Tamereab Elias Yachiso
Addis Ababa
Summary
Over 15 years of progressive experience in finance, grant and operations support management, including system design and improvement, financial strategic planning, capacity building and ensuring compliance and strong control
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Operations and Grant Adviser
O-YES Global Foundation
05.2024 - Current
- Responsible for the management and coordination operations and grants activities
- Responsible for provision of guidance and advice in financial, HR, Procurement management
- Support and coordinate all financial, grant and operations management of country operations
- Coordinate and guide in proposal development and sub grant management of O-YES
- Responsible for coordination of operational and program team for implementation of programs
- Ensure quality and on time implementation of program with in approved budget limit
- Responsible for compliance to O-YES and donor rules and requirements
- Responsible for quality and timely reporting of financial and operational aspect of the programs
- Support the financial aspects of the Strategic Planning Process and ensure that organization financial systems are robust, compliant and support current activities and future growth
- Responsible for budget and operational activity plan preparation along with other support and program team
- Ensure monitoring of budget utilization and revisions as required
- Provide strategic advice on grants and operations in line with Strategic programme framework, approved procedures and best practices and also on matters related to operational and grants decision making
- Contribute to the revision of operational, HR, Grants, Procurement and financial system and application and regularly update and revise it
Finance Adviser
DACAAR
04.2023 - 04.2024
- Support the financial aspects of the Strategic Planning Process and ensure that organization financial systems are robust, compliant and support current activities and future growth
- Lead the coordination of support function in country office operation and ensure efficient, effective and economic implementation of programs
- Provide strategic advice on Finance operation of DACAAR in line with Strategic programme framework, approved procedures and best practices and also on matters related to Finance decision making, including specific information required to support program team and SMT discussions
- Support and coordinate all financial, grant and operations management of country operations
- Review the existing system and application and regularly update and revise it – including financial and procurement procedural manuals
- Support in budget preparation and budget monitoring
- Support in donor financial reporting and compliance with donors’ rules and procedures
- Support in facilitating external audits in responding to audit queries and management letters
Grant Manager
DEXIS - ESP USAID
03.2022 - 03.2023
- Review and continuously update program grant management system based on Activity manual and USAID OTI rules and procedures
- Prepare grant agreements and other grant documentation consistent and compliant with USAID and Dexis requirements, procedures, and best practices
- Carry out due diligence and verify grant budget and activity plan
- Support in developing activity plan and budget and in grant compliance
- Monitor grant implementation and achievement of deliverables as per agreed grant contract
- Review financial report and verify supporting documentation for eligibility and completeness
- Facilitate timely disbursement of grants to partners
- Build the capacity of partners in program financial management and reporting
- Support partners in complying with donor financial and contractual rules and procedures
- Carry out spot check with program management team and monitor proper and timely implementation of project activities
- Participate and contribute to weekly grant management team meeting and document all program developments regularly
- Monitor grant implementation – ensuring proper utilization of grants and full compliance to grant contract, including making spot checks
- Ensure all anticipated deliverables and objectives are completed before close-out
- Review and consolidate milestone deliverables and final reports, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance
Grant Administrator
NURAS / FCDO
04.2021 - 03.2022
- Work collaboratively with other members of the grants management team to develop and implement grants management systems and propose appropriate programme adjustments
- Lead on the due diligence process, and conduct due diligence on all potential implementation partners, and provide recommendations of whether to proceed with a partner or not, and whether any actions or capacity building support is required by the partner to allow CASA to work with them
- Carry out the financial reviews and project audits processes of grantees to ensure compliance with donor requirements
- Development of Grant Disbursement Plans for each relevant partner
- Create timelines for submissions of progress, milestones and any other issues by the partners
- Work closely with the CASA team in developing plans/budgets for the financial needs of sub grantees
- Follow up on accountabilities from sub-grantees in a timely manner to necessitate processing of additional funding
- Undertake verification checks on all accountabilities from sub-grantees, to ensure that financial management is up to expected standard and in-line with the Grants Manual and CASA Requirements
- Review liquidation reports from sub-grantees
- Ensure budgetary controls of grantees and provide technical assistance to recipients, as required by the programme
- Organise and oversee close out Audits of all project intervention partners
- Liaise with internal and external auditors and follow-up any audit queries/management letters
Program Project Controller – Health
Cordaid
12.2020 - 12.2021
- Ensures effective an efficient financial and contractual management, control and coordination at CO and projects level
- Responsible for accurate and prompt financial information flow and accurate reporting at all levels
- Responsible to liaison with project partners and donors in consultation with the senior program staff and country office staff
- Responsible for monitoring project implementation with respect to target set and budget agreed and communicate the outcome for better coordination and collaboration
- Ensure that Program Grants and Contracts are executed in line with contractual agreements and applicable donor rules and regulations, contractual obligations and ensure compliance to donor standards and Cordaid internal controls to safeguard donors and Cordaid internal resources
- Make recommendations for revision to internal control measures as and when necessary
- Prepare and revise quarterly funding requests for the programs/projects
- Monitor budget on regular bases - identify and communicate variances for further review, justification and remain action
- Support PCs, FAOs and SMT to adhere to budget flexibility limits on grant agreements and suggest methods to ensure consistent compliance and application
Head of Finance
FARM Africa
02.2019 - 11.2020
- Ensure completeness and accuracy financial information, provide leadership and support to SMT and CO team in sound financial planning and management
- Lead and coordinate in formulating and implementing the financial strategy of the CO
- Ensure strong financial accounting and management system and procedure exist and sufficient internal control exist and implemented
- Ensure timely and accurate recording, summarizing, consolidation and interpreting and reporting of financial information
- Ensure quality and timely financial reporting to donors and government
- Update and reconcile balance sheet items, income and expenditures with HQ on monthly bases in multiple currencies
- Reviewing systems and procedures and recommend for improvement
- Check effectiveness of internal control procedures and maintain strong control on resource management
- Responsible to full financial and contractual compliance with donor and organizational requirements
- Supporting, building the capacity and supervising finance staff at field for timely and accurate financial reporting
- Take the lead in budget preparation and revision
- Set up and maintained budget tracking system in both organizational and donor formats and monitored budget utilization levels
- Document and communicate variance and justifications to budget holders and SMT
- Supported timely and efficient procurements for donor funded programs
- Support in proposal preparation and lead budget development
- Conducted partners’ capacity assessments and support in financial and grant management
- Conducted trainings in financial management and grant compliance
- Ensure timely cash flow to programs and follow up cash transfer from donors
- Review and prepare docs and reports for annual and audit report and fiscal governments reports
Finance and Grants Director
PFMA
05.2015 - 01.2019
- Ensure sound management of all Accounting, Financial and Contractual duties at head office and project level
- Review, update and maintain effective and adequate internal control system and implement it
- Take the lead and coordinate budget preparation and revision at head office working in collaboration with project and HQ staff
- Reviewing, designing and setting up financial, grants and administrative systems, manuals and procedures
- Take the lead in budget monitoring – prepare and review BvAs and analyses variance on timely manner along with budget holders and finance staff, communicate results and recommend actions to be taken on timely manner
- Ensure compliance to organizational and donor financial and contractual guidelines and rules, review current compliance level and communicate to budget holders and senior staff and support and build the capacity of both technical and support staff
- Responsible for preparation, revision and timely submission of internal and donors reports
- Conducted trainings in financial management, grant compliance and accounting software for technical and support staff
Country Finance Director
Merlin International
04.2013 - 04.2015
- Developing financing strategy for country office
- Lead the country teams in improving and maintaining adequate financial controls and procedures in the field
- Create and maintain systems that flow into and inform programmatic, logistics and HR operations at a Country Management Team level
- Ensuring sound Finance management practice – designing systems and procedures, preparing manuals, making sure that financial transactions are properly recorded, reconciled and analyzed
- Lead and participate in preparation of annual organizational and donor budget, its amendment
- Monitoring budget and reviewing variances and communicating and follow up on actions to be made
- Preparing, compiling and reviewing organizational and donor reports
- Participating and leading in recruitment, orientation, placement and development of finance staff with HR
- Supervising and supporting finance staff at project, program and country office
- Making sure that financial and administrative and property documents are recorded, filed, updated and complete
- Ensuring adherence with financial, contractual and administrative rules and procedures of the organization and donors; ensuring sound sub grants management – setting up and maintaining tracking systems, monitoring grants implementation per agreed terms, evaluating reports and providing capacity building trainings /providing on job training and coaching to partners
- Facilitating program / project audit and flow up on comments and management letters
Consultant - Financial and Grants Management, Capacity Building and Project planning
Vanguard consultancy service
05.2011 - 03.2013
- Worked as consultant for various NGOs and civil society organization on designing, setting up and maintain Financial, Grants, HR and Procurement management systems and prepared and revised procedural manuals
- Supported in ensuring sound, accurate and efficient practice and implementation of Financial, Contractual, Grants, HR and Administrative policies and procedure
- Provided capacity building initiative by conducting need assessment conducting and organizing training including coaching and backup support
Finance and Grants Manager
European Union – Ethiopian Civil Society Fund Program
02.2008 - 03.2011
- Responsible for grants management of EU civil society fund, supported in designing grant application guidelines and procedures, carried out pre award assessment, provided input in to grant application assessment, supported preparation of grants contract, tracked record grant contracts implementation, established and maintained grant tracking system, reviewed and compiled grant financial reports
- Took the lead in monitoring fund utilization by partners, identify and report material variances for timely correction
- Review partners report on quarterly and yearly bases and facilitate payments to partners
- Ensure full compliance with EU regulations and contractual conditions in effecting payment, procurement and disbursement
- Provided training and back up support in EC contract and financial management and support
- Ensured financial management and reporting of program unit (TAU)
Finance and Administration Manager
International Development Enterprises
02.2007 - 01.2008
- Developed and maintained financial management system, human resource policies and procedures; building the capacity and backstopping program CO and program support staff; preparation of timely reports to the donor and government; ensured compliances and controlled efficient, effective and economic resource utilizations at CO
- Ensured accurate, reliable and efficient accounting practice and sound financial and administrative management and control and reporting
- Led budget preparation and revision of CO and be responsible for monitoring
- Led the CO in staff recruitment, orientation, placement, and development
- Responsible for proper and sound administrative and procurement practice
Internal Auditor & Trainer
FARM Africa
11.2006 - 02.2007
- Developed sound internal control system in accordance with policies, procedures and standards of the audit and financial control mechanisms
- Took initiative in identifying and using appropriate audit tools
- Prepare audit plan and implement it
- Checked transactions and documentations for compliance and oversight the process and test the validity for further improvements
- Designed training courses and trained staff for their enhanced performance; developed and maintained efficient financial, human resource and logistics personnel systems, tools and practices to ensure organizational and program objectives are maintained within FARM Africa country and project offices
Senior Program Finance Officer
FARM Africa / SOS Participatory Forest Management Program
12.2003 - 10.2006
- Participated in preparation and revision of organizational and donor budget in close collaboration with PFM team and project team leaders; compiled, reconciled and analyzed program financial data from projects and PFMU and producing donor report for EU, DFID, DSW and PPP
- Prepared budget tracking report on quarterly bases by project and by donor, in deferent currencies, for proper monitoring of the financial utilization of the program and to take corrective actions
- Ensured adherence to donor and institutional financial rules and procedures; facilitated annual and donor audits of the program, follow up and respond to queries and management letters
- Prepared and followed up timely fund transfer request and disbursement
- Build the capacity of support and technical staff in financial management, budget tracking and compliance
- Support in procurement of services and supplies/equipment as per donor and organization guidelines
Project Admin & Finance Officer
FARM Africa Konso Capacity Building Project
07.2000 - 11.2003
- Ensured sound Financial and Administrative management practices at project level
- Ensured efficient and proper accounting system and recording
- Checked all bank and petty cash payments for accuracy, appropriateness and budget availability against set guidelines and rules
- Prepared monthly and quarterly financial reports to CO
- Supported and led in budget preparation and revision
- Monitored proper budget utilization and communicate variance to relevant staff and CO
- Prepared draft financial reports and send to CO
- Ensured implementation of HR and Administration policies as required by CO at project level
Education
Master of Arts - Development Economics
Unity University
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia01.2014
Bachelor of Arts - Accounting
Addis Ababa University
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia08-1993
Skills
- Windows
- MS OFFICE
- SUN/VISION
- QuickBooks
- Saga
Websites
Languages
English
Amharic
Afan Oromo
Arabic
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 08/19/70
- Gender: Male
- Marital Status: Married
Timeline
Operations and Grant Adviser
O-YES Global Foundation
05.2024 - Current
Finance Adviser
DACAAR
04.2023 - 04.2024
Grant Manager
DEXIS - ESP USAID
03.2022 - 03.2023
Grant Administrator
NURAS / FCDO
04.2021 - 03.2022
Program Project Controller – Health
Cordaid
12.2020 - 12.2021
Head of Finance
FARM Africa
02.2019 - 11.2020
Finance and Grants Director
PFMA
05.2015 - 01.2019
Country Finance Director
Merlin International
04.2013 - 04.2015
Consultant - Financial and Grants Management, Capacity Building and Project planning
Vanguard consultancy service
05.2011 - 03.2013
Finance and Grants Manager
European Union – Ethiopian Civil Society Fund Program
02.2008 - 03.2011
Finance and Administration Manager
International Development Enterprises
02.2007 - 01.2008
Internal Auditor & Trainer
FARM Africa
11.2006 - 02.2007
Senior Program Finance Officer
FARM Africa / SOS Participatory Forest Management Program
12.2003 - 10.2006
Project Admin & Finance Officer
FARM Africa Konso Capacity Building Project
07.2000 - 11.2003
Master of Arts - Development Economics
Unity University
Bachelor of Arts - Accounting
Addis Ababa University
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