Chapter II

Finance Career

13 years of progressive responsibility across healthcare, real estate, and international corporate environments — from multi-entity operations in Dubai to an $80M healthcare institution in Virginia.

“We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.”— MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

Feb 2026 – Present

Baltimore, MD (Remote)

Accounting & Grants Finance Consultant

Global Refuge (formerly LIRS)

Nonprofit · Grants & Compliance

♦Led complex general-ledger and grant reconciliation work across highly segmented accounts, validating approximately $400M in financial activity across 46 grant programs while maintaining strict documentation, compliance, and audit-readiness standards
♦Architected a company-wide purchasing and approval workflow within the Microsoft ecosystem, integrating the process with accounting systems to automate request intake, approval routing, approval tracking, activity logs, and reporting
♦Built Python, VBA, and Power Platform automations that reduced manual reconciliation and operational processing time by 25% while improving consistency, traceability, and control visibility
♦Strengthened audit readiness by organizing supporting schedules, improving transaction documentation, and ensuring clear linkage between approvals, reconciliations, and financial records

Nov 2020 – Jan 2026

Hampton, VA

Assistant Director of Finance

Hampton University Proton Cancer Institute

Healthcare · Proton Therapy

♦Served as Interim Finance Director for two non-consecutive years — overseeing an $80M annual operating budget and leading a 6-person finance team
♦Discovered $3M in unbilled revenue and recovered $800K in cash over two years via an automated revenue model achieving >92% estimate-to-actual accuracy
♦Delivered unqualified audit opinions with zero findings across all fiscal years
♦Directed full ERP migration to Sage Intacct — AI/ML automated bill processing, bank API integrations, and migration of 3,000 fixed assets
♦Built enterprise Tableau & Power BI dashboards as primary executive reporting tools, reducing reporting cycle time by 15%
♦Accelerated month-end close to 5 business days while maintaining GAAP compliance across all reconciliations and journal entries

Jun 2020 – Nov 2020

Virginia Beach, VA

Senior Accountant

Situation Solutions One, Inc.

Real Estate Investment

♦Sole finance and accounting lead reporting directly to CEO — supported acquisition, renovation, rental, and capital deployment decisions
♦Built vendor payment, lien tracking, and cost-control processes — reduced construction payment delays by 30% in five months
♦Improved portfolio efficiency 10% through renovation cost analysis, rental yield modeling, and return profiling
♦Increased available operating cash by 10% through cash forecasting, scenario analysis, and spend management

Jan 2018 – Feb 2020

Dubai, U.A.E.

General Accountant

SCP Building Materials Trading Group

Construction Materials · Distribution

♦Managed full-cycle accounting for a group of trading entities — GL, AR/AP, bank reconciliations, inventory accounting, and month-end close
♦Implemented a cost-control system to monitor and reduce overhead expenditures, improving budget adherence across the group
♦Prepared consolidated IFRS-compliant financial statements under UAE statutory requirements with accurate inventory valuation
♦Streamlined AP/AR workflows, accelerating invoice turnaround and improving working capital efficiency

Jul 2015 – Dec 2017

Dubai, U.A.E.

General Accountant

SIG Middle East LLC

Multinational · UK-Headquartered

♦Supported Middle East arm of a UK-headquartered multinational in a diverse, multi-national environment
♦Improved period-end reporting timeliness by 20% through GL maintenance, AR/AP processing, and reconciliation discipline
♦Introduced process improvements across AP/AR and overhead cost-control, contributing to leaner operations
♦Supported IFRS-compliant reporting, UAE statutory requirements, and external audit preparation
Compliance & Standards
GAAPIFRSSOXCOSOHIPAAFederal Grant ComplianceACCA Code of Ethics
FCCA

Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant

ACCA · Fellowship status · 5+ years of continuous CPD · ACCA Code of Ethics