Coly Sylvain

Detail-oriented accounting assistant seeking a mid-level position where I can apply my experience with preparing balance sheets, financial statements and accounting reports.

Front Office & Finance Administrative Support - Marriot Crystan City - Arlington, VA

(2023-09)

• Serve as the first point of contact for visitors, staff, and vendors.
• Answer and route calls, emails, and inquiries to appropriate departments.
• Maintain a professional and organized reception area.
• Schedule and coordinate meetings, travel arrangements, and staff appointments.
• Maintain office supplies, inventory records, and vendor contact lists.
• Support document filing, archiving, and record management (paper and digital).
• Receive, record, and process invoices, receipts, and payment requests.
• Assist in preparing expense reports and reimbursement requests.
• Monitor petty cash and maintain accurate cash logs.

Account Manager - Department of Commerce, Senegal - Senegal

(2021-12 - 2023-05)

• Management of all tasks related to the development of projects and the search for funds in the department in collaboration with the board of directors.
• Decline, participate in the associative project, its implementation in a program of activities and the evaluation
• Motivate and supervise project leaders.
• Visit project sites and monitor and evaluate projects.
• Administrative and financial management of projects.
• Implement a project development strategy by promoting training and capacity building.
• Aid project leaders to formalize and find partners.
• Innovate, evaluate and deploy cross-functional actions.

Finance Officer - World Vison

(2018-07 - 2021-11)

• Established, controlled, and audited all finance and accounting systems.
• Prepared and distributed reports and financial statements to provide the commander and staff with adequate information on management, status of funds, and budget purposes.
• Planned, developed, and implemented changes to finance and accounting systems, which supported the overall mission and took advantage of advances in productivity and efficiency.
• Trained military and civilian personnel in all areas of financial management.
• Examined, controlled and certified military and civilian payrolls, travel, commercial accounts, non-appropriated fund, and other vouchers and claims.
• Prepared, consolidated, and analyzed financial data and management information systems reports at all command levels in support of the Planning, Programing, Budgeting and Execution System (PPBES) process.
• Advised on non-appropriate fund matters.

Portfolio Manager - NGO field survey

(2017-02 - 2018-07)

• Talk with CBOs from different localities, assess them and propose a CBO to the NGO to the lead to make contact with the potential clients.
• Guide the person throughout the investigation
• Perform data entry in forms and questionnaires
• Respect the time allotted for each questionnaire/form.
• Carry out a qualitative study with young people from the CCA, organize focus groups with local girls and boys.
• Perform data entry in the questionnaire form
• Process qualitative data with NVIVO software.
• Perform data entry into Kobo survey forms Collect

Bachelor - Finance and Accounting - Strayer University

License - Finance Accounting - Alioune Diop University of Bambey (2010 - 2013)