Advisory Services
Five Ways to Engage Director-Level Finance Leadership
From an interim director placement to a single audit review, each engagement is scoped to your portfolio and starts with a direct conversation.
Sustainable Finance & Operations Advisory
I provide strategic financial planning that drives sustainability, supported by robust expenditure tracking and monitoring to ensure accountability. My expertise in internal controls and risk management strengthens organisational resilience, while clear donor reporting and compliance build trust and secure long-term funding.
Organisations wanting a focused financial planning and controls review without a full-time hire
Best for: Organisations wanting a focused financial planning and controls review without a full-time hire.
Timeframe: 4 weeks.
Investment: USD 500.
Interim Finance & Administration Director
Organisations facing a leadership gap in finance cannot afford a pause in donor compliance or reporting discipline. I step in as an interim Finance and Administration Director, bringing 22 years of multi-country humanitarian finance leadership from day one. Portfolios stay audit-ready and donor relationships stay protected while a permanent hire is secured.
NGOs and INGOs facing a finance leadership transition or gap
Best for: NGOs and INGOs facing a finance leadership transition or gap.
Scope: Duration and investment depend on portfolio size, confirmed after an initial conversation.
Grant Lifecycle & Subaward Compliance Advisory
Sub-grantees carry as much donor risk as the prime recipient, yet most organisations monitor them inconsistently. I design grant lifecycle frameworks and sub-grantee monitoring protocols that catch compliance gaps through structured reviews rather than after a failed audit. The result is a subaward portfolio donors can trust without constant escalation.
Organisations managing multiple sub-grantees or subaward partners
Best for: Organisations managing multiple sub-grantees or subaward partners.
Scope: Duration and investment depend on portfolio size, confirmed after an initial conversation.
Financial Systems Modernisation & ERP Rollout
Legacy financial processes slow every disbursement and every report behind them. I lead the rollout of ERP and digital payment systems, from Deltek Costpoint and IBM Cognos to Mpesa-integrated banking workflows, matched to the organisation's actual scale rather than a generic template. Teams leave with systems they can run independently.
Finance teams modernising legacy or manual financial processes
Best for: Finance teams modernising legacy or manual financial processes.
Scope: Duration and investment depend on system scope, confirmed after an initial conversation.
Crisis and Fragile-Context Finance Setup
Establishing financial control in a fragile or crisis-affected operating environment cannot wait for ideal conditions. I build banking infrastructure, disbursement controls and national finance capacity from the ground up, drawing on direct experience across Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. Programme funding stays uninterrupted from the first week of deployment.
Organisations launching or stabilising operations in fragile or crisis-affected contexts
Best for: Organisations launching or stabilising operations in fragile or crisis-affected contexts.
Scope: Duration and investment depend on deployment scope, confirmed after an initial conversation.
How It Works
A Straightforward Path From First Call to Handover
Discovery
A focused call to understand your portfolio, donor mix and the most pressing risk exposure.
Scope
A written engagement scope sized to your portfolio, confirmed before any work begins.
Delivery
The engagement itself, embedded with your team on the ground or fully remote.
Handover
Documented systems and a clean transition back to a permanent finance team.
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