CCREEE’s Finance Unit provides overarching and essential support to the wider team in the implementation of the organisation’s strategic and operational programmes. The Unit oversees and implements the financial planning and management for the Centre’s operations.
The Finance Unit is also specifically responsible for preparation of annual budgets, financial reporting to CCREEE’s management and development partners, other stakeholders and CCREEE’s Executive Board. It also provides oversight of procurement activities and adds critical depth to the financial management that assures the long-term financial sustainability of the Centre.
CCREEE’s Finance Unit advances a critical agenda in the organization mandate to assist the region with its medium to long term goals of attaining efficiencies and sustainability in energy usage.
CCREEE’s Finance Manager is Mr. Elson Jordan, a regional accounting and finance professional with additional technical interests in the areas of strategic planning, governance frameworks, risk management, project and procurement management. A past president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Barbados and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean, Mr Jordan is an FCA and FCGA, IPSAS certified and has extensive training in the aforementioned technical areas.
Holding the post of Accounting Assistant is Ms. Chaka Browne who is an accounting and finance professional with over ten years of experience in the areas of finance and accounting within regional organisations. Chaka is a graduate of the University of Guyana with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management.