Concern Worldwide (CWW) Pakistan, Lebanon, Sierra Leone Programs & Sudan), Country Offices
 Consortium Finance Specialist with CWW Pakistan Program  [2011-2014 & 2015 – to date]
Finance Manager with CWW Lebanon Program   [2020]
Finance Manager with CWW Sierra Leone Program  [2022]
Country Financial Controller with CWW Republic of Sudan Program  [2022]

Worked as Interim Country Financial Controller for Republic of Sudan and involved in
Finalization and working on FRP, BR2, Month end, payroll, donor reporting, team management, coordination with SMT, regional and HQ team and other day to day tasks
Providing support to country finance team/CFC to Concern country program offices, in Lebanon and Sierra Leone, on a secondment  basis and actively involved in
Preparation of Year End Forms and Summaries in accordance with HQ procedures and as per the Year-end work plan deadlines.
Set up system for Donor Management Account for Serra Leone Program
Review the monthly Journals prepared by Finance Officers.
To provide support to finance team in reconciling all balance sheet items on a monthly basis, in accordance with Concern Worldwide policies & procedures
To prepare and finalizing year-end journals/adjustments and support to CFC in preparing year-end accounts for external auditor.
To coordinate and facilitate the donor and external auditors.
Ensuring all Implementing partners & consortium partners (where concern is in lead) are in line with the overall country financial management systems and adequate measures have been taken to identify any potential risk to protect the assets & interest of the organization.
Undertaking financial assessments/CLOFAT of the local partners in line with Concern’s standard financial procedures. Based on the CLOFAT develop capacity development plan for all the partners
Support partners in building their capacity for maintaining efficient financial management system.
Providing training on job support and reference materials to implementing partner staff where relevant on the rules and regulations of Irish Aid, ECHO, EU, USAID, UN and other country specific donors.
Donor reporting for all Donors.
Draft manual and write-ups for Finance, HR and Transport for local partner and give training and update their manuals of 57 local NGOs and 9 DMAs (Provincial and District level) under capacity building program (Staff & Institutional Capacity Building) of RAPID fund

Review the monthly accountancy closure documents and ensure compliance with ACF procedures

Ensuring compliance with country financial management systems
Ensuring systems are in place, and enhance, as far as possible, the efficiency & effectiveness
Ensuring the SAGA accounting software is maintained in a proper manner
Establishing & maintaining a donor financial management system
Review the monthly closure documents submitted by the Finance Officer for all the bases
Prepare the shared costs file and review class 4 account thoroughly

Grant financial management and compliance

Update all financial tool: Budget Follow Up, Cost Coverage Plan, Mission Funding Plan
Monitor level of over/underspending per budget lines and provide feedback to budget holders
Maintaining an effective & efficient system of internal controls and Donors financial guidelines.
Ensuring the country financial operations comply with legal & statutory requirements

Treasury forecast and cash management

Check and consolidate treasury forecast for all bases on a bi-monthly basis
Ensure the implementation of the cash management policy
Prepare transfer plan and proceed to transfer on each bases

Manage internal and external audits

Act as a focal point for internal and external audit, provide auditors with all necessary information
Develop and implement an internal audit system for finance, logistic and HR aspects

Team management and support to field finance team

Ensure all team members perform their jobs as per their job description
Conduct appraisals as per ACF HR policy

Capacity building for non finance staff

Develop and conduct training for non finance staff
 Visit the field bases regularly

Part of the proposal review team for review of budgets as per donor / Dublin guidelines. Provide assistance to PD / APDs for top-level analysis of the budgets as required.
Preparation, revision and review of donor/grantee budgets following donor/RAPID Fund guidelines.
Oversee project agreement compliance by all grantees from finance perspective
Ensure that grantee finance orientation is made within a week time of project signing.
Keep budget holders updated on any budget changes. Keep appropriate trail for final budget. Post-Award: Grantee Financial Management and Reporting
Responsible for overall review of grantees’ financial statements and prepare other adhoc financial reports / analysis for management as required. Constantly review financial procedure for further improvement.
Schedule with project management steps to meet the financial reporting requirements of country management, Dublin and donors as per agreed timelines.
Mid-Term and Final-Verification of Grantees financial Record.
Plan and coordinate external/donor/internal/inter-office audits so that final signed accounts and reports are provided to relevant stakeholders as per agreed timelines.
To analyze, review and revise, if necessary, implementing grantee financial statements and grantee financial monitoring tools and procedures.
Participate at least once in grantee financial review with field staff.
Grantee Financial capacity building sessions.
Finalizing of grantee budget for NCE Grants Management
Responsible for finalizing donor reports keeping in view donor accounting, legal and contractual requirements.
Provide indicative/monthly donor reports to FM for onward sharing with budget holders.
In coordination with Programme team to submit any changes (NCE etc) to donors as per guidelines and timelines of donors.
Monitor that sufficient funds are all times available to project by submitting monthly cash forecast & requ

Review and analyse budget estimates for allowability, allocability, reasonableness, and consistency
Draft agreement and related attachment to for sub grant Agreement between SCUK and SCUS.
Prepare Monthly, Interim and Final Financial Reports for SCUK Grants for all Donors.
Support program team in preparation of Budgets for proposal submission.
Participate in monthly/Weekly BVA (Budget Vs Actual) meetings with Program Team.
Support partners in building their capacity for maintaining efficient financial management system.

The American Institutes for Research (AIR), with the International Rescue Committee (IRC), Sungi Development Foundation, and the National Rural Support Program (NRSP), have been awarded the project entitled Revitalizing, Innovating, and Strengthening Education (RISE) by USAID. The project is grounded in the belief that comprehensive, integrated support for communities, teachers, and educational officials can substantially improve the quality of classroom instruction and student learning.

Maintain proper Grants files and Grants Information System of SMC/PTC at country office level
Analyze and evaluate grant applications, proposals, and awards to ensure adherence to the project policies and procedure.
Review and analyze budget estimates for allowability, allocability, reasonableness, and consistency
Develop and maintain a sub- contracts/grants information management system
Training and capacity building of more than 700 SMC/PTCs
Draft agreement and related attachment to issue small grants
Conducting training to the Partner organization and Grants Officers on managing small grants
Oversee grant closure and disposition plans.

Maintaining efficient accounting /financial systems and monitor the use of approved budgets
Supervise financial transactions within the financial policies of SCUK.
Prepare bank reconciliations for all bank accounts
Preparation of the project budget in coordination with project manager.
Prepare monthly monitoring reports, to ensure the effective use of approved budgets.
Arrange logging and authorisation of all Sub office invoices.
Prepare payroll and payslips for the staff

Worked with International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) on behalf of Shahid Tariq & Co (Chartered Accountants)

Review and verification of IIRO Finance and program documents of different
Internal Audit Reports for management
To prepare Income & Expenditure Account and Receipt & Payment Account
To prepare monthly budget for the project with the consultation of medical director
Maintaining employees personal file records.
To deal with embassies, different vendors and other organizations in daily office matters.

To prepare financial statements on half month basis
Cash Flow Statement
Weekly Intel & GID reports to Intel Pakistan.
Passing Closing & Adjusting Entries on monthly basis
Daily Stock Reconciliation
Daily Checking of Aging Report