Professional Experience:
I have progressive leadership and hands-on skills with concentration on poverty alleviation, women and gender equality, youth, education, economic empowerment and rural development. My background is in working with vulnerable and marginalized communities (women, children and youth) within the continent of Africa and diaspora. I also have extensive knowledge of working with and leading global teams and stakeholders within various levels of influence. I have developed very strong skillset in team leadership and training, governance, advocacy, resource mobilization and philanthropy, program planning, development, evaluation and implementation, strategic planning, policy advising, board and volunteer management, coordination, program development, administration and delivery, contract negotiation, project management, stakeholder donor relations, budgeting and financial management. One of several utilizations of my skills is in using creative leadership to enable process optimization to grow an organization in a sustainable and stable manner. Strategically, I have ability to define critical success factors and motivate larger and small groups of diverse staff around these set goals to drive successful outcomes for the initiatives that will impact the organization’s beneficiaries.
Accounting Experience: Professional Accountant with over fifteen years experience working within medium to large companies in Canada and the United Kingdom. I have worked in finance, non for profit, pensions, property management and auto manufacturing sectors. My skills include full cycle accounting - accounts payable, accounts receivable, financial analysis, budgeting and reporting, fund allocations, forecasting, accruals, journal entries, intermediary payments, banking, bank reconciliations, credit reconciliations, billing, banking, financial statement preparation, month end closures, year end closures, payroll, broker commission reporting and calculation, variance analysis, auditing, vendor liaison and customer service.
Specialities: Public Administration, International Development, Global Diplomacy, International Relations, NGO Management, Women and Gender Issues, Peace and Security Advocacy, Poverty alleviation, Fundraising, Youth development, Education, Rural Development, Health, Advocacy, HIV/AIDS, Accounting and Finance.