Mamanding Ndow

Responsible for general finance management with specific focus on financial accounting and statutory reporting as well as intercompany billing. This includes ensuring compliance to German Accounting Standards (Handelsgesetzbuch - HGB) and contributing to international financial reporting and processes in line with IFRS. Other key tasks includes asset accounting, debtor and creditor management, cashflow management, month and year end closure (annual accounts), annual audits as well as process optimization.

• Managing and overseeing the day-to-day bookkeeping and financial administration • Coordinating and overseeing the annual budget & quarterly forecasts • Developing effective controlling processes to strengthen financial oversight • Preparing end of year accounts and external audit process • Preparing financial reports for internal and external use, pre tax returns • Process optimization +roll-out • Analysis and preparation of financial results-variances • Debtor and creditor management • DATEV ReWe / UO

•Carryout Finance business process mapping and establishment of internal Standard Operating Procedures. •Financial resources management through planning/budgeting, guiding, controlling •Timely preparation of monthly cashflow forecast, preparation of bank reconciliation •Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports and support audit •Prepare and distribute timely and insightful financial analysis to determine progress against strategic plan, budget, & forecast, to support financial decisions

•Managed overall accounting and financial control systems for West Africa, adequate and appropriate internal controls are in place to meet GAAP/IFRS standards •Maintained and updated accounting and financial control systems, ensuring adherence with US government regulations; ensured accuracy of recorded accounting transactions •Coordinated project budget and expense planning and monitor expenditure and variance •Review and Consolidated monthly, quarterly and annual reports analyse variances

•Provided comprehensive financial management and administrative support to the organization including monitoring funding, developing regular management accounts and reports and managing income and expenditure. •Maintained bank accounts, prepare monthly bank reconciliation in a timely manner. Prepared vouchers, record and reconcile expenditures, balance payments and prepared expenditure statements •Managed personnel issues regarding consultants and leave matters of project staff

•Managed and supervised day-to-day functioning of the finances of projects and administration including review of all cash receipts and disbursements. •Developed detailed reports to provide accurate financial information to management including monitoring of budgetary performance and analyze variance •Prepared accounts and reports of projects and administration, managed project and administration payroll •Provided support for all audit exercises and ensured successful completion of audits

•Maintain a credible and appropriate accounting system for recording and reporting of all financial transaction of the Program Area •Prepare and forward monthly returns for income tax and Provident Fund deducted from staff salaries to the relevant authorities •Review and recommend modifications to accounting systems and procedures •Designed a bespoke accounting software for the organization which replaced Excel bookkeeping •Trained more than 24 staff of the Finance Department on the use of the software

• Accounting and Finance • International Financial Management • Investment Decisions • Marketing and Service Management • Risk, Regulation and Compliance

• Accounting • Financial Management

• Transaction Accounting • Office Practice and Procedures • Maintaining Financial Records and Accounts • Cost Accounting Systems • Information Technology Processes