Isaac Muonanu
Grant, Budget And Finance Specialist
Abuja,FC
Summary
A specialist with over 9 years of progressive experience in Programme Management, stakeholder engagement, capacity building, grant management, budget development and management, health financing, financial management. Managed fund exceeding $300million across USAID, Global Fund, DFID and BMGF Public health supported programs
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications
Work History
Public Health Administrative Management Specialist
US-Center For Disease Control And Prevention
Abuja, Abuja
01.2022 - Current
- Conduct periodic analysis to identify budgetary allocation and spending trends of Grantee - Oversee the administration and management of the PEPFAR grant with a value exceeding $50million - Supervise and ensure grantee compliance to award terms and conditions
- Conduct periodic budgetary analysis to identify budgetary allocation trends and suggestions to the organization on improvement
- Provide overall support programme management, ensuring strict adherence to policies and procedures and USG rules and regulations
- Oversee Pre-Award and Post award action required from grantees - Tracks status for upcoming proposal, award status, and modification status in different database systems
- Assists Grants Specialists with agreement dissemination, Regulatory Affairs approval tracking, and report tracking
- Checks group email box and disseminates emails to appropriate parties
- Provide ongoing support to the grantees with respect to program management, financial, reporting, and compliance issues
- Monitors activities to ensure adherence to scope of work
- Tracks outcomes and trends of programs
- Maintains archive of documents required to support pre/post award management
- Assist in identifying capacity-building needs related to compliance, in developing training plans and tools, and in implementing them
- Prepare budgets and various budgetary control reports.
Grants Budget Manager and Analyst
NACA Global Fund, FCT
Abuja , Abuja
03.2018 - 01.2019
- Led in the budget development, costing and submission of three Global Fund grant amounting over a $100million
- Managed and oversaw the implementation of over $100 million grant activities across the country, leading to the Reduction of budget overrun and ineligible by 99% - Led on budget development for proposals and award modifications
- Provide ongoing support to the grantees with respect to program management, financial, reporting, and compliance issues
- Assist in identifying capacity-building needs related to compliance, in developing training plans and tools, and in implementing them
- Prepared budgets and various budgetary control reports
- This include plan/forecast, prepare, approve, monitor
- Mentored and coached the junior staff.
Technical Advisor
Malaria Consortium －CountryOffice
07.2019 - Current
- Budgeting, Health financing and Financial Management -
- Led a team of over 50 individuals across the FCT and six programmers’ states in the implementation of the project’s health financing, budgeting and financial management strategies
- Developed guidance documents on how budgeting and financing of malaria interventions should be embedded within the health systems at the Federal level and six programmes state
- Develops and manages program plans from inception to deployment, applying project management methodology and enforcing best practice standards
- Led in building programme capacity in the areas of health financing, budgeting, and financial management approaches through writing of capacity building tools, conducting trainings and work guidance documents
Grants and Awards Officer
National Agency For The Control Of AIDS
Abuja, Abuja
01.2017 - 03.2018
- Compliance officer- NACA Global Fund HIV/AIDS Grant, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) － Abuja, - Reviewed payment and journal vouchers, to ensure complete support documentation and compliance with regulations
- Supported the capacity building to build skills in Award management for officers
- Assists Grants Specialists with compliance tracking
- Supported a team that achieved a 99% reduction of audit queries and cases of ineligible payments
- Participated in the development, maintenance, dissemination, and continual process improvement of standard operating procedures
- Mentored and coached the junior staff.
Programme and Financial Management Analyst
Bill &Melinda Gates foundation
07.2014 - 09.2018
- 1.4 Million NACA/, PrEP Demonstration Study in Nigeria
- Provided overall support programme management, ensuring strict adherence to policies and procedures and BMGF rules and regulations
- Assisted the coordinator in oversight and day to day management and administration of agency grants and cooperative agreements to support and promote effective and coordinated implementation
- Manages budget, including monitoring revenues and expenditures
- Coordinates purchases, subcontract actions, and hiring
- Interacts with project stakeholders, under guidance of other Program Management staff, by facilitating information flow between research staff, Principal Investigators, project sponsors, research administrators in the administration of agreements and contracts and research compliance
- Provided training and/or capacity building to field staff on proposal budget development, financial reporting, and other finance related matters at the University of Jos teaching hospital, NAUTH Nnewi and
Senior finance officer
NACA Global Fund
11.2013 - 03.2017
- National Agency for the Control of AIDS NACA - Supervised the coding and posting documents into the SAP system, manage project bank accounts, coordinate fund transfers with the banks, and ensure prompt remittance of Tax deducted from vendors
- Provided support in the preparation of banking reports, cash balance reports, monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements
- Oversaw the 100% elimination of cases of posting backlogs.
Education
MBA Executive Master - Business Administration
Quantic School of Business And Technology
Washington DC 03.2022 - 05.2023
Bachelor Of Accountancy - Accounting
University ofJos－ Jos
Plateau State Nigeria 05.2006 - 06.2010
Skills
Excellent communication skills including written and oral communicationsAdvanced computer skills– includeInternet, Word, Excel, R, SQL and database use and managementBusiness and financial analysisAbility to manage budgets, to include forecasting, monitoring, and tracking trendsKnowledge of organizational objectives and office automationAbility to work completely independently, use sound judgement in solving problems, and coordinateMany complex systems and programs simultaneouslyKnowledge of project management principles, and good communications, customer/client relationshipSkills and people management experienceBudget development, financial analysis, budget formulation and budget managementKnowledge of Uniform Guidance - A government-wide framework for grants managementKnowledge of project management principles, and customer/client relationship skills and peopleManagement experience
Self-Motivated
Organization and Time Management
Interpersonal Communication
Project Management
Financial management
Certification
[Associate Chartered Accountant of Nigeria ] indefinite
Timeline
HHS- Budget Analysis and Review for Grant Management Specialist
08-2023
Financial modeling and Valuation Analyst-FMVA
08-2022
MBA Executive Master - Business Administration
Quantic School of Business And Technology
03.2022 - 05.2023
Google Data Analytics certification
02-2022
Public Health Administrative Management Specialist
US-Center For Disease Control And Prevention
01.2022 - Current
Technical Advisor
Malaria Consortium －CountryOffice
07.2019 - Current
Grants Budget Manager and Analyst
NACA Global Fund, FCT
03.2018 - 01.2019
Grants and Awards Officer
National Agency For The Control Of AIDS
01.2017 - 03.2018
SAP certified Applications Associate financial Accounting
08-2016
Programme and Financial Management Analyst
Bill &Melinda Gates foundation
07.2014 - 09.2018
Senior finance officer
NACA Global Fund
11.2013 - 03.2017
[Associate Chartered Accountant of Nigeria ] indefinite
07-2013
Bachelor Of Accountancy - Accounting
University ofJos－ Jos
05.2006 - 06.2010