Aadil Kifah
Associate, Planning & Budget, Finance at The Pew Charitable Trusts
Highly experienced financial professional, currently Associate, Planning & Budgeting with Pew Charitable Trusts
I have repeatedly demonstrated that I am a results-driven and detail-oriented financial professional while building a strong track record of success in high-performance accounting and budget analysis roles within the nonprofit sector. I have been continually recognized for playing a key role in achieving operational excellence in all organizational program/project budgeting, financial planning, and accounting to keep finances in line with expectations and revenues. 

After graduating with my degree in Accounting in 2003, I started out focused in accounting roles with different organizations before joining Pew Charitable Trusts in 2013 where I have been since. The early part of my career was influential in developing my skills in preparation for taking on the greater responsibilities with Pew. As an example, my expertise in MS Excel enabled me to create a new Excel financial recording system while I was with Q-Books & Tax Services that significantly increased overall efficiency while simultaneously reducing heavy workloads.

Since joining Pew Charitable Trusts, I have been promoted twice and continued to use my experience and knowledge to make impactful changes that have improved financial/accounting operations. Some highlights include:

I helped implement an automated expense module and train our staff on using it while I was the Coordinator, Payment Services that slashed paperwork by 70% and sped up expense reimbursement times by 40%.

Since being promoted to Associate Planning & Budget, I received the "Partnership Award" for my outstanding contributions on the US Public Lands project.

I also designed a Macro tool that has reduced the time coworkers spend on reporting salary allocations from 4 hours to just 30 minutes.

Perhaps my greatest strength I have exhibited throughout my career is my ability to quickly adapt to new environments to add tremendous value to operations. My passion is for achieving excellence and playing a key role in my organization's success.
The Pew Charitable Trusts
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I was promoted in recognition of achieving excellence in Payment Services to taking a lead role in all planning and budgeting functions for the organization's project portfolio including tracking actual revenues and expenditures vs. budgets and categorizing/processing accounting transactions for each project. I currently manage a portfolio of 12 projects focused on the American Environment, with combined budgets valued at over $85M. Some of my key contributions and achievements include: 

♦ Auditing all financial reports, quickly identifying and reconciling any discrepancies noted as well as continually modifying revenue and expense budgets to update the Board and provide data for donor proposals.

♦ Carefully monitoring chart field coding accuracy for each program area and supporting all payment processing. 

♦ Architecting/maintaining budget templates and delivering training to various program staff on best practices for completing budget templates and interpreting budget revenue & spending data.

♦ Generating PeopleSoft queries to meet the needs of the Program Planning & Budget team.

♦ Delivering exceptional quality service to and foster strong relationships with both internal and external customers to facilitate smooth information sharing and operations. 

♦ A great achievement was designing a highly effective Macro tool that was instrumental in co-workers being able to decrease time spent on manually reporting salary allocations from 4 hours to just 30 minutes.

♦ I was honored with the "Partnership Award" for outstanding contributions on the US Public Lands project and delivering the highest standard of customer service.
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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Associate, Planning & Budget, Finance
The Pew Charitable Trusts
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I received a promotion to Associate within the Payment Services organizational segment with the mandate to significantly improve productivity within the area. Major contributions included:

♦ Establishing and maintaining all vendor files within the PeopleSoft system, ensuring all documents were fully compliant with IRS and organizational policies.

♦ Effectively cleaning up the vendor files to include only active vendors, which streamlined workflow.

♦ Expertly responding to all queries by delivering high-quality date for the team to facilitate operational excellence and assisted with special projects as requested. 

♦ Preparing 1099 and 1042 reports quarterly and annually for management and the IRS.

♦ A highlight was when I successfully improved the conversion of the method of payment from check to Automated Clearing House (ACH) by over 60%.
Washim Area, India
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Associate, Payment Services
The Pew Charitable Trusts
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I joined the organization initially in a Coordinator role with full responsibility for auditing, entering, and approving foreign/domestic check requests, employee, management, & Board Member expense reports, foreign/domestic contracts, and corporate credit care reports. Contributions/achievements of note included: 

♦ Compiling reports on Board Member compensation each quarter for management review.

♦ Helping to implement an automated expense module that directly resulted in department paperwork being decreased by 70% and the speed of processing expenses reimbursements increasing by 40%.

♦ Delivering expert training and support to all staff members on best practices for using the new expense module.
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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Coordinator, Payment Services
Q-BOOKS & TAX SERVICES
I executed a full range of general bookkeeping functions in addition to carefully maintaining all accounts receivable documents in both electronic and hard copy formats. Select highlights were:

♦ Processing banking reconciliations, financial reports, and payroll, ensuring due diligence was followed properly in all financial transactions/reports.

♦ Conducting in depth analyses of cost control protocols and delivered timely financial data to leadership in support of achieving corporate goals. 

♦ Quickly and accurately filing confidential banking information, processing journal entries, and generating quarterly financial reports on multiple properties.

♦ Significantly increasing efficiency and reduced workloads by creating a new Excel financial recording system.
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