Head of Operations, Strategy, and Capacity Building Support at Mission Internationale pour la Qualité des Finances (MICQUAFI) (2025-07 – Present)
- Designed financial platforms and sustainable economic models.
- Developed governance and compliance frameworks for new institutions
- Development of the growth strategy and coordination of operational teams.
- Assessment of risks related to credit applications and monitoring of projects financed by MICQUAFI
- Managed stakeholder relations with banks, insurers, and government agencies
- Transforms complex data into clear information products (reports, presentations, summaries) to guide management strategy and support decision-making
Programme Finance Associate/ Head of Programme management Support Unit (PMSU) at UN Women (2022-03 – 2025-06)
- Supervision of multi-country budget closures (Mali, Niger, and Côte d'Ivoire) and regional financial management.
- Preparation and monitoring of project budgets, with 97% forecast vs actual reliability; financial arbitration.
- Training of more than 10 implementing partners (governments, NGOs, CSOs) on UNOMEMMES administrative and operational procedures, increasing their autonomy by 40% and reducing errors and fraud by 80%.
- Coordinate the issuance of awards and maintain contract; Drafting of risk synthesis reports and recommendations to management
- Budgetary, financial, and sub-grant monitoring of joint projects to combat violent extremism (UNICEF UNFPA-UN Women) in northern Côte d'Ivoire
- Analytical project management: allocations, activity-based monitoring, cost center tracking, and variance analysis.
- Close collaboration with program departments for the deployment of corrective actions and monitoring of post-audit action plans.
- Team leader of the regional unit for drafting and deployment of SOPs in finance, procurement, treasury, and travel.
- Monitoring of financial exception reports for unusual activities or transactions, investigation of anomalies, and reporting of findings and/or recommendations for actions/decisions.
- Control and validation of financial transactions and programmatic operations in accordance with administrative and financial procedures (POM).
- Monitoring of Nex advance disbursements and their liquidation by implementing partners.
- Design, implementation, and monitoring of the Business Continuity Plan under the Business Operation System (BOS.2).
- Focal point for PSEAH (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment) and HACT (Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers).
Programme Finance Associate PMSU (Programme Management support Unit) at United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (2020-12 – 2022-02)
- Participation in risk mapping and monitoring of corrective action plans
- Verification of operational compliance with internal procedures and POPP control standards.
- Monitoring and evaluation of sub-recipients/partners to ensure effective financial risk management.
- Led technical and financial review of grant proposals submitted by NGOs and implementing partners, ensuring compliance with donor requirements and recommending funding decisions
- Support in strengthening internal control, compliance monitoring, and office performance indicators.
- Conducting prior control of performance indicators (dashboard, finance, procurement, human resources, BSC, GSSU) and correction of 85% of identified operational anomalies.
- Analyze and evaluate grant submissions for technical and budget soundness and compliance with donor regulations
- Detailed financial analysis and strategic decision support for programs totaling USD 17 million.
- Focal point for PSEAH (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment) and HACT (Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers).
- Establishment and monitoring of annual quality assurance plans (audits, micro-evaluations, and spot checks).
- Support to independent internal and external audits, achieving 90% compliance with issued recommendations.
- Implementation of internal billing mechanisms with a recovery rate above 90%.
Administrative, Accounting & Financial Manager at Nicolas Srouji Establishment Côte d'Ivoire (NSE-CI) now PORTEO BTP CI (2015-08 – 2020-11)
- Reconciliation of invoices with ongoing orders and deliveries, reducing discrepancies by 30% and improving payment accuracy by 40%.
- Participation in monthly and annual account closings and bank reconciliation.
- Controls and monitoring of budgets for major infrastructure construction projects (over 80 billion FCFA).
- Close collaboration with the procurement team to support negotiations of complex contracts, increasing profit margins by 10%.
- Monitoring and validation of HR payroll statements and social declarations (DISA, CNPS).
- Review and validation of general and analytical accounting data, conducting overall analysis (provisions, costs, cash flows).
- Design and implementation of a dashboard for monthly financial reports, improving budget transparency by 18%.
- Participation in the preparation of annual financial forecasts, identification and mitigation of potential risks.
- Monitoring and analysis of project budgets, reducing budget variances by 20% and recommending corrective measures.
- Preparation of tax and social declarations with 99% accuracy, thereby avoiding potential penalties.
- Participation in audit processes, ensuring compliance with Ivorian regulations and company policies.
Cost Controller – Asphalt Production Plant at Nicolas Srouji Establishment Côte d'Ivoire (NSE-CI) now PORTEO BTP CI (2015-01 – 2015-07)
- Developed pricing policy for finished products, increasing margins by 8%.
- Reduced production costs by 12% and material losses by 20%.
- Cut fuel costs by 25% and maintenance costs by 15%.
- Implemented dashboards to justify 8 billion FCFA in project costs.
- Improved inter-site billing recovery rate from 65% to 98%
Tax Accountant at Compagnie Ivoirienne d'Electricité (CIE) (2012-09 – 2014-04)
- Executed tax obligations (property, fuel, gas) with 98% accuracy.
- Maintained VAT documentation ensuring 100% compliance during audits.
- Implemented tax risk management tools, saving 5 billion FCFA.
- Conducted cost analysis of electricity interconnection projects across Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Ghana.
- Trained accountants on new tax regulations, reducing errors by 60%
