Abigail Parrish

Project management professional with six years of progressive experience. An avid problem-solver with strong analytical skills, including the ability to identify financial, operational, and programmatic roadblocks, and develop and implement strategic and efficient solutions to drive success. Extensive experience working in collaborative and team-oriented environments, balancing diverse and competing priorities in a variety of contexts.

Associate Manager - Finance and Operations

• Provided efficient, proactive, day-to-day management of the project’s operations, finance, activities, and buy-ins to mitigate risk and ensure compliance with contractual requirements, organizational (DAI) policies and procedures, and USAID regulations
• Maintained project systems, workflows, tools, and operational policies and procedures related to finance, procurement, and personnel
• Managed grantees, subcontractors, and vendors, including agreement administration, compliance, tracking, budgeting, and reporting
• Provided in-country (Kenya, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, and Ghana) operational management support to project teams, including facilitating finance and operations training, organizational development, and serving as Director of Finance and Operations 
• Assessed and monitored finance and operations processes and performance; provided inputs and feedback for improvements 
• Supervised and mentored project teams to plan, assign, and direct work, appraise performance, and address and resolve performance issues
• Completed financial analyses, cost verifications, corporate forecasting, and reporting to inform internal decision making, strategic scenario planning, and fulfill client requests 
• Completed monthly project-wide budget updates, including spending analysis and collection of country-level spending data and projections from local teams in four countries 
• Regularly compiled documentation to support operational and financial transactions, including documenting deviations from standard policies and procedures and responding to audit-related requests

MA, Democracy and Governance - Georgetown University