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      "startDate": "2009",
      "endDate": "2013",
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        "Handled general accounting functions",
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        "Managed accounting operations and financial reporting for World Vision Regional Office",
        "Ensured compliance with donor regulations and internal controls"
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      "company": "World Vision CAR",
      "position": "Grants Finance Coordinator",
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      "startDate": "2015-01",
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        "Supported Finance Director in financial accounting and compliance for donor-funded projects (BHA, USAID, WFP, UNICEF, EU, DFID, FDCO, Global Fund)",
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        "Prepared and analyzed donor financial reports ensuring timeliness and regulatory compliance",
        "Assisted audit preparations, responded to queries, and implemented recommendations",
        "Led capacity-building initiatives and finance staff training for teams and partners",
        "Directed accounting data migration (2014–2016) to centralized Sun System platform, improving data integrity and reporting",
        "Contributed to expanding budget portfolio from $400K to $10M and upgrading office to National Office"
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      "startDate": "2018-11",
      "endDate": "2022-01",
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        "Led South Kivu office finance operations and supply chain, managing an annual budget over $30M from private and government sources",
        "Ensured financial efficiency and transparency to meet donor requirements including GLOBAL FUND, WORLD BANK, and USAID",
        "Developed and delivered finance policies and procedure training to stakeholders and partners",
        "Coordinated external and internal audit preparations and implemented recommendations",
        "Provided monthly financial data and analysis to support benchmarks and resource allocation",
        "Developed anti-corruption and fraud strategies, significantly reducing incidents"
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      "startDate": "2023-08",
      "endDate": "2025-01",
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        "Supervised accounting operations, financial, risk, and grant management for Cordaid and 30 partners within a $144M HIV-TB-COVID19 project across 24 DRC provinces",
        "Verified and approved accounting documents justifying expenditure by Cordaid or its partners",
        "Performed monthly bank reconciliations and validations on all Cordaid and partner bank accounts",
        "Coordinated digitization and archiving of financial documents with a logical nomenclature",
        "Managed and developed the accounting team through training",
        "Prepared and shared monthly financial statements for grants with donors and management",
        "Led implementation of online and mobile money payments in areas without bank access",
        "Led internal and external audits and formed a task force for monthly partner field visits to reduce ineligible costs"
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      "degree": "Master 2 Finance & Accounting",
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      "degree": "Master 1 Finance & Accounting"
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