Anwar Tamiz

• Lead financial reporting, accounting operations, and compliance, ensuring adherence to GAAP standards. • Oversee month-end and year-end close processes, optimizing accuracy and efficiency. • Developed and implemented internal controls to enhance financial transparency and mitigate risks. • Partner with executive leadership on budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning. • Spearheaded process automation initiatives such as Limelight and Shopify, reducing manual efforts by 30% and improving reporting efficiency.

• Optimized payroll and benefits administration, ensuring 100% accuracy in bi-weekly payroll processing while streamlining benefit contributions and retirement audits, reducing errors and ensuring compliance with plan requirements. • Led and streamlined annual financial audits, implementing strong fiscal controls and risk mitigation strategies that resulted in zero audit findings and improved regulatory adherence. • Implemented OnPlan FP&A software and restructured financial reporting, automating reporting, improving forecast accuracy, and reducing reporting time by 20%.

• Managed 32 grants, enhancing budgeting and forecasting accuracy through compliance with local, state, and federal guidelines (2 CFR Part 200). • Streamlined financial reporting, balance sheet reconciliation, and audit preparation, improving financial accuracy and operational readiness. • Conducted variance analysis to support senior management in decision-making, providing insights into grant revenue and accounts receivable.

• Directed financial planning for international projects across Asia and Africa, managing budgets exceeding $25M annually. • Implemented multiple financial systems to standardize accounting processes across multiple project sites and improved reporting accuracy with clean audits. • Negotiated indirect cost rates with funding agencies, increasing recovery of overhead costs to 15%. • Led risk management initiatives, ensuring full compliance with USAID, UN, and other grantor requirements.

• Re-evaluated, designed, and implemented document process flow for payments that decreased the payment process from 35 hours to 28 hours. • Led financial due diligence for subrecipients and partners, ensuring compliance with grant agreements and best financial practices. • Led financial training sessions for project teams, increasing compliance rates and financial literacy among program staff.

A scholarship recipient at Global MBA at Bologna Business School specializing in corporate finance for batch 2017-2018 class. The coursework will conclude in June of '18, to be followed by an internship in the summer or autumn.

A full scholarship recipient at RUHR University of Bochum, Germany for a year for Advanced Bachelor Upgrading Program specializing in Economics and Management.

A full scholarship recipient at Symbiosis Society College of Arts & Commerce for my bachelor degree at commerce, specializing in banking and finance.