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Kalunde Simba

Dar es Salaam

Summary

Dedicated and results-driven Grants Manager with nine years of progressive experience in managing donor projects funded by USAID, FCDO, Standard Chartered, Mastercard, Cartier Foundation, WPF Foundation, WFP, TheirWorld, and Norad. Proven track record in securing, implementing, and overseeing grants to drive positive impact in various sectors. Adept at developing strong partnerships, ensuring compliance with funding requirements, and delivering measurable outcomes. Highly skilled in budget development and management, subgrant management, and proficient in optimizing grant management systems.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Grants Manager

BRAC Maendeleo Tanzania
10.2021 - Current
  • Perform monitoring of grants, grant spending, portfolio spending and perform further analysis to aid in the resolution of issues identified
  • Use Grant Management System and tools and monitor Country Office portfolio and performance in grant management
  • Maintain grant files in accordance with BRAC procedures
  • Act as Country Office super user and lead on the BRAC Grant Management System, its reporting functions, and ensuring adherence to system guidelines to promote data quality
  • Capacity build junior staff and promote learning in the grant management team
  • Coordinates and negotiates the drafting process for financial and narrative reports among different teams, ensuring submission deadlines are met and reports of high quality
  • Liaises with the donor/Affiliates regarding any clarifications on reporting dates or changing donor requirements and inform teams accordingly; update tracking systems
  • Facilitates Kick Off meetings with a diverse stakeholder group
  • Facilitates monthly Grant Review Meetings with a diverse stakeholder group, notes action commitments and follows up to ensure completion
  • Facilitates Close Out meetings and actions
  • Lead and coordinate Due Diligence of Downstream partners during grant implementation as needed
  • Supports adherence of complex donor compliance requirements across the Country Office and downstream partners through regular communication of compliance elements and training
  • Supports the Donor Contract review process by reviewing contracts with a compliance lens
  • Ensure vetting of all partners complete and evidenced
  • Draft sub-grant agreements using endorsed template packages and ensuring that all donor compliance requirements are passed down.

Senior Grants Officer

KPMG Advisory Limited
10.2018 - 01.2021
  • Review AcT2 partners’ work plan and budgets to align with DFID strategies in Implementation of AcT II Programme increasing government responsiveness and accountability through a strengthened civil society
  • Review set of financial reports for all contracted Local and international NGOs and other partners ensuring donor financial requirements rules and regulations are tailed
  • Ensure partner compliance with NGO policies of Tanzania
  • Conduct expenditure verification for the partners to ensure proper management of the donor fund
  • Ensure high quality of project and programme plans with effective delivery and fulfillment of objectives and utilization of budgets
  • Facilitate input from technical experts into project development and implementation
  • Jointly with partners, develop and monitor the implementation of exit strategies for projects/programs
  • Reconciling grantee income disbursed in relation to income declared and expenditure
  • Analyze and prepare monthly expenses report for AcT2 program
  • Identifying financial risk of partners and suggest risk mitigations policies
  • Follow up the financial performance of NGOs and advise ways of improving.

Grants and Finance Officer

Deloitte Consulting Limited
Mtwara
01.2017 - 09.2018
  • Ensure efficient budget management (Monitoring Activity Expenditures vs Approved budget)
  • Analyzed financial statements against forecasts to prepare high-level variance analysis
  • Providing capacity building to Sub Grantees on Financial Management and compliance to USAID rules & regulations
  • Coordinate and prepare trainings for volunteers and Health care workers
  • Collection of volunteer’s reports and facilitate volunteer’s payment
  • Prepare sub grantee payroll and payments of statutory to the authorities
  • Preparation of Monthly Activity Expenditure Analysis
  • Advise the technical team on budget implementation
  • A key focal person on financial risk management
  • Execute minor procurements and initiate major procurements and prepare documents for vendor payment
  • Assist office administration
  • Assist to develop Sub grantees modification contracts and preparation of implementing budget
  • Prepare and ensure that fixed asset registers for the regional office and sub grantees are well updated, and the assets have codes.

Grants Officer

Deloitte Consulting Limited
01.2015 - 01.2017
  • To support local government, faith based and civil society organization in managing finance and grants according to the USAID financial and grants management regulations
  • Preparation of sub grantee awards, budgets and managing of finance and expenditure of sub grantees to meet the sustainable development goals
  • Ensure that all accountabilities are updated, and all activities are carried out in accordance to agreed budget contained in the signed contract
  • Facilitate disbursements to sub grantees, and review financial reports from grantees and ensure compliance against program description and USAID rules and regulations before submission to the Senior Grants & Finance Officer
  • Identify and communicate capacity building needs for the sub Grantees
  • Monitor grantee advance and liquidation balances closely and ensure timely monthly liquidations
  • Prepare and upload Regional Mobile wallet payments
  • Capture sub grantee accountabilities in the Grants Management System (GMS)
  • Ensure that grant documentation is maintained according to Deloitte/ project standards and USAID policies so that they can be audited with minimal or less findings.

Education

Certified Public Accountant (CPA-T) -

10.2022

Master of Business Administration- Finance Management (MBA) -

12.2017

Bachelor of Arts in Economics -

11.2014

Skills

  • Knowledge on evaluation of the financial performance of the projects and organization at large
  • Communication Skills with demonstrated ability to listen carefully to comprehend user requirements, to present findings in the form of readily understandable documents, and to write and speak clearly in communicating complex ideas
  • Fund Management Skills
  • Compliance Monitoring
  • Budget monitoring
  • Partnership Development

Accomplishments

  • I have successfully streamlined the grants management processes for BRAC Maendeleo Tanzania, leading to the efficient issuance of new contracts following project completion.

References

  • Shukuru Musabila, Senior Manager Resource Acquisition and Fund Raising, BRAC Maendeleo Tanzania, Plot 17, CocaCola Rd Light Industrial Area - Mikocheni, Dar es Salaam, 105213, +255 767 140 140, shukuru.musabila@brac.net
  • Jacqueline Mwandu, Regional Program officer, Cross Roads International, +255 653 747 413, jaclynmwandu@gmail.com
  • Donart Chandika, Senior Manager Contracts and Partnership, HJFMRI, Mbeya, +255 754 626 995, donchandika@gmail.com

TRAININGS AND CERTIFICATIONS

· USAID   Financial Rules and Regulations Grants Cooperative for Non-US NGOs, Dar es   Salaam (2017)

· Understanding   and transitioning to the new USAID and CDC financial and compliance rules and   regulations, Dar es Salaam   (2015)

. Gender,Equality and Social Inclusion Trainings

Timeline

Grants Manager

BRAC Maendeleo Tanzania
10.2021 - Current

Senior Grants Officer

KPMG Advisory Limited
10.2018 - 01.2021

Grants and Finance Officer

Deloitte Consulting Limited
01.2017 - 09.2018

Grants Officer

Deloitte Consulting Limited
01.2015 - 01.2017

Certified Public Accountant (CPA-T) -

Master of Business Administration- Finance Management (MBA) -

Bachelor of Arts in Economics -

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