Resumo
Highly skilled Senior Finance Officer with 15 years of diverse accounting and finance experience in NGO and public company environments. Organized and results-oriented professional capable of identifying deficiencies and potential opportunities for improving business functionality. Proven planner and developer of Internal Control systems with sounding understanding of GAAP auditing standards, passionate about working in worthy causesFinance & Admin Officer with 14+ years of progressive experience spanning private sector, NGOs, and UN agencies. Expertise in financial operations, grant management, donor compliance, budgeting, and internal control systems. Proven success in leading multi-million-dollar programmes, optimizing costs, and ensuring accuracy in financial reporting and audit readiness. Strong track record in partner oversight, having trained and built capacity of more than 20 organizations in financial management, fraud prevention, and compliance, which contributed to the elimination of past audit findings and the sustained achievement of zero financial findings. Skilled in ERP and financial systems, risk monitoring, and streamlining processes to enhance efficiency, accountability, and transparency across diverse projects and funding streams.
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Dados Profissionais
Indústria
Experiência: 15 anos
Indústria
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Educação
Educação
INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE CONTABILIDADE E AUDITORIA DE MOCAMBIQUE
Auditing
UNIVERSIDADE EDUARDO MONDLANE
INSTITUTO COMERCIAL DE MAPUTO
Experiência
Admin and finance Officer
UN Women - United Nation Entity for Gender Equality and Women Empowerment
• Served as Financial Focal Point for the Spotlight Initiative and subsequently for all Country Office projects, overseeing financial assurance and partner compliance for more than 20 implementing partners. • Coordinated and led audit preparations, spot-checks, financial monitoring, and systematic follow-up of recommendations, achieving resolution of all financial findings from 2018–2021 and maintaining zero audit findings since joining UN Women. • Maintained and monitored internal control systems, updated the risk register, and ensured timely implementation of mitigation plans and action points from governance committees. • Reviewed and analyzed partner budgets and work plans, optimizing allocations and achieving measurable efficiencies including 15% cost savings and 20% improved resource utilization. • Reviewed high-risk transactions (cash transfers, vendor payments, FACE forms, and expenditure reports), verified supporting documentation, and flagged anomalies to strengthen compliance and fraud-prevention. • Trained and built capacity of implementing partners and sub-partners in financial management, fraud-prevention, audit readiness, and compliance with UN Women and donor rules, significantly enhancing accountability and transparency. • Drafted audit findings and action plans tracked their implementation, and reported progress to management, contributing to improved partner governance and donor assurance. • Streamlined financial processes and documentation by introducing tracking systems, simplifying workflows, and producing quick-reference guides to increase efficiency without compromising controls. • Supported procurement, invoice processing, cost recovery, and shared services budgeting, ensuring compliance with UNW financial and procurement policies. • Coordinated financial and administrative arrangements for workshops, events, and governance committees, ensuring proper records, membership compliance, and action-point follow-up.
Partner Effectiveness Funds accountant
ChildFund Mozambique
Responsible for providing technical support, training, and mentorship for the Local Partners (Accounts Payable, Receivables, Internal Control, Budget management and reporting) to ensure that subsidies (and/or NSPs) are utilized and reported according to policy/ procedures and in compliance with agreements.
Finance Consultant
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
Delivers effective financial advice and services to internal and external clients, providing finance related guidance to both Country Office (CO) and UNFPA supported projects. Report to either the Operations Manager/ Operations Specialist, or Administrative Associate. You may supervise administrative and clerical staff at the CO. Support the effective management of UNFPA programme activities in the areas of population and development, reproductive health and gender. Possessing a depth of knowledge of UNFPA financial rules, guidelines, and processes, you will demonstrate a client-oriented, results-focused approach to interpreting rules, procedures and guidelines. Act in an advisory manner to programme / project staff to maximise the impact of financial resources in delivering programmes / projects.
Finance Officer
OXFAM Novib - Mozambique
• Preparation of the monthly funding report and analysis; • Preparing quarterly cash flow; • Managing timely and updated project information in SAP • Prepares and consolidates donor financial reports to the external donors (Sweden Embassy, Netherland Embassy and NORAD); • Prepare, organize and provide input to Audits and external evaluations/finance assessment as part of the Finance systems in place; • Provides on job training, coaching and capacity building to partner organizations to develop Finance and business support experts; • Monitors periodically the approvals, spending and performance at country level and revises the (financial) planning where necessary. • Approve the expenditures according to the approved budget by the donors; • Follow up periodically of the audit recommendations from management letter; • Management of the grant on system to avoid under and overspending o the project; • Give financial assistance to emergency response
Senior Accountant
LAM - Linhas Aereas de Mocambique
Linhas Aereas de Moçambique, SA, Maputo (Mozambique) Experience and history in successfully managing and implementing financial policies, processes and systems in the organization with a view to minimizing costs and efficiency • Supporting the Financial Director in ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of all financial records, ensuring all income and liabilities are accurately recorded, reconciled and reviewed; • Supporting the Chief of Accounting in the preparation, and delivery of financial information to internal and external audits; • Processing journals ensuring that all accounting entries are supported by working papers for analytical review and audit. • Completing account reconciliations to review and clear balance sheet control accounts on a monthly basis, including VAT and payroll accounts, and providing appropriate documentation to support the audit; • Ensure accurate accounting & timely submission of supplementary services invoices; • Control, analysis and presentation of proposals for improvements in purchasing, processing and payment circuits • Providing practical input on implementation of administrative guidelines, in close coordination with the Financial Director; • Record in the Accounting System the costs incurred by the Sub-Delegations through the use of Petty Cash, analysis, reconciliation and reporting to the Chief Financial Officer about the efficiency in the use of Petty Cash; • Monitor the budget of the Sub-delegations and ensure accurate accounting, authorisation & internal control procedures. • Processing and payment of Travel allowances and other allowances; • Payment of salaries, Suppliers and other creditors (Check and bank transfers); • Settlement of taxes: INSS, IRPS and VAT; • Update exchange rates monthly. BUDGET • Assist in a Budget preparation • Help the Financial director in finding the most efficient way to distribute funds and other resources among various departments and review the budget and s