My Current Profile

Work  and Consultancy Experience - Executive Summary

• I have vast experience in donor funds management. I am a highly motivated person with an exceptional understanding of quality, timeliness and team building. Through my career experience as well as my educational experience, I am able to utilize all resources, both human and knowledge based to maximize organizational effectiveness.
• I have experience working in fragile states, in working with vulnerable and displaced people through Vocational Training Projects in Eastern Sudan.
• Internal Auditing, Internal Controls and Forensic auditing
• Drafting Financial Policies and Procedures systems and implementing them.
• Budget preparation and monitoring
• Monitoring income, expenditure and monthly bank reconciliation
• Handling the administrative, procedural and accounting aspects of all financial operations.
• Monitoring accounts Payables/ Receivables 
• Producing periodic financial and other reports for the management of the Project.
• Coordinating annual external audits and periodic internal controls
• Monitoring Finance agreements and Local Subsidies.
• Site visits and training of partner staff on financial and treasury processes.
• Liason with implementing partners for grant management, eg EU grants .
• Liason with Dutch Embassy in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Netherlands for grant implementation, for the empowerment of Youths through Vocational Training Projects.

1. Major Roles:

 Financial Management and Audit and Internal Controls

•  Assessment and review of Accounting and Administrative systems, to prevent loss and ensure that they are not prone to abuse.
• Implementing policies and procedures based on best practice.
• Performing investigative audits
• Highlighting areas for improvements and system weaknesses
• Recommending relevant system improvements.
• Facilitating implementation of recommendations.
• Ensuring adherence to best practices and Partner procedures and guidelines, including, (but not limited to:)
  • Procurement policies, for example: Nationality rule, Rule of Origin, and Tender Procedures for Works, Supply and Service Contracts.
  • Financial Reporting and Expenditure Verification.
  • Compliance to statutory requirements.

 1.2 Preparing Financial Statements and Reporting.

1.3 Training and Capacity Building for Partners

2. Consultancy and Work Experience.

I am a financial management and internal control/ audit expert with many years of experience, both in the private and Non-Profit sector.

  2.1.  Jan 2021 to Current: Young Africa International : Head of Finance and Administration.

• Managing donor funds for Vocational Training projects for Youths being implemented in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Namibia and Botswana.
• Major donors: EU, Dutch Embassy, SERVE and Irish Aid.

2.2 GIZ Eastern Sudan – Aug 2018- Dec 2020

        Position: Head of Finance and Administration

•  Drafting and implementing finance and administrative systems and procedures.
• Implementation and monitoring of all administrative and financial aspects of the organisation.
• Controlling and management of finances (budget planning and monitoring, costs - and expenditure monitoring, cash flow monitoring, co-financing regulations, fund requests, follow up commitments etc.).
• Supervising and using of financial monitoring tools such as SAP, Winpaccs, Cost Control, Excel etc.
• Managing the Human Resources of the project including the payroll.
• Quality assurance of administrative and financial documents, such as local subsidies, financing agreements, invoices, contracts etc.
• Supervising, controlling, and advising GIZ project staff regarding administrative and financial procedures.
• Imparting capacity building and training of admin/finance project personnel.
• Quality assurance and preparation of financial reports to donors, or other stakeholders as per the respective requirements and regulations.
• Administrative and finance related tasks, such as cash, bank, preparation of different contracts, procurement of goods, tenders, logistical support, drawing up letters, inventory, logbooks, travel settlement calculation.
• Managing logistical arrangements of the project (follow-up proper management of vehicles and assets of the project)
• Supervising the coordination of workshops, travels, and trainings
• Following up the setup of IT infrastructure and day-to-day maintenance,
• Coordinating Internal and external audits

• ADVENTIST RELIEF AGENCY (ADRA Zimbabwe) - Project Accountant – January 2018 to July 2018:

• Implemented Finance and Administrative policies and procedures.
• Budgeting and variance analysis
• Preparing monthly financial reports
• Overseeing the field staff and offering advice
• Facilitating Internal and External Audits
• Preparing monthly drawdown requests and submitting reports as justification.
• Financial management and accounting for the two ADRA projects co-financed by ADRA Austria and ADRA International on resilience and economic empowerment.

2.4   Young Africa International Consultancy– November 2016 to 30 September 2017:

• Conducted a Forensic Audit for the EU Funded Projects.
• Reviewed the Financial Management Reports and Accounting and Administrative systems to ensure accurate and adequate procedures in compliance with EU regulations and best practices.
• Making recommendations on system improvements.
• Compiling a Financial and Administrative Manual of Operations.
• Monitoring the implementation of the policies and procedures and conducting on site trainings.

2.5    IM Swedish Development Partner (Aug – Sept 2016)

• This was a 10 day investigative audit on this donor’s partner.
• Reviewed the Partner’s financial systems, books of accounts and all relevant financial records to establish adherence to laid down procedures.
• The review included identification and interviewing of third parties, (including volunteers, project beneficiaries, local traders, service providers, school authorities etc.) who transacted with the Partner.
• Produced a detailed report highlighting compromised systems and making recommendations for system improvements.

• German Development Corporation (GIZ: 2013 -2016)

• Financial Accounting and Internal Controlling
• Carried out capacity building/ training for partner organizations through various training and coaching sessions on prudent financial management and systems control. These included SAT, CADS, ZFU Mutare and Beit Bridge Juice.
• Financial management of the GIZ/EU co-financed projects on sustainable agricultural practices and promotion of food security and livelihoods in drought prone areas.

• Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA PSU: 2002- 2012)

• Mentored and trained various CIDA partner staff across the country using various accounting and financial capacity building tools to make sure they had the capacity to handle and administer Financial Aid.
• I conducted, to professional audit standards, financial audits on more than 15 different CIDA projects.
• Financial management and accounting for all the 15 CIDA Projects and Partners.

• CAPS Holdings Pharmaceuticals (1994 -2002)

• I worked as a Senior Internal Auditor at Caps Holdings Pharmaceutical for all its subsidiaries, and later as a Management Accountant.

• Urban Development Corporation

• I worked as an Auditor for UDCORP, offering audit services for Local Authorities around Zimbabwe, up to 1994.

 Professional and Academic Qualifications

• I am a Certified Forensic Auditor (ZW, 2016)
• I hold a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Nottingham Trent University (2001)
• Bachelor of Business Studies (UZ)