Franck SIANI
Finance, HR & Logistic Specialist
Salary / Daily rate
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Mobility: Paris, Luxembourg
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Senior Finance Manager with extensive experience in financial oversight, administrative operations, and team management. Currently leading the finance and administration functions for two critical projects at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in North Kivu and South Kivu. Responsibilities include financial monitoring, cash management, budget planning, procurement control, and ensuring compliance with organizational and donor requirements. With over nine years of experience in humanitarian operations, finance, and HR, contributed to improving compliance, capacity building, and efficiency in prior roles, including as Area Support Manager at the Norwegian Refugee Council. Known for fostering a culture of ethics and quality, delivering high-quality support to project implementation, and ensuring adherence to financial and operational standards. Proficient in emergency management, cost analysis, and internal controls, with a commitment to driving operational excellence in complex and challenging environments.
Work experience
Senior Finance Manager
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Oct 2025 - Dec 2025
3 months
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Senior Finance Manager
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Apr 2024 - Sep 2025
1 year 6 months
Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
– Responsibility of two projects being implemented in the provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu: – Management of the Admin/Finance team and management of the 2nd management level of the team (3 staff members in direct management; 33 staff members in total); – Cash management, financial monitoring; – Onsite reporting and preparation of the KOMP financial reports; – Steering of budget planning; – Processing and controlling of financing contracts, including local subsidies (expenditure lists, vouchers); – Control of procurement; – Audit of accounting and weekly financial planning of projects, inventory and building management and administrative and logistical core processes at the two different locations Bukavu and Goma; – Audit of the budgets of the activities of the technical teams – Processing of commercial eligibility checks.
Norwegian Refugee Council
Dec 2021 - Dec 2023
2 years 1 month
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Area Support Manager (Logistics Finance & Human Resources)
Dec 2021 - Dec 2023
2 years 1 month
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
– Compliance with and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and handbooks and donor/auditor requirements – Ensure high quality support is provided to project implementation for quality of projects – Management of the Area Support Coordinator, and oversight of support functions: HR, logistics and finance – Ensure capacity building of relevant staff and transfer key skills – Provide regular progress reports to the Area Manager and the Head of Support – Foster an organizational culture related to ethics, compliance and quality – Strengthen understanding and adherence to NRC's policies, donor and regula-tory obligations and requirements
Acting Area Manager
Oct 2022 - Nov 2022
2 months
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Finance & Human Resources Coordinator
Croix-Rouge française
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
1 year
N'Djamena, Chad
– Guarantee budget management and monitoring as well as have a consolidated budget vision – Evaluate the risks in terms of financial, accounting and budgetary management – Guarantee compliance with financial procedures – Strengthen the capacities of financial teams – Ensure the management of the national human resources of the mission – Administrative and legal management of the mission – Supervise the administrative team of the mission
Deputy Head of Finance
ACTION CONTRE LA FAIM
Apr 2020 - Jan 2021
10 months
Bangui, Central African Republic
– Manage the mission's cash-flow – Ensure the mission's accounting – Assist Head of Department Finance in facilitating the financial management of the mission – Supervise and support the finance teams of the mission: Provide technical support and training to the finance teams of the mission – Support Head of Department Finance in defining the needs and sizing the department.
ACTION CONTRE LA FAIM
Feb 2018 - Mar 2020
2 years 2 months
Alindao, Central African Republic
Support Manager (Logistic Finance & Human Resources)
Mar 2019 - Mar 2020
1 year 1 month
Alindao, Central African Republic
– Manage and support the Logistics, Finance and HR teams at the base – Implementing and ensuring supply chain performance – Fleet Management – Implementing and guaranteeing the performance of general services: IT, network and telecommunications performance of the base – Security Management of the base – Accounting, cash management and budget management of the base – HR Management of the national and international staff of the base
Finance & HR Manager
Feb 2018 - Mar 2019
1 year 2 months
Maroua, Cameroon
– Accounting of the base: Control and analysis of past entries, sending of the monthly accounting closing. – Cash management: Monitoring the implementation of procedures for the retention and movement of funds, ensuring the availability of cash for payments. – Leading the financial management: Contribution to the elaboration of cash-flow forecasts and updating of Budgetary Follow-ups – Human Resources management: Supervise recruitment, dissemination of HR policy, salary processing, setting up meetings with staff representatives, support managers in the management of HR issues and supervision of administrative procedures for expatriates on the base – Implementing and monitoring collaboration and financial, budgetary and HR coordination with key partners partners – Management and support to the Finance and HR team of the base
ACTION CONTRE LA FAIM
Apr 2016 - Dec 2017
1 year 9 months
Mao, Chad
Finance & HR Manager
Oct 2017 - Dec 2017
3 months
Mao, Chad
– Budget: 4 M€ - Staff : 107 (100 National and 7 expatriates) – Accounting, Cash Management, Financial Reporting, HR Management, Capacity Building
Finance Manager
Apr 2016 - Oct 2017
1 year 7 months
Batouri, Cameroon
– Budget: 4.3 M€ - Staff : 155 (150 National and 5 expatriates) – Budget Management, Accounting, Cash Management, Financial support of partners
Assistant Head of Finance
ACTION CONTRE LA FAIM
Aug 2015 - Mar 2016
8 months
Bertoua, Cameroon
Comptable-Caissier
ACTION CONTRE LA FAIM
Jan 2015 - Jul 2015
7 months
Batouri, Cameroon
Administrateur
CLINIQUE YOLA CANAAN
Aug 2014 - Jan 2015
6 months
Kye-Ossi, Cameroon
Comptable
ASSOCIATION D'ASSISTANCE AU DEVELOPPEMENT
Jun 2010 - Jul 2014
4 years 2 months
Bertoua, Cameroon
Education
Université Catholique de Bertoua
Master's degree, Banking and Finance
2011 - 2014
3 years 1 month
Université Catholique de Bertoua
Licence, Banque et Finance, Sciences économiques
2008 - 2011
3 years 1 month
Licenses & certifications
BasiQ Plus
Issued: –
Certificat en Emergency First Response
Issued: –
BasiQ Blended Learning
Issued: –
STOP THE BLEED Course
Issued: –
NRC Hostile Environment Awareness Training
Issued: –
Formation Finance
Issued: Nov 2019
Essentielles du management d'un projet humanitaire
Issued: Jan 2017