Michael Maina

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Senior Finance Officer at World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

since October, 2022

mm***na@gmail.com

Profile

About

Financial management professional with over 8 years of experience in International NGO with Proficient knowledge of Food and Agriculture Organization, Irish Aid, AFDB, UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), ECHO, GIZ, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), USAID donor rules and regulations.

Skills

finance management
7
Finance and Accounting Skills
7
Planning Budgeting & Forecasting
6
Training and Capacity Building
6
Excellent Microsoft Office skills
6
Grants Management
6
donor engagement
7
Audit
6
Proposal Writing and Concept Development
7
Staff Management
6

Experience

Michael Maina

Work experience

Senior Finance Officer at World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

October, 2022 -
Fulltime

1. Supervise, oversee, and coordinate of the preparation of donor reports, internal budgets (POWB) and budget proposals.
2. Prepare Financial Reports to donors , Ensure they are reliable, accurate and are submitted on time.
3. Ensure Budgets are monitored regularly and there are no budget overruns. Budgets are fully utilized.
4. Ensure Amounts receivable from donors are collected promptly.
5. Ensuring Project managers are informed on the spending status of projects.
6. Review of grant agreements financial requirements and are in accordance with Donor and Center requirements, and there is full cost recovery.
7. Review and analyze restricted grants partner expenses and provide feedback and analysis to the project leaders and managers on expenditure trends and areas with significant over- or under spending
8. Partner financial management monitoring
9. Leading in all project Audits
10.Manage Country Office Accountants and esure they support program implemenation efficientl

Michael Maina

Education

MSC Development Finance at KCA UNIVERSITY

February, 2022 - December, 2023
Fulltime

I'm currently pursuing a master’s degree in development finance, with a main interest in financial management of government organizations and non - governmental organizations.

Michael Maina

Work experience

Finance Officer at Save the Children International

October, 2017 - October, 2022
Fulltime

1. Budgeting - Lead in the preparation of the organizational quarterly budgets while ensuring
accuracy, completeness, and timeliness and Provide support to budget holders in reviewing the monthly financial budget &monitoring reports and following up on any recommended changes.
2. Partnership Management – Lead in end-to-end process of implementing partners management, from new partners scoping, onboarding, budgeting, and contracting, funds disbursement, reporting, capacity building, audit and close-out.
3. Donor Reporting - Responsible for donor reports by ensuring the submission of high-quality donor reports for all active grants as per the donor reporting schedule and requirements.
4. Financial Management - Collaborating during audits to ensure the reports are received on time as per the donor requirements. Prepare the monthly staff cost allocation matrix on how the staff will charge their costs, this is guided by the approved budget. Maintain robust and adequate financial internal control systems in line with SCI policies. Induct all the inexperienced staff on the organizational finance policies and procedures.