Nuzhat Khandaker ACCA

Grant Administrator

• Handled incoming grant applications and assessed the financial dimension of applications
• Contributed to grant and programme development of different portfolios and regions,including desk research
• Owned and operated the grants administration system;analyzed and entered data;prepared write-ups;presented to Investment Committee;generated agreement and processed payment;prepared aggregated reports and fulfilled reporting requirements as requested by Global office
• Reviewed,analyzed and assessed project and financial reports for monitoring,evaluation and learning
• Contributed to annual operating plan,regional strategy development,interregional engagement and collaboration by actively sharing learnings,knowledge and experience
• Planned and organized workshops and partner convening meetings
• Developed and implemented workflow improvement strategies and plans to promote continuous improvement

Core member of Grantee Report Review

• Redesigned and developed meaningful reporting requirements to capture learning for knowledge management
• Led the development of financial reporting template that is being used globally

Regional Risk and Compliance Coordinator

• Performed control testing of grants to ensure compliance with due diligence policies and adherence to corresponding workflow processes at programme and grant level

Core Value and Quality Ambassador

• Developed interventions and engagements to uphold values & qualities and translate them from paper to practice

Achievement:

• Processed grants of USD 6 million annually of different countries and portfolios within Asia by working with partners based in Asia,Europe and North America while actively performing additional roles in collaboration with cross regional and global colleagues

Incubation at of early and growth stage social enterprises:

• Designed and executed programs to empower, incubate and scale entrepreneurs to develop sustainable business model
• Developed operational strategies for social enterprises to scale impact
• Collected confidential financial information,diagnosed financial position of social enterprises to construct comprehensive financial plans
• Collected and analyzed data to guide the enterprises on pricing, costing and budgeting by doing business and market research & analysis
• Monitored and evaluated the social enterprises' performance while approaching their problem with fresh mind and analytical strategies to resolve concerns

Business development of the organization:

• Prepared business proposals along with budgets for international funders, local partners and sponsors
• Prepared project wise financial reports and qualitative reports for international funders
• Identified new areas for business development through partnering with organizations from different sectors

Achievement :

• Tracked down hard-to-find partnerships in diverse sector to incubate 10 enterprises from ideation to early stage and scale 5 enterprises from early to growth stage

• Conducted examinations as per different international assessing boards' policies and procedures by leading a team of invigilators
• Actively listened to customers and invigilators, handled concerns quickly and escalated major issues to supervisor.

Achievement:

• Got promoted from Invigilator to Chief Invigilator within 4 months

• Prepared multiple financial reports along with analysis reports for two organizations
• Performed sales, accounts receivable, bank and loan reconciliations in different accounting software
• Prepared cost and variance analysis report to assist management in the budget monitoring process
• Facilitated strong financial performance results by boosting internal control systems and procedures.
• Mitigated process gaps and managed financial operational functions

Achievement:

Made responsible to take in the role of managing accounts of two organizations within 6 months of joining

• Understood and evaluated client’s internal system while collecting evidence for external or internal audit
• Performed analytical procedures on the variances arising in the account balances or classes of transactions
• Performed reconciliations and prepared trail balance and control accounts.
• Extracted and input data into accounting system for preparing final account
• Assisted in reporting to management on audit findings

Achievement:

• Besides external auditing,made a part of internal auditing demonstrated through effective task prioritization and great work ethic