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RTI InternationalRegional Compliance and Audit Manager.
Jan. 2025 - Jul. 2025Oversight Across 15+ Countries | Risk & Compliance | Audit Oversight | Internal Controls Reviews | Micro & Capacity Assessment | Due Diligence | Special Investigation | Spot Checks | Monthly Expense Compliance Reviews | Tax Assessment | High Value Financial Payment Approvals | High Risk Value Bid Vendor Evaluation & Selection
•Compliance and audit initiatives across 15+ countries, including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan, Mozambique, Guinea, Congo, Zambia, Somalia, Ethiopia, Malawi, Senegal, Nigeria, Jordan, and the Philippines
•Directing compliance and audit activities across a diverse multinational landscape. This includes authorizing and processing high-value payments (up to $100,000 as final approver, and Level Two approver for transactions exceeding $100,001), while strictly adhering to financial security protocols. Consistently conducted monthly financial compliance reviews for international field offices to ensure accuracy and quality.
•Risk Management & Internal Controls: Expertly diagnosing internal control weaknesses and providing strategic recommendations to improve efficiency and mitigate financial risks. Enhance risk assessment frameworks using data analytics for proactive identification of compliance gaps and meticulously verified vendor qualifications for financial stability and reliability.
•Policy & Procedure Enhancements: Proactively identifying areas for policy improvement and recommending updates to financial policies and manuals to align with best practices and bolster compliance.
•Audit Execution & Investigations: Developing and executing risk-based annual audit plans, conducting detailed financial and operational audits, including on-site field office assessments. Responsible for preparing comprehensive audit reports and tracking corrective actions for the organization & its partners.
•Tax Assessment: Conducting thorough VAT and other statutory deduction to ensure tax compliance & give recommendations for compliance .
RTI InternationalSenior Regional Finance Specialist
Jan. 2020 - Dec. 2024Nairobi County, KenyaOversight Across 15+ Countries | Risk & Compliance Leadership | Audit Oversight | Internal Controls Reviews | Micro & Capacity Assessment | Due Diligence | Special Investigation | Spot Checks | Monthly Expenses Compliance Reviews | Tax Assessment | High Risks Financial Payment Approvals | High Risk Level Vendor Selections.
•Compliance and audit initiatives across 15+ countries, including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan, Mozambique, Guinea, Congo, Zambia, Somalia, Ethiopia, Malawi, Senegal, Nigeria, Jordan, and the Philippines
•Directing compliance and audit activities across a diverse multinational landscape. This includes authorizing and processing high-value payments (up to $100,000 as final approver, and Level Two approver for transactions exceeding $100,001), while strictly adhering to financial security protocols. Consistently conducted monthly financial compliance reviews for international field offices to ensure accuracy and quality.
•Risk Management & Internal Controls: Expertly diagnosing internal control weaknesses and providing strategic recommendations to improve efficiency and mitigate financial risks. Enhance risk assessment frameworks using data analytics for proactive identification of compliance gaps and meticulously verified vendor qualifications for financial stability and reliability.
•Policy & Procedure Enhancements: Proactively identifying areas for policy improvement and recommending updates to financial policies and manuals to align with best practices and bolster compliance.
•Audit Execution & Investigations: Developing and executing risk-based annual audit plans, conducting detailed financial and operational audits, including on-site field office assessments. Responsible for preparing comprehensive audit reports and tracking corrective actions for the organization & its partners.
•Tax Assessment: Conducting thorough VAT and other statutory deduction to ensure tax compliance & give recommendations for compliance .
RTI InternationalSenior Regional Compliance and Audit
Apr. 2015 - Dec. 2019Nairobi County, KenyaRisk & Compliance | Audit Oversight | Internal Controls Reviews | Micro & Capacity Assessment | Due Diligence | Special Investigation | Spot Checks | Monthly Expenses Compliance Reviews | Tax Assessment
•Financial & Operational Monitoring: Conduct monthly financial compliance reviews for international field offices, perform micro and capacity assessments of partners, lead special audits and investigations, and execute spot checks to ensure policy adherence, consistently enhancing quality and accuracy.
•Utilize random and targeted sampling protocols to review the accuracy and compliance of financial, operational (HR, procurement, fixed assets, safety & security), and grant-making activities, including thorough transaction testing and work paper maintenance.
•Proactive Risk Management: Diagnose internal control weaknesses, delivering strategic recommendations to boost operational efficiency and mitigate financial risks. Enhance risk assessment frameworks through data analytics for proactive compliance gap identification.
•Actively identify and recommend updates to financial policies and manuals aligning with industry best practices, providing expert guidance for global and field office finance policies, and supporting institutional compliance training.
•Stakeholder Engagement & Capacity Building: Maintain transparent communication with audit stakeholders, deliver targeted training to foster a compliance culture, and engage senior leadership to present audit findings and align on strategic recommendations.
•Develop and execute risk-based annual audit plans, conduct detailed financial and operational audits (including on-site assessments), and prepare comprehensive audit reports with corrective action tracking. •Tax Compliance Expertise: Conduct comprehensive VAT assessments to ensure compliance and optimize tax efficiency, review withholding tax implications to mitigate risks, and ensure accurate calculations and timely filings for statutory payroll deductions.
PKF East AfricaSenior Consultant
Jan. 2013 - Apr. 2015
RSM InternationalSenior Auditor/Consultant
Sep. 2011 - Dec. 2012
KPMG KenyaSenior Advisor
Jan. 2011 - Aug. 2011Nairobi
PKF East AfricaAudit Assistant- Semi Senior
Jan. 2007 - Nov. 2010
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