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Mora Mkhosana

Mora Mkhosana

Faerie Glen

Summary

I possess more than 15 years financial management, grants and contract management; organizational capacity development experience for public, private, and non -profit organisations. Strong skills in donor reporting and compliance, capacity development services in the design and implementation of organizational systems, policies and procedures; budgeting, financial management, and accounting; internal controls and audit compliance, and procurement procedures. I have also worked with the public sector for the Ministry of Finance & Economic Development of Zimbabwe, providing support on key parastatals monitoring of expenditure, performance monitoring and evaluation of the major public enterprises, monitoring loans granted to these enterprises, and advised on corporate governance issues. Currently I am working for FHI 360 as the Regional Subaward and Operations Manager East and Southern Africa (ESARO) I am responsible for provision of oversight of bilateral projects and support for country offices in the East and Southern Africa region. The role ensures overall sub-award quality assurance, and management expertise to country offices and projects, providing professional expertise and technical training from pre-award to close-out of sub-awards, including the development of sub award solicitations, negotiation, preparation of sub-award packages, execution, monitoring and overall administration and support with the review of procurement and consultancy packages. The role will support ensuring full compliance with donor regulations and FHI 360 policies.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Regional Subaward and Operations Manager

FHI 360
- Current
  • Company Overview: FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions for human development
  • Responsible for provision of oversight of bilateral projects and support for country offices in the East and Southern Africa region
  • Ensures overall sub-award quality assurance, and management expertise to country offices and projects
  • Provides professional expertise and technical training from pre-award to close-out of sub-awards, including the development of sub award solicitations, negotiation, preparation of sub-award packages, execution, monitoring and overall administration and support with the review of procurement and consultancy packages
  • Supports ensuring full compliance with donor regulations and FHI 360 policies
  • FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions for human development

Contracts & Grants Manager

FHI 360
12.2015 - 03.2021
  • Company Overview: FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions for human development
  • Overseeing the solicitation process, coordinating the review of applications, negotiations with applicants, selection of sub-recipients, facilitating donor as well as internal approvals and closeout of completed awards
  • Overseeing the award negotiations of selected sub-recipients and clarification of sub-agreement as well as preparation of award letters and negotiation memorandum
  • Ensuring sub-recipients and contractors comply with terms and conditions in the signed contracts/sub-awards
  • Initiate and administer yearly contract and sub-award modifications and approvals such as lifting of specific conditions, scope adjustments, personnel changes, budget re-alignment, performance period and all related changes of sub agreements
  • Coordinate and consolidate responses and requests to and from contracted clients and sub-recipients
  • Monitor and ensure compliance with all USG Rules and Regulations
  • Ensuring that all grant related documentation including reporting, deliverables and related financial/ technical documentation are updated, completed and properly filed
  • Providing training and mentoring to partners on compliance with relevant rules, regulations, policies and procedures
  • In liaison with other staff, conduct site visits to partners to monitor compliance and provide guidance on any necessary corrective actions
  • Contribute to the development of systems, tools, templates, manuals, trainings, policies and procedures regarding contract management
  • Be a source to train other staff in standardized procedures for efficient sub-award management
  • Managing of the sub-agreements' close out process
  • FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions for human development

Grants & Contracts Officer

FHI 360
08.2014 - 11.2015
  • Company Overview: FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions for human development
  • Standardise administrative procedures for efficient award and subaward management
  • Reviewing and negotiating of critical award terms and conditions
  • Reviewing of contractor budgets for reasonableness, allocability and allowability of all costs and line items
  • Reviewing of contracts and consultants invoices
  • Manage and update contractual tracking tool and provide periodic status reports
  • Issuance of Annual programme statements, preparation for grant selection process, pre-award surveys and award negotiation
  • Maintain positive relations with clients, grantees
  • Development of Contractual documents
  • FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions for human development

Contracts Accountant

PACT SA
11.2011 - 07.2014
  • Maintenance of up-to-date contract matrices for all portfolios; updating of matrices when new contracts are issued, when contracts are modified and when payments are made
  • Monthly reconciliations of contracts matrices with Navigator financial system
  • Preparation of month-end sub-award summary matrices for contracts portfolios
  • Management & Monitoring of deliverable schedule and making follow ups with contractors on outstanding deliverables and invoices
  • Preparation of financial reports for donors and other relevant stakeholders as required
  • Preparation of financial supporting documents for audits as required
  • Preparation of monthly cashflow projections for the contract department for submission to the Finance Department
  • Upload sub awards budget in Navigator when contracts are issued as well as budget modifications
  • Contractor capacity building in terms of understanding financial aspects of budget preparations in line with USAID rules and regulations
  • Review of contractor budgets for reasonableness, allocability and allowability of all costs/line items; review of all supporting documents (i.e
  • Bio-data forms & Annual financial statements); preparation of staff rates/salary analysis and overhead rates analysis; and coordination of necessary revisions
  • Communication with contractor to ensure understanding of financial aspects of contracts
  • Provide Finance Department with approved payment documents necessary for Finance to prepare EFT and process payments
  • Process journals in Navigator for liquidations under advance & expense contracts and coordinate with finance

Consultant

01.2004 - 12.2006
  • I have offered consultancy services to a number of small to medium enterprises, on designing organizational systems, policies and procedures, internal controls, budgeting, preparation for Audit procedure to ensure audit compliance with statutory requirements
  • The companies range from security firms, road construction, media and design

Accountant

Ministry of Finance & Economic Development
06.2003 - 12.2006
  • Responsible for monitoring and evaluation of major Public Enterprises financial performance and risk management programs, advising the Government on privatization of Public enterprises
  • Monitoring of loans granted to these enterprises and advising Public Enterprises on Corporate Governance issues

Accounting Officer

Zimbabwe Power Company
01.2002 - 12.2002
  • Preparation of monthly financial accounts
  • Preparing monthly Bank reconciliation statements
  • Management of creditors
  • Preparation of Payroll
  • Inventory & Fixed Assets management
  • Staff Travel and Subsistence preparation and reconciliations
  • Receipting & Banking

Education

Masters in Business Administration -

Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA)
01.2021

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management -

Management College of Southern Africa
01.2019

Bachelor of Commerce - Financial Management

University of South Africa
01.2010

Higher National Diploma - Financial Accounting

Kwekwe Polytechnic
01.2002

Skills

  • Pastel
  • ACC PAC
  • Serenic Navigator System
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • PowerPoint

Physical Address

931 Tom Burke Street, Pretoria, Gauteng, 0181

References

  • Pamela Shoniwa, COIN Fund Manager, Power Africa Off-grid Project, Glenfield Office Park, Block F, Corner Glenwood & Oberon Avenue, Faerie Glen, Gauteng, 0081, South Africa, +27 (0)12 348 1304, pshoniwa@PowerAfrica-Offgrid.org
  • Elizabeth Kariuki, Senior Program Manager, FHI 360 Southern Africa Regional Office, 071 602 6551 or 012 762 4000, lkariuki@fhi360.org

Summary Of Working Experience

I possess more than 15 years financial management, grants and contract management; organizational capacity development experience for public, private, and non-profit organisations. Strong skills in donor reporting and compliance, capacity development services in the design and implementation of organizational systems, policies and procedures; budgeting, financial management, and accounting; internal controls and audit compliance, and procurement procedures. I have also worked with the public sector for the Ministry of Finance & Economic Development of Zimbabwe, providing support on key parastatals monitoring of expenditure, performance monitoring and evaluation of the major public enterprises, monitoring loans granted to these enterprises, and advised on corporate governance issues. Currently I am working for FHI 360 as the Regional Subaward and Operations Manager East and Southern Africa (ESARO). I am responsible for provision of oversight of bilateral projects and support for country offices in the East and Southern Africa region. The role ensures overall sub-award quality assurance, and management expertise to country offices and projects, providing professional expertise and technical training from pre-award to close-out of sub-awards, including the development of sub-award solicitations, negotiation, preparation of sub-award packages, execution, monitoring and overall administration and support with the review of procurement and consultancy packages. The role will support ensuring full compliance with donor regulations and FHI 360 policies.

Personal Information

  • ID Number: 8004250999186
  • Health Status: Excellent
  • Date of Birth: 04/25/80
  • Gender: Female
  • Nationality: Zimbabwean (SA Permanent Residence)
  • Driving License: Yes

Timeline

Contracts & Grants Manager - FHI 360
12.2015 - 03.2021
Grants & Contracts Officer - FHI 360
08.2014 - 11.2015
Contracts Accountant - PACT SA
11.2011 - 07.2014
Consultant -
01.2004 - 12.2006
Accountant - Ministry of Finance & Economic Development
06.2003 - 12.2006
Accounting Officer - Zimbabwe Power Company
01.2002 - 12.2002
Regional Subaward and Operations Manager - FHI 360
- Current
Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA) - Masters in Business Administration,
Management College of Southern Africa - Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management,
University of South Africa - Bachelor of Commerce, Financial Management
Kwekwe Polytechnic - Higher National Diploma, Financial Accounting

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