I am a Professional Accountant who holds several accounting qualifications including being an ACCA Member and a Registered Public Accountant-Zimbabwe (RPA-Z). I have worked in several Finance and Admin positions spanning from private to Not for profit sectors and currently employed as a Finance and Admin Lead. I have completed several trainings including Humanitarian Leadership, Advanced Excel, Financial Modelling, security and safeguarding courses. I have acquired vast experience in financial management in livelihoods, humanitarian, civil and human rights, governance, sustainable energy, DR resilience and women empowerment thematic areas.

I have proven experience in budgeting, planning and budget management including budget preparation, review of budgets for proposals, budget tracking, realignment and  variance analysis. I am currently sitting on country office senior management team where I am instrumental in formulating different strategies including country office security plans, financial planning and human resources management.

As the Finance and Admin Lead my core responsibility is ensuring systems of internal control and supporting documentation are compliant with the audit requirements of donor funded projects. I am also responsible for raising awareness of donor compliance issues with staff. I also possess hands on experience in statutory and donor audits including but not limited to developing audit registers and risk mitigation plans

As both international and finance officer, I gained vast experience and knowledge in terms of business development by helping the programs team develop proposal budgets, monitor project budget usage and reporting in line with company policies and donor requirements as well as drafting country office admin budgets and monitoring spending burn rates. During the greater part of my career , I have had an opportunity of being focal person for country offices year end reporting process as well as internal and external audits, providing audit analytics as and when required. Some of the donors that I have worked with in budgeting, variance  analysis, grant management, reporting, audits and compliance, Include the EU, DAI/TRACE, SIDA, FAO, UK Aid, Irish Aid, GIZ, IKEA Foundation, DFID, Isle of Men, Bread for the World, Ford Foundation

In my position as an International Finance Officer, my core duties were to provide a link between the HQ and country offices in year-end procedures, in global audits, and providing surge support to Finance Managers. As part of my KPIs, I was responsible for following up on audit recommendations and looking out for recurring issues that resulted from capacity issues and identifying gaps for training. Working with Strategic Business managers for different Countries in Africa and Asia, I was responsible for reviewing internal controls and advising on ways to improve controls and processes.

In ensuring donor compliance I have obtained brilliant skills in partner governance which capacity assessments, contracting, capacity building and financial management trainings. This also includes partner compliance monitoring visits through voucher reviews, desk reviews and asset verifications as well as field monitoring visits.

In my NGO financial management professional journey, I have had a privilege of leading a team of both professionals, interns and trainees offering on the job training and coaching. By leading finance tams, I have also developed excellent collaboration skills which enables me to communicate financial information easily to non- finance staff.

My experience working as part of the Global finance team has equipped me with cultural awareness and ability to work cross- culturally. I also possess good remote financial management in complex economies and ability to conduct remote trainings. This has also helped me in perfecting my data review and analytical skills.

I am also proud of my excellent communication skills coupled with being analytical in problem solving. I am a highly reliable person who works perfectly both as a team and independently to produce high quality financial reports that meet reporting deadlines.

Coupled with vast experience in general company and office administration, I also have perfect skills in scheduling, monitoring and prioritizing work to deliver to the expected standard even under tight deadlines. I am also confident that, my computer literacy skills that I gained through experience and training in Microsoft Packages( Excel Spreadsheets, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) and Accounting systems like SUN, Pastel, Microsoft BC365, Agresso , Belina Payroll and many other packages will also work in favour to deliver excellent results