Lohzing Timothy Selbar

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Finance and Compliance Officer at Mercy Corps

since July, 2020

lo***ng@gmail.com

About

CAREER OBJECTIVE I am a motivated person with desire for new career challenges. I can apply interpersonal and organizational skills, as well as knowledge acquired through my education and work experience in a position that will add value towards organizational targeted goals and objectives. COMPETENCIES • Easy to adapt to any environment and engage in productive team play. • Coachable, self-driven, flexible with a strong desire for success and meeting deadlines. • Proficient knowledge of Dynamic Navigator, Quickbooks, Citrix report softwares. • Keen and enthusiastic, excellent team player, possess cultural awareness and sensitivity. • Organized with great passion for excellence and precision. • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe acrobat. • Ability to invite participants and facilitate meetings on Microsoft Team • Skills in financial analysis, risk management, Budget and Policy compliance trackings • Ability to cope with diversity issues in workplace.

Skills

Communication
8
Teamwork
8
Problem-Solving
8
Creativity
8
Leadership
7

Experience

Lohzing Timothy Selbar

Work experience

Finance and Compliance Officer at Mercy Corps

July, 2020 -
Fulltime

I have successfully guided and interpreted donors and organizational policies and procedures to team members/partners for better programs and operational implementations, I have ensured that the bank files, and all bank information are properly filed and updated, overseen cash level, collect, compute, and submit cashflow projection in accordance with Gantt chart workplan and cash management policy to country office for replenishment. I have successfully kept track, monitored, and cleared operational and program cash advances, extracting past due advances and budget versus actual expenditure (using the Citrix software) for onward reporting to the finance manager and director. I handle all statutory remittance to relevant tax authorities monthly and weekly EFCC report, I do online bank payment to vendors and staff alike, I carry out task of an auditor (as a compliance person) by reviewing all payment requests, purchase requests, all form of contracts for compliance and accuracy, and I am a member of procurement tender process. I work with Dynamic Navigator software to capture financial transactions daily, monthly, half yearly and yearly thereby generating financial reports as required by management. I carried out bank reconciliation activity monthly using the Dynamic Navigator software and oversee the work of finance assistant in the finance unit.

Lohzing Timothy Selbar

Work experience

Finance and compliance officer at Mercy Corps

March, 2019 - July, 2020
Fulltime

I have successfully kept & distributed Program cash transfer vouchers (these includes: - Unconditional Livelihood cash
disbursement to Boys/Girls affected by insurgency in Gwoza, electronic vouchers distribution for Shelter program (MAIDA EU grant) to beneficiaries (who redeemed building materials from Vendors for building their houses) that their homes were demolished by insurgency in Gwoza. I am also involved in following: - distribution of unconditional cash assistance for entrepreneurial purpose to Boys/Girls in Gwoza; under Hadan kai program, Non-food Items-NFI- to beneficiaries (Sanitary materials to Women/Girls) in Gwoza. Agricultural electronic vouchers to beneficiaries for redemption of farm inputs in Gwoza. Distribution of electronic vouchers for Poultry for development and resettlement (PDR) to Mother units to redeemed Noiler chicks and other inputs from AMRI (a company in Ogun State). Paid unskilled laborers (Cash for work program) for cleaning and clearing Gwoza town water channels and waste deposits. I also worked as an active member in the
committee for tender opening, Procurement process and selection of vendors, and involved in the reconciliation of redeemed vouchers brought in by vendors. I have guided staff on Mercy Corps policies and donor’s regulations in carrying out program interventions. I have successfully work with field connect (a subunit of Navigator software) to capture all financial transactions. I have supported and partake in monthly account close out process and managed both (Bank/Cash) electronic and physical data/files of financial records. I prepared and submitted monthly cash flow projections for operational and programmatic activities to Maiduguri office for cash replenishment. (I have work with grants like OFDA, MAIDA, HADIN KAI, etc)