Brian-James Matibag

About Brian-James Matibag

A senior operations and compliance professional with seventeen (17) years of diverse and progressive experience known for managing operations, finance, and compliance teams, establishing creative strategies for optimizing corporate, division, project level, and field office operations, policies and procedures as well as mitigating corporate, security, and project risks, and performing complex project start-ups, management, implementation, and closeouts for projects ranging from $20 million to $162 million in developing countries located in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.

Experience

1. Senior Operations Manager

   Crown Agents

   Jul 2022 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Manage operational functions and maintain regular communication with Crown Agents’ U.S. government clients domestically and in the U.S. overseas missions. Create operations, financial, procurement, human resources, and grants management process workflows from initiation, through review and approval. Provide training and mentoring to staff on U.S. government (USG) compliance and develop, introduce and integrate workflows as a tool to help manage workload across offices and staff, increase transparency, and drive a culture of accountability. Review, update, and create field operations policies and procedures (procurement, finance, HR/admin, ICT, and property/inventory) that are compliant with corporate and client regulations and requirements. Lead and coordinate the development of Crown Agents USA’s annual corporate budget. Accountable for project budget management and timely submission of monthly financial report, reviewing back up for compliance with donor requirements and Crown Agents (CA) policies. Lead special initiatives to advance the adaptation and adoption of new information, communication, and other technologies, systems, and processes which increase operations and program implementation effectiveness, impact, and cost efficiency and support of the growth of CA’s portfolio and technical capacities. Lead and support efforts to develop compliant proposals for U.S. government, international financial institutions, and UN agencies. Lead and manage cost proposal development efforts. Conduct scoping missions and pre-positioning efforts to fragile countries and regions to design innovative approaches for the Crown Agents (CA) group’s top new business pursuits. Develop and maintain productive relationships with current and potential partner organizations, project field staff, clients, service providers, and vendors.

Education

• University of Maryland

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Finance and International Business

  2001 — 2005