert
Employee Relations
Expert
Talent Acquisition
Expert
Talent Acquisition
Expert
Training
Expert
Training
Expert
Administration
Expert
Administration
Expert
HR Strategy
Expert
HR Strategy
Expert

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Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

Taraqee Foundation

Humanitarian Specialist

January 2021

Training and Certifications

Training
Active Citizens Programme
British Council
Feb 2010
Training on Fundamental Rights in Pakistan.
Civic Education Quett
Jun 2012

Hobbies

  • cooking
  • travel
  • reading
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  • Circket