James Kyalo

C-SUITE Financial leader with more than 25 years of experience leading international business strategies in finance, HR, procurement, supply chain and startup activities for commercial, donor (PEPFAR, USAID, DOD, DOS, HHS) and DFiD projects in the US, Africa, Middle East, Afghanistan, Eastern Europe, Turkey and the Caribbean. A Subject Matter Expert for financial operations supporting developing countries, international consultants and donor funded organizations worldwide in addition to: • Country Experience: Afghanistan, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Syria, Haiti, Liberia, Nigeria, Ghana, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda, Mozambique, Armenia, Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine • Strategy formulation: objective setting, resource mobilization, human capital development and executive alignment. • Financial Management/statements: Governments, Non-profit, commercial, banking, media, foundations, endowments. • Funding Streams: USAID, PEPFAR, DOD, HHS, DOS, Foundations, Endowments • Grants and Contracts: Pre-award (solicitation, risk analysis, due diligence, financial background, awarding, invoicing, billing, reporting, closing) • Cost and Pricing: RFPs, RFA’s, RFQ’s, Sources Sought, T&M, CPFF, Firm Fixed Price (FFP’s) contracts and cooperative agreements proposals, workplans and budgets. • New business: expert budget and cost proposal spreadsheets, NICRA, fee • Audits and controls: Big 4 (PWC, Deloitte, KPMG and Ernst & Young), CIA, CFE, COSO. • Procurement and Supply Chain Management: Freights (sea, air, Land), warehousing and distribution. • Payroll: international payroll systems (cloud biometric or electronic processing) • Private/Public partnerships: government, banks, legal counsels, medias, vendors, real estate, transportation and tax and regulations departments (local tax compliance) • Country operations: startups, registrations, local laws and regulations. • Financial reports: financial Statements, analysis and interpretation: GAAP/IFRS, FAR, NICRA • Merger & Acquisitions: Federal Payment System, LoC, States, federal, OMB-A-133, 2CFR200, 425s, 990 • Master’s degree: Accounting, Audits & Financial systems (Robert H Smith Business School, University of Maryland, US) • CPA (Kenya), CPA candidate, State of Maryland. • Languages: English, Swahili, French