Dear Hiring Manager,
I am writing to express my interest in the position that you have advertised on your website. I believe that I have the skills, experience and qualifications that you are looking for.
As you can see from my attached CV, I have over 14 years of experience in international development, finance, operations and grants management in different countries. I have served in various senior roles for leading Finance & Grants Departments in different international not for profit organizations for implementing projects’ funded by USAID, FCDO/DFID, EC, ECHO, BMZ, ADH, DFATD, JICA, JPF, AUSAID/DFAT, Netherlands MOFA, German & French MOFA, Qatar Foundation, and Private International Foundations. I have successfully led and managed projects in diverse sectors such as emergencies, resilience, education, private sector engagement, TVET, governance and rule of law in both emergency and development contexts.
Some of my key achievements include:
• Managing annual portfolios of over US$51 million and sub-awards worth up to US$10 million.
• Designing and administering contracts with private sector worth over US$30 million.
• Managing multi-million national tenders for goods and services.
• Upgrading grants and contracts management policies based on lessons learned and best practices.
• Establishing and closing down projects and field offices across the country.
• Incorporating safeguarding policies and practices for staff and partners.
• Recruiting and leading diverse teams of up to 40 team members in international organizations and up to 90 staff members in national organizations.
• Contributing to long-term strategic planning, value for money, commercial contracts and consortium management.
I have demonstrated expertise in general management, financial management, operations management, grants management and team management. I am a skilled communicator, negotiator and problem-solver. I am adept at bridging program and program support functions and teams at different levels. I am committed to creating a safe environment for women and men free from harassment and sexual exploitation. I am also fully aware and trained on child safeguarding policies.
I hold a Master's degree in Business Administration from prestigious institute “ IMSCIENES” . I am fluent in English, Urdu and Pashtu.
I am confident that I can bring my skills, experience and qualifications to your organization and contribute to its success. I am eager to learn more about your organization's vision, mission and goals. I would love to discuss this opportunity with you further.
Thank you for your consideration of my application. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely,
Faheem
• Develop sound financial management systems in field offices for transparency, compliance and risk management. • Contribute fully to the development of the organization’s strategy across all areas of the business, challenging assumptions and decision-making as appropriate, and providing reliable financial analysis and guidance on all activities, plans, targets and business drivers. • Accountable for the overall quality of the Country Office financial reports and communications of issues to CO management, Regional Management Unit and Shared Service Centre. • Perform quality reviews and analyses of CO books as well as any financial performance reports and provide feedback to Country Office management to improve financial management. The reviews and analyses include but are not limited to bank reconciliation; balance sheet; income statement; grants/contracts reports; unrestricted and private contributions reports; actual expenses vs. budget; shared program costs and cost recovery; payroll allocation and timesheets; etc. • Ensures all budgets (e.g. project proposal, annual operating budgets, etc.) are prepared in Adaptive Planning or budgeting tool in use by the organization; coordinates and supervises the preparation of CO forecasts and future years budgets; leads the preparation of the CO shared program cost (SPC) budgets and implements CARE policy and guidelines related to fair sharing of support costs; supervises the monitoring of actual expenses against budgets and ensure partnership between CO finance staff and budget holders and all managers who make budget decisions in the CO to ensure costs expenses are managed properly within the approved budgets. • Assess training and development needs of finance and non-finance staff within the organization and Partners’ staff. • Identify gaps in skills, develops training materials and provides training in accounting and financial management as needed. • Ensures Country Office compliance with CARE’s accounting policy and procedures and generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP); ensures Country Office accounting systems and procedures comply with CARE's global policy and procedures; protects the organization assets through internal controls. • Ensures CO compliance with donor rules and regulations; ensures CO preparedness for annual financial and donor audits; facilitates internal and external audits conducted in the CO. and implementing audit recommendations. • Ensure that CARE’s grants and contracts compliance protocols are consistently satisfied to manage organizational risk. This includes simplifying minimum procedures; instituting forms and checklists for each stage to ensure quality assurance; and training and monitoring staff’s adherence.
• Develop sound financial management systems in field offices for transparency, compliance and risk management. • Contribute fully to the development of the organization’s strategy across all areas of the business, challenging assumptions and decision-making as appropriate, and providing reliable financial analysis and guidance on all activities, plans, targets and business drivers. • Accountable for the overall quality of the Country Office financial reports and communications of issues to CO management, Regional Management Unit and Shared Service Centre. • Perform quality reviews and analyses of CO books as well as any financial performance reports and provide feedback to Country Office management to improve financial management. The reviews and analyses include but are not limited to bank reconciliation; balance sheet; income statement; grants/contracts reports; unrestricted and private contributions reports; actual expenses vs. budget; shared program costs and cost recovery; payroll allocation and timesheets; etc. • Ensures all budgets (e.g. project proposal, annual operating budgets, etc.) are prepared in Adaptive Planning or budgeting tool in use by the organization; coordinates and supervises the preparation of CO forecasts and future years budgets; leads the preparation of the CO shared program cost (SPC) budgets and implements CARE policy and guidelines related to fair sharing of support costs; supervises the monitoring of actual expenses against budgets and ensure partnership between CO finance staff and budget holders and all managers who make budget decisions in the CO to ensure costs expenses are managed properly within the approved budgets. • Assess training and development needs of finance and non-finance staff within the organization and Partners’ staff. • Identify gaps in skills, develops training materials and provides training in accounting and financial management as needed. • Ensures Country Office compliance with CARE’s accounting policy and procedures and generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP); ensures Country Office accounting systems and procedures comply with CARE's global policy and procedures; protects the organization assets through internal controls. • Ensures CO compliance with donor rules and regulations; ensures CO preparedness for annual financial and donor audits; facilitates internal and external audits conducted in the CO. and implementing audit recommendations. • Ensure that CARE’s grants and contracts compliance protocols are consistently satisfied to manage organizational risk. This includes simplifying minimum procedures; instituting forms and checklists for each stage to ensure quality assurance; and training and monitoring staff’s adherence
1) Takes the lead in ensuring understanding of relevant donor rules & regulations by finance staff, project managers, and other stakeholders. 2) Ensure award documentation and setup with SSC including project ID and fund code requests, etc... 3) Ensure monitoring of sub-recipient performance in coordination with program and compliance staff including periodic partner office visits 4) Assist the Finance Director or (or equivalent) in maintaining CARE accounting policies and procedures relevant to contracts, grants and compliance. 5) Develop and roll out Sub award agreements startup/management workshop after signing the sub-award agreement and before the project start implementation 6) Facilitate award closeout procedures and ensure appropriate filing, storage, and retention of award documentation. 7) Lead in project start up and provide input to the startup requirements of activity planning 8) Coordinate with Grants Officers on status of projects Pipeline & ensure pipeline reports and pipeline budgets are prepared 9) Prepare the country office Monthly grants and contracts Payable/Receivable Status Reports 10) Coordinate with the Grants Officers and relevant program staff to prepare and submit all required forms to SSC for award and sub grants setup in the system (e.g. fund code, project ID, top line budgets, activity ID, etc.) 11) Ensure Dissemination to appropriate staff new FC/PID/Activity ID/ for the new awards and sub grants or any changes thereof 12) Ensure the Grants Officers maintain the PeopleSoft chart field for FCs, PIDs and AIDs up to date 13) Ensure Budget Holders are provided with detailed Monthly Expenditure Reports (BVA reports) 14) Ensure the Grants Officers at the beginning of each month prepare portfolio status report, highlighting grants & sub grants that need action immediately, as well as in short and medium term. 15) Critically review expenditure reports with budget holders and provide recommendations to address under spending, overspending or unusual expenditure in relation to project phases. 16) Prepare and/or Review Donor Reports as specified in the Contract Agreements 17) Ensure narrative reports and financial reports are in compliant with donor requirements and are consistent with each other 18) Liaise with Budget Holders and provide recommendation to address any donor budget overspending /under spending 19) Supervise budget revisions in close coordination with budget holders, as needed 20) Work with internal and external auditors ensuring all required information to support audit processes. This includes preparing for CARE nual financial statements audit and Single audit (formerly known OMB Circular A-133 audit) and other donor audits. 21) Participate along with the program managers in the proposal development process by reviewing all budget proposals to ensure compliance with CARE and donor requirements (e.g., allowability, allocability, reasonableness and accuracy of cost matching, program income issues); 22) Participate in the development of CO budget guidelines and the preparation of consolidated budgets, including forecasts and future years budgets; 23) Monitor actual expenses against budgets and discuss any issues with program managers, grants Officers,
1) Develop, manage and administer the Country Office plans for proper recording, documentation, control, monitoring and reporting of financial operations in compliance with CARE policies and donor rules & regulations.
2) provides oversight of the day-to-day financial operations at the Country office level and is in accountable for organizing and providing high level quality financial services to the Country Office programs, projects and units staff.
3) works closely but remotely with various CARE International offices worldwide and -with the Regional Management Unit.
4) lead intensive daily engagement with CARE’s Shared Services Centre (SSC) in the Philippines, and work closely with Country Office senior Management to ensure appropriate financial support and resources are available.
5) Ensures a partnership as developed and nurtured between the Finance, programme and other programme support units in the Country Office
1) Develop, manage and administer the Country Office plans for proper recording, documentation, control, monitoring and reporting of financial operations in compliance with CARE policies and donor rules & regulations. 2) provides oversight of the day-to-day financial operations at the Country office level and is in accountable for organizing and providing high level quality financial services to the Country Office programs, projects and units staff. 3) works closely but remotely with various CARE International offices worldwide and -with the Regional Management Unit. 4) lead intensive daily engagement with CARE’s Shared Services Centre (SSC) in the Philippines, and work closely with Country Office senior Management to ensure appropriate financial support and resources are available. 5) Ensures a partnership as developed and nurtured between the Finance, programme and other programme support units in the Country Office
1) Responsible for all aspects of financial management of the country programs, working collaboratively to ensure compliance with CARE internal policies and procedures as well as donor regulations.
2) This role will provide support to the SMT. Ensure administration, and will support the functional areas including, but not limited to: funding information; regulatory compliance; proposal preparation and processing; award negotiation and acceptance; monitoring of expenditures; accrual reports; post-award administration; project accounting and cash management; cost analysis and compliance.
3) provide compliance and finance support and mentoring for finance, operations, and program staff throughout the project.
Ensure adherence to CARE accounting policies and procedures including applicable finance standards such as GAAP and Fund Accounting.
1) Review of financial transactions for accuracy and compliance as well as project financial reporting and analysis;
2) Review and reconcile the project narrative report with project financial report.
3) Timely reporting of all project financial record to CO finance each month before month close.
4) Monitor and follow up on receivables and payables to enable timely settlement.
5) Assist Managers in cash flow forecasts and respective analysis on a regular basis.
6) Review of propriety of expenses and adequacy of documentation for payment requests, certify payment vouchers based on this review, and follow up respective payments.
7) Conduct Due Diligence of Sub Grantees and provide trainings as per capacity building program.
8) Monitor and ensure timely adjustment of advances through follow ups, reminders, and coordination with appropriate stakeholders. Be proactive in adjusting those outstanding advances to ensure expenses are recorded in a timely manner.
9) Ensure compliance with tax regulations on reviewed transactions.
10) Ensure that no unallowable/ineligible costs are charged to any donor.
11) Review sub-award budget proposals to ensure alignment with donor budgets and make appropriate recommendations to Grants Finance Manager and Program colleagues.
12) Review of sub-grantees/partners financial reports and supporting documentations, and provide certification of reported expenses. Follow up for closure of any uncertified costs.
13) Ensure that IP expenses are tracked against appropriate main grant lines.
14) Review receivable balances with partners and ensure advances balances are reasonable and coordinated with G&C Coordinator.
Work with Project Managers to prepare operational, quarterly and annual pipelines and coordinate with Core Team for update in the CARE USA finance system.
Provide timely budget ve
1) Ensure that all proposals, grant agreements, budgets and amendments are circulated to appropriate staff, field offices and HQ.
2) Prepare grants projection on quarterly basis and Assist DFG grants for cost extension, no cost extension and budget revisions.
3) Assist DFG to ensure that financial information reported to donors and headquarters and other stakeholders is accurate, complete and fully documented.
4) Assist and evaluate procedures for documenting and communicating key financial policies and procedures of the grantees and new applicants.
5) Ensure all financial transactions—grant agreements, grants procurement, Grants recruitment with internal procedures and donor regulations.
6) Assess adequacy of appropriate controls on collection, storage and access to important financial data and sensitive information.
7) Assist in planning and carry out the Grants financial audit procedures to measure performance against budgets, plans, policies and standard procedures.
8) Identify and resolve issues relating to Value for Money, allowability, allocability, and/or consistent treatment of outlays.
9) Analyze and report data on TAMIS (online Grants Management System), reason for deviations, impact of deviations and recommendations for corrective measures.
10) Review and collect monthly and quarterly Financial and Programme reports of partners and provide feedback thereon.
11) Regular capacity building of grantees’ staff on procurement, HR, financial management and grants management.
Job Description Ensure adherence to CARE accounting policies and procedures including applicable finance standards such as GAAP and Fund Accounting.
Review of financial transactions for accuracy and compliance as well as project financial reporting and analysis;
Review and reconcile the project narrative report with project financial report.
Timely reporting of all project financial record to CO finance each month before month close.
Monitor and follow up on receivables and payables to enable timely settlement.
Assist Managers in cash flow forecasts and respective analysis on a regular basis.
Review of propriety of expenses and adequacy of documentation for payment requests, certify payment vouchers based on this review, and follow up respective payments.
Monitor and ensure timely adjustment of advances through follow ups, reminders, and coordination with appropriate stakeholders. Be proactive in adjusting those outstanding advances to ensure expenses are recorded in a timely manner.
Ensure compliance with tax regulations on reviewed transactions.
Ensure that no unallowable/ineligible costs are charged to any donor.
Review sub-award budget proposals to ensure alignment with donor budgets and make appropriate recommendations to Grants Finance Manager and Program colleagues.
Review of sub-grantees/partners financial reports and supporting documentations, and provide certification of reported expenses. Follow up for closure of any uncertified costs.
Ensure that IP expenses are tracked against appropriate main grant lines.
Review receivable balances with partners and ensure advances balances are reasonable and coordinated with G&C Coordinator.
Work with Project Managers to prepare operational, quarterly and annual pipelines and coordinate with Core Team for update in the CARE USA finance system.
Provide timely budget versus expenses reports and provide advice to project managers to help ensure proper utilization of the p
Preparation of monthly and annual financial statements to be consolidated at head office
Track financial reports; prepare quarterly accruals of grantees and follow-up on pending matters.
Prepare vouchers for cash and bank and enter them in the accounting system;
Handle all functions related to tax withholding, prepare and deposit tax challans, and prepare and submit tax statement;
Prepare draft correspondence relating to grantee budget matters, prepare pipeline analysis.
Assist appropriate completion of disbursement documentation and ensure timely delivery of cheques, drafts etc;
Assist in management of petty cash account and process day to day disbursements;
Handle bank related work like updation of bank book, tracking bank accounts status, reconciling the bank accounts monthly, and authorizing the bank payments;
Assist in the internal audit exercise and coordinate with external auditors.
Maintain up to date financial and programmatic deliverable filing system including reports, data and information.
Review sub-award budget proposals to ensure alignment with donor budgets and make appropriate recommendations to Grants Finance Manager and Program colleagues.
Work with other staff or externally engaged firm for the Implementing Partners’ (IP) capacity building activities.
Review of sub-grantees/partners financial reports and supporting documentations, and provide certification of reported expenses. Follow up for closure of any uncertified costs.
Ensure that IP expenses are tracked against appropriate main grant lines.
Review receivable balances with partners and ensure advances balances are reasonable and coordinated with G&C unit. Visit area offices and IPs for finance reviews, assessments, and meetings.
Provide timely budget versus expenses reports and provide advice to project managers to help ensure proper utilization of the project budget.
Assist Project team in appropriate charging of costs to correct donor bud
Job Description Identifies and classifies materials into bulk and specific purpose for purchasing strategy;
Ensures the accuracy of procurement documents, integrity of the procurement process and maintains the original of Purchase Request, Proforma Invoice, summery bid analysis, Purchase Order and Invoice Vendor.
Monitor office expenditure against budget and report on this to provincial Preparation of monthly and annual financial statements to be consolidated at head office
Track financial reports; prepare quarterly accruals of grantees and follow-up on pending matters.
Assist in the preparation of monthly cash flows with regards to grantees based on their requests and financial projection plans.
Prepare vouchers for cash and bank and enter them in the accounting system;
Handle all functions related to tax withheld, prepare and deposit tax challans, and prepare and submit tax statement;
Prepare draft correspondence relating to grantee budget matters, prepare pipeline analysis.
Assist appropriate completion of disbursement documentation and ensure timely delivery of cheques, drafts etc;
Maintain appropriate files and update filling system;
Assist in management of petty cash account and process day to day disbursements;
Handle bank related work like updation of bank book, tracking bank accounts status, reconciling the bank accounts monthly, and authorizing the bank payments;
Assist in the internal audit exercise and coordinate with external auditors.
Receives and reviews Purchase Request (PR) in accordance with the plan and budget from departments and Field Offices;
Prepares bid analysis for quantity, quality, price, delivery time etc.;
Assures that purchase orders are prepared in accordance with the procurement policy and ensures items are purchased as per the PR and specification;
Coordinator monthly or as required.
Provide secretarial support to as needed to include: making appointments, note taking, word-process