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Areas of Expertise: Support Annual Budgeting, Accounting, developed and managed Cash flow, Procurement, Budget Monitoring, Reporting, Internal Controls, Staff Management, Staff Training, Accounting Policies and Procedures design and implementation, project closeouts, Taxes, reviewed and analyzed financial statements. Risk Management and oversee insurance and renewals coverage etc. |
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Administration, Management, Finance/Accounting, Procurement
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Professional Experience: |
SUMMARY
Accomplished Senior Finance Director with 21+ years of international finance experience primarily in non-profit/NGO sector including education, health, food security, construction, and agriculture. Proven leader and finance expert with demonstrated ability to apply flexibility, adaptiveness, and collaborative problem-solving to ensure compliance, integrity, and commonsense solutions. Skilled accountant, adept risk manager, and qualified finance operations supervisor with strong interpersonal skills to maintain ongoing communications and relationships with boards, donors, managers, constituents, and employees to achieve organization’s mission and goals.
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
• Non-Profit Experience
• Managerial Accounting
• Budget & Financial Management
• Reporting & Internal Controls
• Operations Management
• Budget Development Mentorship
• Audits, Risk Management, Taxation
• Analytical Problem-Solving
• Reliable, Flexible and adaptive
• Customer Service Oriented
• Meticulous Attention to Detail
• Multicultural Leadership
• Advanced Written, Verbal Skills
• Strong interpersonal, organizational and Communication skill.
• Excellent Supervision skills
• Reporting experience in USAID, UNO, Swiss Cooperation, WB, AfDB.
• Multitask skills
• Collaborative Team Leader/member
• Multilingual in 4 Languages
• Presentation skills
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Education: |
Master of International Development Administration – International Development May 2019
Andrews University Berrien Springs, MI (U.S.)
Bachelor of Business Administration – Accounting May 1998
Pakistan Adventist Seminary & College Farooqabad, Pakistan
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
Professional Training
SDA Treasurers training. Accra, Ghana. 2013 (GCAS and GC)
USAID Rules and Regulations: Grants & Cooperative Agreements, Kenya, 2014 (InsideNGO)
Procurement Planning and Execution of USAID Grants, Kenya, 2014 (InsideNGO)
Practical Financial Management for NGOs (MANGO Training, Kenya, 2014
Finance, Leadership, and Management (ADRA International) Kenya, 2015
Management Orientation Workshop MOW, Mexico 2015
Planning for Financial Sustainability (Mango) 2015
InsideNGO Annual Conference, USA 2016
SKILLS/LANGUAGES/GEOGRAPHICAL EXPERIENCE:
• PACKAGES: Windows, NT, 2010, MS FrontPage, PowerPoint, Word & Excel, E-mail, Internet, Hardware & Software Installation, Maintenance and Troubleshooting, Wordpress website design.
• ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE: PASTEL Administrator level, Sun Accounting Administrator level, AAA accounting system, Quick Books Pro Desktop – 2015 Nonprofit edition.
• LANGUAGES: Punjabi (Mother Tongue) Urdu (Fluent) English (fluent), Hindi (fluent), Spanish (basic) working knowledge of French
• GEOGRAPHICAL EXPERIENCE: South East Asia, Southern Africa, Western Africa, Central Africa and North America
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Years of Experience:
15-20 years |
Highest Qualification:
Masters |
Languages:
English, Spanish, Urdu, Hindi, understanding French |
Nationality:
Not Specified
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LinkedIn Profile:
www.linkedin.com/in/patras-yaqoob-40194522/
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