CURRICULUM VITAE
Mabinty Bindi
Clifton Height
*************@*****.***
Personal Profile:
Date of Birth: 26th December, 1978.
Place of Birth: Koidu Town, Kono District
Nationality: Sierra Leonean
Region: Christian
Gender: Female
Marrital Status: Married with four Children
Languages spoken: English, Mandingo, Krio, Temne
GENERAL COMPETENCIES:
I am a dedicated and enthusiastic financially and Administrative minded person with an experience from both international and national organizations including Government.
I posses excellent interpersonal skills, organizational skills I enjoyed been part of, as well as managing and motivating a successful and productive team.
Demonstrates commitment to an Organization’s mission, vision and values.
Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
Knowledge of Atlas
Ability to share knowledge and experience
Actively works towards continuing personal learning, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills
Ability to perform a variety of specialized tasks related to Results Management, including support to design, planning and implementation of programme, managing data, reporting.
Ability to provide input to business processes re-engineering, implementation of new system.
Responds positively to feedback and focuses on result for the client
Consistently approaches work with a positive constructive attitude and energy
Excellent communications (written and oral) skills and negotiate concisely.
Remains calm, in control and good sense of humor even under pressure
Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities
Undaunted by having to start new ventures and could thrive in a highly pressurizes and challenging working environment,
Ability to handle multiple tasks effective and working with minimum supervision,
Good command of computer software packages & office machines, ability to compute all forms of taxes, preparation and management of budget( including programmes, projects, government, small and large scale businesses) payroll and payment of salaries and other conditions of service to staff, good drafting and word-processing skills etc
Able to work in a cross – cultural environment,
Ability to learn and adopt easily, and demonstrate administrative rules and regulations effectively and efficiently,
Ability to handle both stores & Purchasing of any organization based on their system.
Always enjoy working to drive for result, applying technical expertise in the job, adapting and responding to change and follow instructions and procedures required by the organization, planning and organizing, Strong technical skills in supply chain Professional integrity and accountability.
Knowledge of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), budgeting and innovation in line with public finance reform; fiscal management skills and business processing for both national and International Organizations.
Demonstrated professional ability and mastery of principles, techniques and practices related to one or more specialized services in a broad range of human resources, financial, IT, procurement communication, conference, records management and general administrative areas in an international and/or public sector institutions
As the head/manager of the finance department, responsible for all financial matters of the Commission on Small Arms. Budgetary principles and practices, budget development and financial administration of resources and ability to develop budgetary policies, formulate new strategies /policies/programmes and technical approaches to budgetary matters, procedures, procurement.
To conclude, I like to work in multi-dimensional task as the case may be.
Other key COMPETENCIES:
Financial management
Budget Management
Administration/Logistics
Procurement
Project Management
Leadership Skills
Reporting
Communication Support
Sharing Knowledge
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
2019-2021 M.Phil. Accounting & Finance( Awaiting Graduation)
Fourah Bay College (FBC)
University of Sierra Leone
Course modules include: Advance Auditing and Assurance, Advance Financial Reporting, Advance Financial Mgt, Public Finance, Public Policy, Advance Strategic Mgt, Mgt Information System, Advance Human Resources Mgt, Advance Performance Mgt, Corporate Reporting, Advance Corporate Governance & Thesis.
2010-2012 Masters in Business Administration (MBA)
Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM)
University of Sierra Leone
Course modules include: Accounting and Finance, Strategic Management, Management Information System, Marketing Management, Human Resource Management, Operations Management, Business Planning, Business Environment(Legal and Economics),Information Systems Management, Performance Management, Principles of Management, Research Methods, Enterprise &Entrepreneurship, Responsibility, Accountability and Finance, Managing Public Enterprise, Project Management, Governance and Leadership, Corporate Finance, Purchasing and Procurement, International Trade and Finance, Advance Marketing Management & Thesis.
2005 – 2006/07 B.SC. ( Hons) in Financial Services
Institute of Public Administration and Management (IPAM)
University of Sierra Leone
Courses Offered-4th Year (Final): Performance Management, Global Banking and Finance, Financial Regulations and Practices/Cash Management, Business Strategy, Corporate Strategy, Global Shipping Industry, Global Education, Global Tourism, Dissertation
Courses Offered- 2nd & 3rd Years:
Human Resources Management, Money Market and Financial Institution, Marketing Management, International Finance, Legal Framework and Business Law, Investment, Practices and Policies of Insurance, Term Papers and Group Presentations.
1999 – 2000 Higher National Diploma In Finance (MODULE A), College of Business Studies Modules include: Management Information System, Management Theory and Practice, Costing and Budgeting, Taxation.
1996–1999 Ordinary National Diploma in Business Studies (I&II),College of Business Studies
Modules include: Finance & Cost Accounting, Business Law, Information Technology, Quantitative Methods, Organizational Behaviour. Management
2001/2002 Certificate in Computer Application Software Operation
ARTFA COMPUTING CENTRE; in MS-DOS, MS Windows, MS Ward,
MS Excel, Access and Power Point.
1991 – 1994 Benevolent Secondary School – Makeni,
Form I - Form 5 (Completed fifth form with G.C.E ‘O’Level)
1995 Private - General Certificate of Education( G.C.E ‘O’Level)
SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Nov.09 – date Admin./Finance Officer(HEAD)
Sierra Leone National Commission on Small Arms
Office of the President, State House, Freetown
2009 – 2010 Admin. Finance Officer- Grade 10
Directorate of Small Arms, through ECOWAS Small Arms Support Prog.
(ECOSAP)/UNDP
Office of National Security
Office of the President, State House, Freetown
April – Dec.09 Project Officer- Admin./Finance( Consultancy)
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM – NOW UNWOMEN)
UN PBF–Grade 10
Project Management Unit Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender & Children’s Affairs, Freetown Sierra Leone.
Nov.2007–Feb.09 FINANCE ASSOCIATE (grade 7)
UNDP/Peace and Development unit, under the Supervision of
Head of Peace & Development Unit and Operations Manager
Oct. 05 – June 07 ACCOUNTS OFFICER
Regimanuel Gray (SL) Ltd., a Real Estates Developer in
Partnership with National Social Security and Insurance Trust
(NASSIT).
Dec.04 – Sept. 05 ACCOUNTANT
Western African Trading Company, Freetown Sierra Leone
Jun.03 – Oct.04 FINANCE ASSISTANT
International Medical Corps Sierra Leone (IMCSL)
CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH
CERTIFICATES
Over the years, I have received several trainings that had improved both my technical and professional efficiency. I have also attended and organized several workshops, seminars, conferences, meetings which bear huge relevance to Finance/Administration/Operations, programmes and projects/Procurements and distribution processes and other related services within the management of UN system programmes in general. Amongst others, the following are worth mentioned.
25th – 28th November,2019 – A Seminar for Strengthening the Bilateral Relation between the Mano River Union (MRU) member Countries including Civil Society and other UN partners (UNOWAS, UNDP, ICRC & ECOWAS Small Arms Unit) for Peace, Security and Development.
26th -27th Sept,2019 Commemoration of the Ten Years (10) of existence of the ECOWAS
Convention on Small Arms & Light Weapons in Niamey, Niger.
13th June, 2019 National Chief Finance Officers, Finance Summit organized by
African Consulting Group in Freetown and also one of the
awardees from the 100 professional awards on 6th July,2019
26th -27th July,2018 Strengthening ECOWAS operational Capacity to Integrate Gender in
the ECOWAS Peace and Security Architecture- Review of Small
Arms and Light Weapons Control Baseline Report in Abuja, Nigeria.
10th – 12th April, 2018- Represented Sierra Leone on the Regional Preparatory meeting for
West and Central Africa in Lome,Togo for the Third Review
Conference on UN Programme of Action (UNPoA) on Small Arms
and Light Weapons.
21st – 24thOct,2013 Represented Sierra Leone on a Regional Training Workshop for
the SALW NatCom’s on Resource Mobilization for the
Implementation of its Programmes in Abidjan, Cote d’lvoire.
9th – 16th Sept, 2010 UNREC/RECSA - Joint Learning Mission with Sierra Leone – on
Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Programme held in
Sierra Leone
17th – 30th May, 2010 Kofi Anan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC)
Training Programme in Small Arms and Light Weapons in Accra,
Ghana.
2008 UNDP - Online Training Programmes/Courses:
Financial Disclosure Policy, Core Concept of the Millennium Development Goals
(MDG’s) for Inter-Agencies, Procurement, Security,Ethics, Budgeting Essential,
EnterpriseRisk, Management, Fundamentals of Foreign Exchange,
,Prince2(Project/Programme Management.
HOBBIES: Volley Ball, Little children, Reading and listening to news
VII. PUBLICATION/RESEARCH
Research work- “The Impact Assessment of Public Financial Management Reforms
and Financial Operations in the Ministry of Finance”.
Thesis– “A Comparative Study of the Procurement System in a Government and Non-
Governmental Institution”. A Case Study of The United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) and the National Public Procurement
Authority (NPPA).
Thesis - “An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Financial Management System
in Government Institution. “ A Case Study of the Ministry of Finance “
VIII. LANGUAGE CAPACITY:
SPEAKING READING WRITING
INTERNATIONAL
English Very Good Very Good Very Good
LOCAL:
Krio Very Good Good Good
Mandingo Very Good Good Fair
Mende Very Good Fair Fair
Temne
IX. REFEREES
1. Mr. Wilphred S. Taylor
Programme Manager
Sierra Leone National Commission on Small Arms,
State Avenue, Freetown.
Mobile: 232-**-******
Email: *********@*****.***
*********@*****.***
2.Mr. Samuel Harbor
Former Deputy Country Director of Programmes
UNDP, Sierra Leone
Contact: ***********@*****.***
3.Mrs. Dorance Cooper
Program Manager
World Vision, South Sudan
Email: *********@*****.***
Contact: 232-**-******