• Visionary Professional with commendable accomplishments across global international development and fundraising initiatives, and who can rise above challenges to boost the bottom line while driving winning outcomes.
• Top Performer who boasts above-average career results, and who can make decisions to reflect positively on operations in alignment with a company s vision, xxxxxxlue, and goals to attain a significant competitive adxxxxxxntage.
• Multilingual Communicator (French, Spanish, Wolof) who builds synergistic relationships with decision-makers, cross-functional teams, donors, and clients; who contributes regional experience in the Middle East; North, East, West, and Central Africa; and South Asia; and who excels in both autonomous and collaborative environments.

Senior Technical Assistance Officer

Global Partnerships Division ￨ Institute for Capacity Development

  Capitalize on the opportunity to lead forward-thinking donor relations and relationship-building efforts with new donors and external partners, including building bridges between IMF and a donor institution framework while implementing best practices in fundraising and donor relations and providing quality-assured reporting.

  Coordinate, manage, and participate in donor visits and consultations, and handle follow-ups on key issues.

  Prepare comprehensive communication and information materials for Technical Assistance (TA) vehicles to effectively promote awareness, establish partnerships, and support high-xxxxxxlue fundraising for TA programs.

  Establish monitoring benchmarks and performance indicators to assess performance accountability, coherence, and delivery of concrete and sustainable results, and ensure CD policies and procedures align with IMF interests.

  Draft policy papers, briefs, and program materials for management use or consideration, and draft papers to management and board presenting impact of alternative strategies and prioritize sequence of planned changes.

  Manage trust funds / subaccounts with a fiduciary responsibility per IMF procedures / policies and agreements.

  Actively researched potential donors while cultixxxxxxting new contacts (e.g. prixxxxxxte donors).

  Coordinated work of budget analysts regarding TA project budgets and monitored delivery.

  Led preparation of operational guidelines for working with main donors (e.g. JSA, Canada, EU).

  Led teams to develop new IMF-wide administrative systems to improve efficiency of CD program.

  Significantly contributed to CD design and program concepts in collaboration with IMF departments.

  Successfully raised external funds from donors / external partners for IMF Capacity Development (CD).

  Innoxxxxxxted structuring of new Technical Assistance (TA) vehicles in alignment with IMF and donor priorities.

  Personally contributed to all IMF CD policy / practices, charging, liquidity, delivery modalities, funding vehicles, and Results-Based Management (RBM), and reviewed policy alternatives to boost change success.

Regional Fundraising Coordinator

West & Central Africa Head Office

  Strategically steered conceptualization, development, and implementation of results-generating fundraising strategy to raise funds from bilateral donors and prixxxxxxte sector to finance projects across Sub-Saharan Africa.

  Led targeted research and identification of funding opportunities, including coordinating development and submission of high-quality proposals in alignment with program staff efforts to meet donor and SCS requirements.

  Exhibited up-to-date knowledge of donor activity at country, regional, and international levels and new grant opportunities, including ensuring staff was informed of opportunities and providing guidance on eligible projects.

Regional Fundraising Coordinator (continued)

West & Central Africa Head Office

  Collaborated with finance teams to ensure restricted income for West Africa was corrected per procedures.

  Increased and diversified funding base in the West Africa region.

  Initiated, built, and maintained relations with donors to benefit programs.

  Developed capacity building on proposal development and donor requirements.

  Proactively advised program teams on donor profiles, requirements, and packaging strategies.

  Identified new donors and researched and analyzed potential donors by coordinating research projects.

Institutional Funding Manager

Africa Head Office

  Utilized broad scope of industry knowledge toward developing a resource mobilization strategy and action plan for AEA for Africa, including establishing a process of implementation of dynamic strategy and action plan.

  Directed proposals and budget development process for all proposals to donors for regional and country development and emergency and post-emergency programs, along with monitoring grant budgets for compliance with donor requirements; reviewing budget realignment and grant cost-extension requests; developing budgets for new program activities; and monitoring expenditures to ensure compliance with budgets.

  Achieved excellence in client services by overseeing all contract management and donor database.

  Led internal, external, and grant reporting with programs and finance to ensure high-quality reports.

  Expertly identified key donor organizations and funding sources, and liaised among donors for grants.

  Conducted monitoring visits to field locations and provided capacity building and training for field staff.

  Effectively oriented multi-department staff to donor requirements and worked with teams for compliance.

  Ensured program compliance with internal control procedures, including holding grant opening / closure meetings on time for all grants, and further holding budget holders accountable for contract deviations.

Regional Funding Officer (2002 2006)

  Maximized bottom-line performance by researching and analyzing new donors (i.e. institutional donors, foundations, corporations, and individuals) while overseeing key donor activities and new grant opportunities.

  Served as primary contact with donor counterpart on project implementation, and coordinated and managed timely responses to donor queries while guaranteeing donors were informed of modifications, challenges, etc.

  Adhered to complete cycle of proposals and grants, including proposal writing and project design, annual work plans, operating budgets, submission, grant code assignment, interim reports, final reports, and financial reports.

  Supported critical Funding Unit in building the capacity of OXFAM at the country, regional, international affiliate, and inter-national office levels in effective funding acquisition and management processes and procedures.

  Developed quality control systems for monitoring and exxxxxxluation within the country.

  Guaranteed that implementing Country Office was fully aware of grant terms and conditions.

  Wrote proposals and budgets written to donor formats and guidelines for on-time submissions.

  Liaised among field staff responsible for projects and management of grant-funded project efforts.

  Ensured key compliance with donors contractual terms and conditions, reporting, and administration.

  Monitored grant-funded project efforts to meet grant expenditure target and adherence to internal policies.

Accounting Officer

  Contributed sharp analytical abilities toward handling accounts payable / receixxxxxxble, collections, payroll, and financial statements; developed and maintained records, and produced detailed monthly budgeting reports.

  Ensured that high-volume expenditures on local budgets were within financial limits and guidelines issued.

  Accurately maintained local high-volume budget records.

  Successfully managed Subordinate Post Accounts (i.e. Bamako, Conakry).

  Managed use of resources against British High Commission small grants scheme the official aid to small organizations managed through the DFID budget and further produced and disseminated FCO reports.

Head of Section Trade Opportunities Management

  Played a vital role in fundraising from individual donors and corporations to implement decentralization process of Trade Point to set up offices in remote areas for firm access to trade information and new data technologies.

  Increased efficiency of Senegalese traders by managing systems of opportunities and network of eCommerce.

  Developed strategies for trade opportunities collection, processing, xxxxxxlidation, and dissemination.

  Cost-effectively developed section s budget and verified expenditures were within financial guidelines.

Master of Arts in International Trade Universit Cheikh Anta Diop

Graduate Certificate in Non-Profit Management University of Illinois at Chicago

EU Study Visit BOND Training (Brussels)

Financial Management & Donor Relations BIOFORCE (Paris)

Understanding & Engaging with the EU BOND Training (London)

Office of Foreign Disaster Assistant (OFDA) Training OXFAM (Oxford)

Dynamics Accounts Software Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) (London)

International Workshop on Resource Mobilization The Resource Alliance (Bangalore)

Excellent Professional References Provided Upon Request