Ayeshung Fredaline Msc, MBA, ACA, CFE, CPFA, ACA-ICAEW
Project Finance, Compliance & Operations Lead - USAID Advancing Nutrition Project, Nigeria at Helen Keller Intl- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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ACA-Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales
ICAEWMay, 2022- Oct, 2024 -
Associate Chartered Accountant
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria -
Certified Forensic Accountant (CrFA)
Instititute Of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria -
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) -
Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination
West Virginia University -
Qualified Accountant Member
CIPFA
Experience
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Helen Keller Intl
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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500 - 600 Employee
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Project Finance, Compliance & Operations Lead - USAID Advancing Nutrition Project, Nigeria
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Feb 2022 - Present
Lead the overall financial management, Operations and compliance support on the USAID Advancing Nutrition Project in Nigeria, including: • Working closely with the Chief of party, Country Director, Country Finance Head and the Global Finance and Contract Team in safeguarding the assets (financial and physical) of USAID and Helen keller against fraud, loss or misuse • Overseeing the project’s financial operations and Procurement, and setting up/ overseeing financial procedures in line with USAID Acquisition rules and Helen Keller requirements • Serving as the project team expert on financial, procurement and contract requirements under USAID Acquisition, including working knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulations, the USAID Acquisition Regulations, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, and local law. • Work with the Helen Keller global and local office teams to ensure that day-to-day project’s financial and procurement processes procedures are implemented and working properly, with the appropriate checks and balances in place and local owners identified. • Lead local financial activity, including but not limited to reviewing transactions, managing time and expense reporting, finance, accounting policies, procedures and standards in alignment with USAID and Helen Keller procedures. • Managing the budgeting system including, Preparing proposal budgets and budget amendments and related budget narrative in conformity with the workplan, Budget monitoring and control. • Conduct visits to field offices and/or meet with other stakeholders, to assist in the financial management and/or provide capacity building. Show less
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Malaria Consortium
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United Kingdom
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Non-profit Organizations
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500 - 600 Employee
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Senior Audit and Compliance officer
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May 2021 - Feb 2022
Worked with the Country programmes compliance unit to examine and evaluate the adequacy, effectiveness and efficiency of the projects’ systems and procedures in 14 Implementing states to ensure compliance to MC, regulatory and donor (GF, FCDO, Givewell, gate foundation, etc) guidelines, and recommend corrective actions to improve operations, quality of implementation (including technical quality), enhance internal controls and reduce costs where possible. Worked with the Country programmes compliance unit to examine and evaluate the adequacy, effectiveness and efficiency of the projects’ systems and procedures in 14 Implementing states to ensure compliance to MC, regulatory and donor (GF, FCDO, Givewell, gate foundation, etc) guidelines, and recommend corrective actions to improve operations, quality of implementation (including technical quality), enhance internal controls and reduce costs where possible.
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Chemonics International
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United States
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International Trade and Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Internal Control, Risk & Compliance Specialist
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Jan 2021 - May 2021
• Ensure project compliance with all USAID policies, rules, and regulations applicable to the project, track adherence and application of organizational and project policies and procedures in activities implementation. • Establish standards and procedures for resilient compliance system to help prevent, deduct, identify, and correct any non-compliance with project policies and procedures. • Foster an accountability environment across project operations to ensure funds disbursement for the intended development purposes as outlined in the project contract; identify and prevent occurrences of any fraud, corruption, or misappropriation of funds. • Review all procurement, grants documents agreements for compliance of all policies and procedures, identify and recommend needs for additional documentation or correction in the process before project approval. • Review all financial documents to ensure appropriate back-up documentations are available on the file before release of payment; ensure that minimum documentation requirement is met, all invoices, time sheets, contracts are available and sequentially attached to each payment request. • Review reconciliation of bank accounts, receivable and payable accounts periodically, ensure all outstanding transactions are cleared in accordance with project’s policies. • Conduct surprise petty cash counts to ensure petty cash disbursement record are up-todate and properly coded on the disbursement sheets. • Support project in pre-award assessments exercises, financial reviews of the grantees, subcontractors, and vendors as and when required. • Periodically review field office policy manuals, make recommendation on strengthening of policies and procedures. • Contribute to the investigation, assessment of any compliant of corruption, misconduct, and documents findings for supervisor. Show less
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Management Sciences for Health
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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Internal Control, Risk & Compliance Officer
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Sep 2019 - Dec 2020
• Ensure that MSH Nigeria project financial and operational activities are in compliance with Nigeria law (tax laws, CSA laws and government pension agency laws), donor rules and regulations, and MSH policies and standards • Develops an annual customized compliance monitoring plan, including evaluation tools, standards, ethical considerations, and schedule to evaluate all project locations, and to revisit sites needing extra attention. • Develop compliance framework for the project; including compliance checklists for the various business processes, transaction classes, country laws governing NGO operations, and specific donor requirements. • Examine the effectiveness of internal controls and compliance within MSH Nigeria policy framework and identifies gaps in procedures and controls systems and provides recommendations to the Country Leadership Team for strengthening them. • Review all financial and programmatic activities ensure compliance to relevant policies and complete documentation on all transactions, and render support and training to Sub recipient and partners • Provide risk assessment for financial and operational landscape. Identify high risk, high probability events, and provide recommended mitigation plan. Provide ad hoc risk assessments for specific scenarios by request. • Carry out periodic audit, investigations (when necessary), and status of audit recommendations reports for submission to Director Internal Audit and Portfolio Director/ Country Lead. • Provide support to the external auditors, donor auditors and donor fund agent as necessary • Perform advisory services including compliance guidelines to program team and other technical teams to ensure smo0th grant implementation while staying compliant. • Review all procurement, grants documents agreements for compliance of all policies and procedures • Support subrecipient pre-award assessment of programmatic and financial reviews including budget and contract terms and conditions. Show less
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Society for Family Health Nigeria
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Nigeria
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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SENIOR INTERNAL AUDIT OFFICER
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Mar 2018 - Aug 2019
• Identified risks to the organization and all donor projects including Global Fund, USAID, Bill & Melinda Gate, DFID etc., plan and conduct risk based internal audit assignments including program audit, and evaluation of internal control systems and recommend improvements. • Conducted semi-audit review of SFH operations to ensure compliance with policies and procedures as per SFH and donor guidelines on financial reporting, procurement, payroll, Legal and contract, etc. • Developed compliance framework for all project; including compliance checklists for the various business processes, transaction classes, country laws governing NGO operations, and specific donor requirements including The Global Fund, Bill & Melinda Gate Foundation (BMGF), USAID, DFID, etc. • Reviewed all financial and programmatic activities of sub-recipient, sub-contractors and SFH field offices to ensure compliance to policies and complete documentation on all transactions, and render support and training to Sub recipient and partners • Carried out program audit to ensure that program implementation is in consonance with project deliverables • Carried out Data quality assessment review to ensure the validity of reports send to donor • Documented internal control weaknesses and compliance deviations and their impact and make recommendations to address these weaknesses. • When necessary, carryout investigation and collaborates with external audit on investigations of whistleblower cases, suspected fraud, mismanagement, loss of assets • Followed up on recommendations to ensure they have been implemented and adhered to • Assisted in the mid-year and end-year stock count and asset verification exercise. • Provided support to the external auditors where needed • Reviewed and recommended appropriate systems controls, user access review, period end closing and report generation. Show less
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Internal Audit Manager
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Dec 2015 - Feb 2018
• planning and executing the overall audit plan base on risk base assessments. • Periodic identification, evaluation, assessment and review of technical, financial, regulatory and information technology risks and raise exceptions. • Ensure reliability, completeness and accuracy of accounting system through regular call over, bank reconciliation review, reconciliation of online payment platforms, payroll review, stock & inventory audit, pre & post audit checks. • Periodic audit of Districts, Regions, Branches, Corporate office Divisions, Departments, raise exceptions on audit findings and write reports to Executive Management • Conduct special project audit, value for money & procurement audit • Analyze audit results and recommend corrective action based on important audit findings Show less
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Audit Supervisor
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Sep 2012 - Nov 2015
• Evaluate and test business processes and control to identify risk and internal control improvement opportunities • Provide independent assessment on the achievement of the business objectives of the region and the adequacies of its systems and controls. • Manage audit functions (internal control and business risk) in the business region by monitoring instituted controls and laid down procedures • Conduct risk assessment reviews, determine, review, coordinate and implement audit plans for the business region • Conduct independent appraisal to review the company’s accounting, financial and other operations. Show less
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Seawolf Oil Fields Services
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Oil and Gas
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1 - 100 Employee
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Financial Analyst
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Apr 2011 - Aug 2012
• Assist in preparation and review of financial statement • Ensuring that duly authorized vendor invoices are paid in accordance with terms. • Regularization of staff travel advance and purchases/I. O. U advance and issue of monthly report. • Posting of bank and cash payment vouchers and bank receipts. • Preparing and monitoring all payments in liaison with banks. • Preparation of daily bank position. • Ensuring agreement between the petty cash register and cash book in the general ledger for Naira and Dollar accounts. • Supervision of cashiers’ payment and receipts to ensure adequate approvals. • Monthly bank reconciliation using Clirec reconciliation software. • Posting of sundry bank charges for all bank accounts and proofing all bank charges for accuracy in line with agreed terms with the banks Show less
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Audit Associate
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Feb 2010 - Mar 2011
• performance of audit in compliance with GAAP and IFRS • Provision of advisory services to clients for process improvement • Filling of statutory deductions for client • Preparation of management report • Assist in preparation and review of client financial statement • performance of audit in compliance with GAAP and IFRS • Provision of advisory services to clients for process improvement • Filling of statutory deductions for client • Preparation of management report • Assist in preparation and review of client financial statement
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Account Executive
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Oct 2008 - Jan 2010
• Preparation of bank reconciliation &Tracking of vendors invoices • Ensuring that duly authorized vendor invoices are paid in accordance with terms • Preparing and monitoring all payments in liaison with banks • Preparation of bank reconciliation &Tracking of vendors invoices • Ensuring that duly authorized vendor invoices are paid in accordance with terms • Preparing and monitoring all payments in liaison with banks
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Education
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2019 - 2021
University of South Wales
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General -
2012 - 2015
University of Lagos
Master of Science - MS, Accounting -
Cornell University
Certificate in Project Management -
Cornell University
Certificate in International Public & NGO Management -
Cornell University
Certificate in Data Analytics
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