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Mukantwali Esperance

Ottawa,Canada
Mukantwali Esperance

Summary

Devoted Finance Associate adept at effectively completing complex tasks. Smart and talented with proficiency in Cloud ERP, Power BI and supportive attitude. Proven history of efficiency, accuracy and detail-oriented work.

Experienced with financial analysis and reporting. Utilizes financial modeling to support strategic decisions. Knowledge of regulatory compliance and risk management in finance operations.

Overview

18
years of professional experience

Work History

United Nations for High Commissioner

Admin/Finance Assistant
01.2019 - Current

Job overview

  • Processing day-to day financial transactions including accounts payable, accounts receivable, cheques processing and deposits
  • Maintaining financial records in accordance with UN financial rules, policies, and procedures
  • Timely processing of payments to suppliers, staff, partners, and processing payments in the online banking platform or manually using cheques
  • Issuing requisitions and purchase orders to suppliers
  • Reviewing the monthly expense reports to ensure payments are charged to the correct budget codes and accounting chart fields
  • Run different budget reports to monitor encumbrances, budget planning and prepare periodically budget meeting to senior managers for budget monitoring and decision making
  • Completing the bank reconciliation on time and ensure accurate and organized record keeping of all financial transactions
  • Issuing travel authorizations, travel entitlements and travel claims for staff and partners
  • Preparing and submitting the HST monthly to the Government and reconciling the open items when amounts are reimbursed
  • Perform monthly payment salaries for staff and other claims
  • Prepare, update, and maintain inventory records of non-expendable equipment for submission
  • Order and control stationary supplies
  • As HR partner; manage hiring recruitment process and finalized terminations in the HR system.

United Nations for World Food

Programme Officer / Head of Field Office East Zone
01.2017 - 01.2018

Job overview

  • Manage a field office of 15 staff in coaching, monitor and evaluate periodic performance evaluations for continuous improvement
  • Ensure the overall coordination and management of the Eastern zone field office with a broad range of projects, including project formulation, design, planning, monitoring, and management focused on achievement of WFP’s Organization priorities
  • Ensure efficient use of financial resources for achievement of set objectives: monitor allocated budgets for a sound financial management at the field level
  • Develop and sustain a strong partnership with local government authorities, international and local NGOs, UN agencies, donors, civil society, beneficiaries and other partners and media engagement in the field of food security

US Embassy

Administrative Assistant/Research and Evaluation
01.2015 - 01.2017

Job overview

  • Center for Disease Control and Prevention /, Assist the office of science in day-to day administrative and finance operations
  • Draft, edit and process protocol submission, amendments and continuation requests for research studies involving human subjects
  • Provide ethics and research technical assistance and consultation to programmatic and scientific staff and maintaining organized records of regulatory submissions
  • Provide technical and administrative assistance, travel arrangements and recommendations to the Deputy Director of Science and Research (DDRS)
  • Provide administrative assistance to Principal Investigators (PIs), Activity managers (AMs) for USG/PEPFAR –funded scientific program activities at CDC, Ministry of Health and other USG implementing partners
  • Work with DDRS and the Grants Manager to provide support for development, clearance and implantation of CDC funded research and monitor operation budget of grants.

Peace Corps /US Embassy

Executive Assistant
01.2014 - 01.2015

Job overview

  • Support Management Team with official correspondences, meetings and official events and represent the front desk and screen visitors, receive incoming calls, mails and e-mails, and redirected to different departments for Peace Corps office
  • Prepare disbursement for clearing advances of office expenses
  • Be knowledgeable and supportive of PC Rwanda safety and security policies and procedures, and report of suspicious incidents on time, persons, or articles
  • Coordinates with US Embassy agencies for movement and travels of staff outside the country.

Winrock International

Office Manager
01.2012 - 01.2014

Job overview

  • Provide operational support for Winrock International Country Office and assist to the Country Director in reporting, designing a work plan of the project
  • Office administration, oversee day –to day operations such as travel plans, meetings, fuel and driver’s management, petty cash and logistics
  • Review of monthly financial transactions, human resource management and legal matters
  • Assists the Finance and Operations Manager in insuring compliance of financial systems with Winrock policies and procedures
  • Participate in the procurement process of the Country Office to ensure that suppliers are meeting USAID rules in bid procedures, purchases and supplies of goods and services
  • Prepare travel authorization and organize field and outside travels arrangements

World Food Programme /United Nations

Administrative Assistant
01.2011 - 01.2012

Job overview

  • Draft and edit routine correspondence and take minutes for sub-office meetings
  • Set-up, classify and maintain files for official documents of the office
  • Prepare travel authorization and organize field travels arrangements
  • Compile weekly activity plan and provide reports
  • Perform inventory of the sub-office equipment and materials
  • Enter reports data from implementing partners into RMED monthly
  • Monitor staff attendance, leave and absence report in liaison with HR to establish a system of annual leave of sub-office staff

World Food Programme /United Nations

Logistic Assistant
01.2007 - 01.2010

Job overview

  • Provide support to logistics operations and activities, following standard processes and facilitating, directly or indirectly, the effective delivery of food assistance to beneficiaries
  • Supervise off-loading and loading of food and non- food commodities in the warehouse and ensure physical counts, random weight checks, inspection of the food are done according to UN WFP standard of warehouse system
  • Monitor and report on WFP food stocks in operation’s warehouses and coordinate periodic inventory
  • Assist in management of commodity accounting data quality and integrity
  • Process documentation for execution of logistics operations (e.g
  • Customs clearance, invoice verification), take appropriate actions to resolve operational issues escalating various issues to the supervisor
  • Liaise with internal and limited number of external stakeholders to support efficient logistics operations management
  • Support timely ordering and delivery of commodities and supplies to authorized partners and destinations.

Education

University of Rwanda
Kigali

MBA from Business Administration And Management
06-2016

University Overview

University of Rwanda
Kigali

BBA from Finance
12-2010

University Overview

Skills

  • Bank reconciliation
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Data entry
  • Accounts payable
  • Accounts receivable
  • Cash management
  • Payroll
  • Monthly reporting
  • Cash flow management

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
French
Native or Bilingual
Swahili
Professional Working
Kinyarwanda
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Admin/Finance Assistant
United Nations for High Commissioner
01.2019 - Current
Programme Officer / Head of Field Office East Zone
United Nations for World Food
01.2017 - 01.2018
Administrative Assistant/Research and Evaluation
US Embassy
01.2015 - 01.2017
Executive Assistant
Peace Corps /US Embassy
01.2014 - 01.2015
Office Manager
Winrock International
01.2012 - 01.2014
Administrative Assistant
World Food Programme /United Nations
01.2011 - 01.2012
Logistic Assistant
World Food Programme /United Nations
01.2007 - 01.2010
University of Rwanda
MBA from Business Administration And Management
University of Rwanda
BBA from Finance

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