Experience

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  Ipas

  • United States
  • International Affairs
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Regional Finance & Operations Manager Francophone Africa at Ipas

    • Sep 2018 - Present

    Regional and country offices support• Set-up the financial and administrative systems of the Francophone Regional office in Abidjan.• Manage the Francophone Africa regional office finance and administration team.• Provide on-going capacity building and technical assistance for Country Office finance, administration and HR staff and Country Directors in all areas of accounting, budgeting, financial management and analysis, SOP compliance and HR.• Conduct regular visits to train Ipas Francophone African Country Offices’ staff on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), monitor and ensure adherence to the SOPs,• Review country office reconciliations of balance sheet accounts,• Review and administer sub-agreements, monitor grants payments and compliance to award terms and conditions.• Prepare monthly financial reports and provide feedback to country office management. Compile and shares review notes with operations, technical, and program colleagues.• Reviews, reconciles and monitors all project accounts, including operating accounts and petty cash operations involving cash advances.Budget and Planning• Manage all budget preparations by working closely with operations, technical and country office colleagues • Assist the country office teams to develop the annual operating budget, and ensure the budget is consistent with Ipas’s global and Francophone Africa strategic plan and project budgets for donors.• Ensure plans for monthly cash need is accurate, completed in a timely manner, and submitted to the Ipas Global Office as requested.• Contribute to the production of the annual regional program operational plans, and provide programmatic input into annual budget formulation of country programs.• Implement financial strategy to meet strategic goals. Perform duties under limited supervision, applying a broad knowledge of principles, practices and procedures within Finance.

  • Acting Country Representative

    • Jul 2019 - Jun 2020

    • Responsible for setting up, overseeing and managing programmatic, financial and administrative aspects of the Cote d'Ivoire program,• Contribute to build and lead country team to develop an executive country specific strategic and annual operational plans and help generate new funding to secure program sustainability and expansion,Insure goods stewardship of funding adherence to ipas policies and standards, and achievement of Ipas’s long-term strategy goals and objective.• Working with the francophone Africa team to maintain Ipas technical leadership, expand the program and maintain strong partnerships by ensuring strong collaboration with local government and implementing partners.

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  Marie Stopes International

  • Mali

  • Director of Finance and Operations

    • Jul 2013 - Aug 2018
    • Mali

    • As member of the Senior Management Team, I provide leadership and management of all the operations and systems within the Country Program, including logistics, procurement, safety & security management to ensure quality support to program delivery in line with MSI Strategy, internal policies, good practice and donor guidelines.• I ensure that all programs progress in accordance with grant agreements.• Building a high performing Supply Chain & logistics team able to provide an appropriate response when needed,• Always ensuring that the program secure value for money and that processes are followed without any audit findings.• I also led the development of the administrative and financial management strategy to contribute to the sustainability and profitability of the program.• Ensure compliance of financial transactions while preparing financial reports and statistics.• Helping staff understand and interpret indicators and financial reporting.• Provide appropriate technical support and participate in setting financial targets and projections for financial and business plans.• Assist the country director in her day-to-day financial decisions.

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  SNV

  • Netherlands
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Director of Finances Mali & Guinea Bissau

    • Sep 2007 - Jun 2013

    SNV is a not-for-profit international development organization that makes a lasting difference in the lives of people living in poverty by helping them raise incomes and access basic services. • As Finance Director, I support the Countries Directors to ensure the financial sustainability of the program and delivery of desired results,• Ensuring compliance with organizational strategies, rules, regulations and standards of performance.• Oversee the development and management of the annual operating budget of the program,• Supervise the monthly financial and reporting closing,• Coordinate external and internal financial audits• Ensure the proper maintenance of the accounting information system• Check tax and social declarations• Set up an internal control system, including bank, cash, inventory, and other fixed and financial assets• Manage the performance of the finance team: implementation of key performance indicators, supervision/coaching, training, evaluation, personal development• Contribute to the strategy of SNV Global with a particular focus on driving towards financial sustainability and efficiency of the program.• Contribute to the annual business plan and quarterly reviews

  • Finance Assistant

    • Jul 2006 - Aug 2007

    • Assist the Finance Director (FD) to Check, consolidate the report on financial and non-financial data in the country and portfolio administrations, according to the regional and global financial guidelines,Regularly record accounting documents in accordance with the accounting charter; • Follow up personnel advances under the project and supplier payments; • Receive and monitor staff time sheets, have them checked and approved by the Coordination;• Produce an analysis of the project accounts each month;

  • General Support Officer

    • Mar 2003 - Jun 2006

    Execute daily financial, personnel administrative and secretarial support as well as logistic, ICT and facility support to the portfolio, according to the relevant administrative, financial and HR guidelines.

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  Freedom from Hunger

  • Mali

  • Finance officer

    • Aug 2000 - Dec 2002
    • Mali

    Freedom from Hunger operates as a charitable organization and a supporting organization guiding projects across the world to give women the tools they need to end poverty and hunger for themselves and their families.My role in this position was to Keep a general ledger and maintain and reconcile bank accounts; prepare financial transactions, payments and cash requests on the basis of financial and accounting procedures.

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  Entreprise DIBO

  • Mali

  • Accountant

    • Aug 1998 - Jul 2000
    • Mali

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  Agency for Private Company Promote (APEP) Mali

  • Bamako, Mali

  • Accountant Assistant

    • Nov 1997 - Jul 1998
    • Bamako, Mali

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  National Agricultural Bank of Development (BNDA)

  • Bamako,Mali

  • Management Trainee

    • Jul 1997 - Oct 1997
    • Bamako,Mali