SAMUEL OYORTEY

• Responsible for identifying growth opportunities and organizational strategic direction in both the humanitarian (emergency & disaster relief) and development program portfolios
• Advocating for actions that incorporate humanitarian emergency and disaster resilience approaches
• Providing oversight and leading a large multi-cultural and disciplinary team in integrated development portfolio program in agriculture/nutrition/food-security, (climate change adaptation), health and education, livelihoods/economic empowerment for the vulnerable population - women and children and wildlife conservation
• Responsible for financial oversight, program/project budgeting processes, internal controls and monitoring
• In charge of resource mobilization and funding partners engagement and reporting processes
• Building and sustaining external relations with government ministries, development of partners and negotiating and managing MOUs, Field Level Agreements, Project Partnership Agreements and Tender contracts processes
• Developed coaching tools and mentoring of program/project management and leadership in policy processes, standard adherence, contracts, risk management and accountability
• Capacity strengthening for economic empowerment for farming cooperatives/groups, land conservation, re-afforestation, land consolidation for increased crop production, value chain addition, Agri-investment, linkages to finance and markets
• Promoting improved post-harvest management storage and post-harvest economic opportunities and appropriate technologies, warehousing construction in partnership with government and private sector
• Designed and developed program policy strategies - partnership, rights-based advocacy, mainstreaming gender, child rights and protection, communication for social change and cross-cutting issues.

• Facilitated agriculture projects for greenhouse and farm raised fish for the Maasai community
• Coordinated a program with the University of Michigan for Albino school children
• Created and implement budget for food security and livelihood project
• Wrote proposals for school building projects and for sponsorships
• Tracked budget by comparing the projected against actual including time tracking of the projects
• Trained CBOs on the concept of micro finance and how to access vision funding for local projects
• Prepared training manuals for capacity building and for monitoring and evaluation
• Developed innovative curriculum design for Training of Trainers and Area Development Plan sessions
• Train World Vision ADP staff on Six Sigma Certification
• Created a manual and training CBO's in capacity building and monitoring and evaluation
• Conducted child advocacy training for the Maasai communities on education and FGM
• Trained CBOs on proposal writing for donor funding
• Helped Organized and managed 300 boys and girls from 5 counties in Kenya with other NGO partners for a 1-week FGM advocacy and the alternative rite of passage project.

• Trained business owners on accounting entries and accounts reconciliations
• Implemented internal control system for proper bookkeeping
• Generated labor reports and reconciled intercompany accounts
• Implemented cost control system in allocation of cost
• Reviewed and prepared operating budget of the company
• Involved in the blueprint phase to define the project scope and planning for realization
• Participated in requirements gathering and scope definition together with business stakeholders through workshops using the SAP methodology
• Assisted in defining client's functional requirements and performed gap-fit analysis
• Configured the settings for creating G/L master records, retained earnings, field status groups, posting keys, created G/L accounts in the company code, account groups and reconciliation accounts
• Responsible for ensuring that multiple SAP projects are delivered within scope, quality, time and budget requirements
• Involved in the blueprint phase to define the project scope and planning for realization
• Participated in requirements gathering and scope definition together with business stakeholders through workshops using the SAP methodology
• Worked with the SAP data migration team to extract, clean, and to migrate data from legacy systems to SAP R/3
• Managed portfolio of functional and technical projects relating to its SAP systems
• Worked with clients to determine project definition and business requirements
• In charge of the contractual and administrative aspects of the SAP project
• Managed client and stakeholder relationships at project level
• Developed work plans and coordinated the activities of the project team and sub-team
• Managed project planning and scheduling.
• Improved client satisfaction by effectively managing multiple projects and consistently meeting deadlines.
• Developed innovative strategies for clients, resulting in increased revenue and business growth.

KAISER PERMANENTE, (2000-2004)
Financial Analyst/Accounting Supervisor
• Created labor distribution reports for all managers in the Georgia region.
• Approved and coded all HR related invoices for payment.
• Prepared budget and generated flex budget report for the Med-Group (Kaiser health care) in Georgia.
• Creation of inter-company reconciliation and control groups.
• Reconciled GL accounts and Payroll accounts.
• Responsible for research of invoices and tax audit analysis.
• Performed audit preparation and bank reconciliation.
• Analysis of revenue from field representatives.
• Managed, administered, coordinated, and supervised the operations of patient financial services functions for Kaiser health care and hospital service delivery. Organization, including patient insurance verification, billing, the revenue cycle, and cash and revenue collections.
• Analyzed and identify billing, patient accounting, and data collection problems and recommend corrective actions and procedural changes.
• Analyzed work processes and implemented procedural changes to maximize efficiency.
• Applied, and implemented Department policies and procedures as they relate to Patient Accounting.

• Enhanced payroll accuracy by conducting thorough audits and ensuring proper documentation of all transactions.
• Streamlined payroll processes for increased efficiency, implementing automated systems and software solutions.
• Resolved payroll discrepancies promptly, addressing employee concerns and maintaining satisfaction.
• Improved the timeliness of payroll processing by implementing new procedures and training team members on best practices.