SULTAN SALAH-UD-DIN

+92-300-510 6486 (Cell)

s.salahuddin@outlook.com
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CORE SKILLS, STRENGTHS AND EXPERIENCE

More than sixteen (16) years of work experience in the fields of operations, financial management,
financial analysis, grants management, inventory management, supply chain management, risk
management and auditing in development and emergency response in South Asia, South East Asia and
Africa (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Indonesia and Sudan).
Managed the financials, grants and budget of Save the Childrens (SCs) biggest ever (USD 177 million)
relief and development program in Aceh Indonesia for almost three years.
Expertise in grants management, sub grant management and donor compliance. Supervised and managed
32 contracts with sub grantees (Implementing Partners-IPs) in Aceh, Prepared budgets for and managed
grants from SC Alliance members, USAID, OFDA, USDOL, DEC, DFID, BPRM, UNHCR,UNDP,
UNICEF, DUTCH Govt. CIDA, EC, Sida, AECID and numerous private foundations like Gates, Packard,
Annie Casey, Exxon Mobil, Bank of America etc. Working knowledge of compliance issues regarding
OMB circular, A-122 and donor requirements. Working knowledge of startup, monitoring and close out
procedures. Worked along with programs for no cost extensions and close out of grants.
Familiar with country office strategic planning, risk management, emergency preparedness.
Expertise in evaluation and implementation of internal control and risk management systems and
knowledge of finance, administration, procurement, transportation, warehousing and HR policies
and procedures. Conducted internal audit and financial review assignments in different offices of Save the
Children in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indonesia and came up with recommendations for improvement in
internal control systems.
Working knowledge of HR procedures, hiring, capacity building/ training needs, maintenance of personnel
files, time sheets and performance management protocols.
Well aware of the international accounting and auditing standards and can help and coordinate
independently with both external and internal auditors.
Well acquainted to WFPs food security programs, conducted a detailed exercise of reconciliation of
financial records of WFPs huge food commodities distribution program being implemented by Save the
Children in North Afghanistan.
Strongly believe in Capacity Building of junior staff and trained the finance staff which enabled them to
work more efficiently and independently. Moreover, conducted training sessions on finance for non-
finance Personnel for program staff.
Good inter-personal, communication, writing and problem solving skills. A true team player. Familiar with
couple of accounting and financial soft ware systems including DacEasy, Quick Books, Peachtree, Sun
System and Aggresso. Expertise in MS- Office. Fluent in English, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Hindko and basic
knowledge of Persian, Dari, Bhasa Indonesia and Arabic.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Manager Finance- JFSP Dec 2016 to May 2017

Save the Children International
Juba, South Sudan

I served with Jonglai Food Security Program (JFSP), a USAID funded project in South Sudan, as Manager Finance
during this period. In this job I was responsible for overall financial management and reporting of the project and to
work closely with HR to ensure maintenance and implementation of time sheets and effort reporting system as
required by USAID rules and regulations. Moreover, I was also overseeing the process of budget management and
preparation of monthly Budgeted vs Actuals (BvA) reports. I oversaw donor compliance issues around payments,
procurements etc and ensured the same are in line with organizations policies and procedures. I got involved in
trainings and capacity building of finance and operations staff to improve their understanding of
financial/operational/procurement policies of the organization that helped to improve over all internal control
environment of the project. During this period I also facilitated couple of internal and external audits of the project.

Financial/ Operations/Risk Management Consultant July 2013 to Nov 2016

I worked in Pakistan, during this period, as a free-lance consultant with different national and international NGOs. I
have done project evaluations for some international donors during this period. Moreover, I also volunteered to build
capacity of finance staff of couple of national NGOs in Pakistan. Prepared policy manuals (Procurement, finance,
policies n procedures, sub grant/sub contract guidelines) and conducted trainings of operations staff in these NGOs.
Evaluated their internal control systems and suggested improvements. I am currently providing consultancy services
to number of local NGOs in Pakistan and designed control systems for them keeping in view their size, growth
potential, minimum acceptable standards and donor requirements. During the above mentioned period I have
provided services to the following organizations

Church World Service (CWS), Pakistan

Peace and development foundation, Pakistan
Save the Children, Pakistan
Education foundation, Pakistan
Sojhla for social change

Provincial Coordinator Finance and Operations Dec 2011 to June 2013

Save the Children, Sweden
North Darfur, Sudan

During this job with Save the Children, Sweden I was responsible to oversee the finance, grants, HR and operations
(Admin and logistics) and supervised four staff including Manager Operations. Oversaw and ensured timely,
accurate and efficient financial reporting, donor reporting, participated in proposal preparations. I conducted
trainings for the staff of SC and partners to build their capacity in finance, administration and logistics management.
In addition to above lead the HR and operations teams. I over saw the Logistics, supply chain and security related
day to day affairs. I ensured smooth hiring process, maintenance of personnel files, trainings and performance
management of more than sixty (60) employees of Darfur programs (Elfasher, Provincial HQ and two sub offices)
Represented SC in different UN/INGO forums related to security, finance and operations. Moreover, I was member
of the SMT and served as Acting Field Coordinator in the absence of Field Coordinator.
Facilitated external and internal audit of North Darfur operations of SC-Sweden.

Moreover, I was also responsible to review the financial reports of IPs and to provide support and trainings to their
staff to improve their capacity and efficiency in collaboration with respective program managers/sector coordinators.

Country Finance Manager Sep 2010 to Jun 2011

War Child Canada
West Darfur, Sudan

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I lead the finance team of War Child Canada (WCC) in Sudan country office and spent most of the time in West
Darfur (El-Geneina) during this job. My key responsibilities in this job included;

Financial reporting, donor reporting, training of national staff with War Child and partners in administrative and
financial controls. I played my role as member of the SMT in planning and strategic decision making . Worked as
Acting Country Director in the absence of Coutry director.

Worked closely with operations and logistics teams to ensure compliance to donors/ WCCs policies and
procedures.Provided trainings to finance, operations and security staff to build their capacity.
Facilitated external/internal audits and donor evaluations.

Financial Consultant Jan 1, 2009 to Sep 2010

I worked as free lance consultant. During this period, I did the following consultancies

1- Provided services to Save the Children USA, Afghanistan country office in the field of grants and budgets and
finalized twelve different proposals in coordination with Dy.Director Program Development- Afghanistan for further
submission to different donors including OFDA, USAID, BPRM, UNICEF, Bulgari etc

2- Worked with I-LED program of Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs (CNFA),a USAID contractor, in Pakistan
to review their grants awarding procedures and training of their staff in the districts.

3- Provided services to Save the Children, Pakistan country office in their newly established Emergency Response
Program for IDPs and helped in establishing offices in Mardan and Swabi districts. Trained newly hired finance and
admin staff in policies and procedures, financial reporting and compliance issues. Put in place the controls and
systems for efficient use of resources and timely reporting.

4- Worked as Senior Manager Finance/Grants in Afghanistan with Save the Children US. This was a short term
position. My responsibilities in this job included overall management of grants, donor reporting, preparation of new
budget proposals, preparation of monthly Budgeted vs Actual reports, compliance of rules and regulations of
different donors and trainings to finance and program staff on grants management and budget preparation and
enhancing their ability to understand Budgeted vs Actual (BvA) reports.

Save the Children Federation, Inc., Indonesia Country Office

Senior Manager Finance, Grants and Budgets Sep 2007- to Dec 31, 2008
Manager Finance & IT March 2006- to Sep 2007
Aceh Programs
Banda Aceh, Indonesia

I joined Aceh programs in March 2006 as Manager Finance and IT got promoted to the position of Senior Manager
Finance, Budgets and Grants in Sep 2007. My responsibilities in this job included

Financial management and reporting for Aceh programs. SC was working in four districts of Aceh.
Review of all district financial reports and consolidation of the same.
Oversaw the award procedures and compliance issues regarding sub grants/contracts with implementing
partners (32 IPs), review and analysis of finance reports from IPs to monitor progress and risk assessments
in collaboration with respective sector head and District Manager.
Assistance to project managers, sector heads and District managers to develop their annual budgets and
helping them to interpret BvA (Budget vs Actual reports) to monitor their activities and budgets
effectively.
Grants management and overseeing compliance issues.
Capacity building of national staff and staff of IPs was one of the most important responsibilities. I
managed to train the Aceh based finance/grants teams in SCs policies and procedures, internal control,
procurement cycle and documentation, Balance sheet schedules and financial reporting and improved the
overall quality of financial reporting.
Ensuring compliance of internal controls and better assets management.
Conducted periodic finance reviews in the districts and gave suggestions to improve the control
environment and also highlighted the requirement of trainings for support staff in finance, procurement
inventory management etc.
Represented finance in Aceh Management Team and gave suggestions regarding budgeting, financial
management, policies and procedures and internal controls.

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 Being a member of Supply Chain Management Group of Indonesia Country office suggested different
improvements in the Procurement Manual and improved coordination between procurement and finance
teams in Aceh.
Ensuring availability of sufficient funds in the bank to cater to the needs of programs and support units.
Worked closely with program managers to come up with better monthly cash projections to avoid piling up
idle cash in the banks.
Conducting financial assessment surveys and review of sub grantees. Monitoring the sub- grants and
ensuring compliance to sub grant management procedures.
Facilitation of internal, external and A133 audits.
Lead the IT team to support the IT needs of the programs and ensured adherence to IT policy of SC.

Save the Children Federation, Inc., Pakistan Field Office

Manager Finance
Haripur, Pakistan. February 2001- to February 2006

My responsibilities in this job were as follows

Overall financial management of SCs programs in Haripur, Abbotabad, Swabi and Swat districts of North
West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan.
Preparation of budgets and monitoring and analysis of expenses through variance reports (BvA reports).
Grant management and compliance functions to ensure that SC/US and donor requirements for financial
management are being fulfilled.
Current assets management and financial planning to ensure best possible use of the assets of the
organization for attaining the desired operational goals and program objectives.
Preparation of Program Operational Plans (POP) financials, involvement in Program Strategy Plans (PSP)
and assuring to meet the Minimum Operating Standards being set by the agency.
Capacity building of junior staff and conducting trainings and providing them an opportunity to enhance
their professional skills.
Ensuring compliance of internal control systems of the agency, pre audit of all payments and suggesting
any improvements in the Policies and Procedures manual.
Supervision of the preparation of programs payroll for approximately 150 staff.
Conducting of periodic internal audit of the stores and health facilities.
Supervision of the preparation of quarterly effort and severance reports.
Represented SC in meetings with UNHCRs provincial office in NWFP.
Worked as acting Program manager during the absence of Program manager and provided leadership to
both program and support staff.
Special Assignments and Achievements
Capacity building of Aceh finance team and nationalization of finance department in two years is
one of my biggest professional achievements.
Conducted a Risk Assessment exercise at Kabul Office in Afghanistan during 2001.
Carried out internal audit of WFPs food program in North Afghanistan being implemented by
SC/US. Visited Mazar e Sharif, Andkhoy and Sari pul offices in this regard.
Internal audit of Micro Credit program at Andkhoy, Afghanistan.
I was part of the team in PkFO, which tested and debugged the newly designed accounting
software SUNLIGHT II. PkFO staff has prepared this accounting software and I am well versed
in its usage.

Rural Development Project

Finance & Admin Coordinator
Haripur, Pakistan. June 1999 to December 2000

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Rural Development Project is an NGO working for the uplift of rural masses in District Haripur.

Responsible for all finance and administrative activities for projects programs in District Haripur.
Supervised six admin and two finance persons and reported directly to the managing director of the project.
Managed and tracked all the active grants and generated different financial reports for both management
purposes and for donors.
Strengthened capacity of projects staff and local CBOs to improve and implement better financial controls.
Provided logistics support and introduced an inventory management system for the organization.
Introduced a centralized filing system for all personnel record.
Provided administrative support through a team of four admin persons and helped the program staff to
conduct trainings and other program activities through out the District.

Army Welfare Trust

Finance Officer (Internal Audit)
Rawalpindi, Pakistan. October 1995 to May 1999

Army Welfare Trust (AWT) is one of the leading business organizations of Pakistan. It owns more than twenty-
two projects and companies in agriculture, industrial, financial & service sectors. AWT has subsidiaries like Askari
Commercial Bank Limited, Askari Leasing Limited, Askari General Insurance Company Limited, Askari Cement &
Askari Information Systems Limited. My responsibilities in this job included

Supervision of junior audit staff and reporting to GM(Internal Audit).

Pre-audit of all payments being made by head office to third parties.
To perform internal audit of different projects and companies of AWT.
Testing adequacy of internal controls and suggesting further improvements in over all control environment.
Preparation and submission of variance reports to the higher management.
Special current assets audits and evaluation of inventory control procedures.
Preparation & submission of audit reports to the MD through GM Audit.
Sajid Hussain & Co, Chartered Accountants
Audit Supervisor
Lahore, Pakistan. February 1994 to August 1995

My responsibilities in this audit firm of a Public Accountant were to supervise the work of audit trainees.

Certifications and Achievements

Certificate in Finance for non-Profits from Aga Khan Foundation

Certificate in Financial Analysis, concepts & Techniques from Pakistan Institute of Management, Karachi
Pakistan
Certificate in USAID rules and regulations from APVOFM.
Online Certifications from Brain Bench, USA in the following
Managing Accounts receivable
Managing Accounts payable
Writing & listening skills (English)
Education & Professional Trainings
Institute of Financial Consultants USA
Certified Financial Consultant and member of the Institute

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Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan Pakistan
5 years professional training/article ship in Accounting and Audit

University of the Punjab Lahore, Pakistan

Bachelor of Arts (Economics and Statistics)