Hi, I’m
Taskina Hadi
Taskina Hadi,Essex
Summary
I am a Qualified Chartered Certified Accountant with more than 13 years of experience in charity finance and International Development sector. During this period, I have served as a key finance personnel in reputed and pioneering NGOs. I specialize in Budget management and proposal development Management Accounts for different stakeholders. Financial strategy mapping and business development Donor reporting and compliance Audit and Assurance Addressing Financial risk and mitigation plan. I have been the key finance contact for managing high value programmes funded by FCDO, EU and UN. I have experience managing large and diverse team. I am a firm believer of Finance Business Partnering model and like to work in a team with an aim to add values in cost recovery, new business plans and financial risk minimization. Some of my recent achievements are: Leading DEFRA Proposal development and successfully receiving a grant of 10M GBP (Nepal, India and Thailand) Leading Proposal development for USIAD funding in Nepal and Thailand for grants worth 8M USD. Developing Standard operational procedures (SOP) for partner's engagement in local offices and assessing financial components. Lead organizational budget for a turnover of 26M GBP. Developing SOP for proposal development, Budget review, template design. Drafting policy on financial reporting standards (donor) and compliance review. Astute [Job Title] with extensive experience managing high-value company budgets. Coordinated commercial strategy planning and implementation for enhanced business growth. Exceeded financial targets through expert team leadership and development.
Overview
13
years of professional experience
Work history
ZSLLondon
International Finance Business Partner
02.2021 - Current
Job overview
- It's a key position within the International Finance Team, involving the management of donor budgets and reporting, the support of the Conservation & Policy Programme (C&P) and finance teams in London and overseas, ensuring the strong management of donor funds and conservation programme delivery and supporting ZSL systems, policies, and procedures overseas
- Key Tasks:
- Build strong financial performance reporting and forecasting to donors, Conservation and Policy budget holders and management
- Review Donor reports and invoices for accuracy and timely submission
- Manage the reporting and forecasting of staff and cost recoveries
- Working with the Fund-raising team on proposal development process, ensuring that competitive, accurate and sustainable cost proposals are submitted for competitive and
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Resear, Bangladesh
Senior Manager
01.2018 - 01.2021
Job overview
- ICDDR, B, DHAKA BANGLADESH
- As the head of Budget and planning department of ICDDRB I was responsible for effective use of financial resources, supervise budget and forecast development process (restricted and unrestricted), implement robust budgetary control and allocation systems with the objective of improving financial performance, fund accounting and financial reporting standards WITHIN the policies and guidelines of Finance function
- Key Tasks:
- Part of the Financial Strategy team responsible for drafting SOP and process mapping
- Supervising a large team of Finance managers who worked on restricted funds/projects reporting for donors such as, DFID/FCDO, EU, USAID
- Responsible for Budget Operations and Management that included full project life-cycle support to programmes and the donor teams on budget and proposal development, project initiation, project management and project close
- Leading the capacity building programme for finance and programme team members for budget management and project finance
- Receivable Management, ensure grant income, fees income and performance related pay is posted accurately and monthly accurately
- Provided line management support and technical expertise to the Budget management team to enable personal and technical development, including training and mentoring.
the Children UK
Finance Business Partner
02.2014 - 11.2017
Job overview
- Tasks:
- Provide strategic and financial decision support to the Humanitarian and Programme Partnerships teams and country finance staff where appropriate for all [LACMEESA] programmes to underpin strong financial performance
- Prepare monthly reporting for, and lead monthly business reviews with the assigned teams and communicate understanding of financial performance
- Prepare, consolidate, and report financial plans for the Humanitarian and Programme Partnerships teams for all [LACMEESA] programmes
- Analyse and comment on proposed financial plans, support budget holders and pro-actively challenge them during the process
- Focus on strategic Finance requirements of the business, understanding the business model and what this means for Finance
- Communicate and advocate these priorities to the wider Finance team
Care International UK
management Officer
08.2013 - 12.2013
Job overview
- Responsible for assessing new funding proposals set up in compliance with CIUK (Care International UK) policies and procedures and advise and support Project Leads on issues of risk and liability
- Prepare and submit monthly/quarterly invoices, including Mission buy-in and sub-award spends, to Donor with support from Donor Reporting team
- I was responsible for building strong and effective relationships with key staff and counterparts in CI country offices and coordinate the provision of appropriate support for the effective delivery of quality reports
- Contribute to the achievement of overall account portfolio targets, working closely with the Business Development Manager and Head of Regional Portfolio
- Review reports to ensure systemic and operational overspend/ under spend are included in future budgets
- Coordinate audits and assist partners and in-country staff in preparing for audits
- Monitor financial performance and efficiency of the various projects and recommend areas of improvement
- Review call documents and ensure contractual requirements are understood.
Swiss Development corporation
Finance Controller
07.2012 - 07.2013
Job overview
- Key Tasks:
- Advice and support Local and international NGOs on donor financial reporting (Specific SDC Template) understanding donor requirements etc
- To make them more efficient in terms of providing quality reports
- Provided support to partner NGOs (Funded by SDC) in all aspects of financial management of externally funded project funding allocations, exchange rate impact, interest calculations, agency support costs, income monitoring etc
- Held regular training, workshop and guideline report regarding donor financial reporting and compliance
- Assess the monitor the financial and monitoring report provided by the local and international partner NGOs for compliance, accuracy, relevancy with the donor requirement
- Only upon successful review of the report next funding installment was disbursed
- Reconcile, partner NGOs submitted donor report with the organizations own accounting system (Navision and SAP)
United Nations Development Programme
Programme Finance Associate
11.2011 - 05.2012
Job overview
- Provide active support in mitigating the HQ requirement especially on Finance related services to the programme team
- Provide support to Management of the CO Programme team, while preparing donor reports (to EC, DFID, CIDA etc.)
- Assessing the programme's outcome and output in terms with the donor's requirement and long-term strategy
- Preparing reports (to be submitted to donors) on resource management and results of the programme
- Holding workshops and training sessions for the programme and finance team regarding donor requirement and compliance policy
- (EU, DFID, SIDA, SDC and CIDA)
- Translate complex financial concepts to individuals at all levels including finance and non-finance managers.
Save the Children
Country Finance Manager
08.2011 - 10.2011
Job overview
- Overall supervision of the Finance department
- Budget management and strategy planning
- Expert budget supervision and variance Analysis
- Liaison with all the SC partners (Australia, UK and USA) for a smooth transition towards the new Save the Children International
- Regular communication and reporting to the head office about the country office's performance and reporting efficiency for donor specific projects
- Supervision of the Payroll, PAYE section
- Review Monthly report for the SMT (Senior Management team)
- Review and assess the accuracy of the donor reporting prepared by the subordinates and Programme team
- Regular meeting held in terms updated donor reporting requirement, compliance issues etc
- Responsible for successful submission of yearly, quarterly donor reports to the funder.
Panos Network
Programme Finance Officer
05.2010 - 06.2011
Job overview
- Support and advice in the preparation of budgets for submission with funding proposals
- Provide Advice and support to the programme team on donor financial reporting - establishing audit trails, understanding donor requirements etc
- Liaise with the Head of Finance to ensure budgets for fundraising proposals are financially viable and accurate prior to submission to the donor agencies
- Provide advice for improved accounting software and other financial tools which will improve the budgeting process and financial reporting mechanisms for Programmes and Finance.
Education
Anglia Ruskin University
MASTER'S from INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING
Oxford Brookes University
BACHELOR'S from APPLIED ACCOUNTING
Skills
- Management accounting
- Cashflow forecasting
- Financial reporting and analysis
- Account development
- Expense reporting
- Teamwork and collaboration
Accomplishments
- Grants management
- Business development
- Cost containment
- Donor communications
- Capacity building
- Strategy development and drafting
Affiliations
ACCA Membership
Dec 2007
AAT membership
Languages
English
Fluent
Timeline
International Finance Business Partner
ZSL
02.2021 - Current
Senior Manager
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Resear
01.2018 - 01.2021
Finance Business Partner
the Children UK
02.2014 - 11.2017
management Officer
Care International UK
08.2013 - 12.2013
Finance Controller
Swiss Development corporation
07.2012 - 07.2013
Programme Finance Associate
United Nations Development Programme
11.2011 - 05.2012
Country Finance Manager
Save the Children
08.2011 - 10.2011
Programme Finance Officer
Panos Network
05.2010 - 06.2011
Anglia Ruskin University
MASTER'S from INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING
Oxford Brookes University
BACHELOR'S from APPLIED ACCOUNTING
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