Robby Vanrijkel

Robby Vanrijkel services clients in the nonprofit business with areas of specialty in business process improvement, contracts and grants management, compliance and financial management. He has provided consultations to management teams on a comprehensive range of operational areas including advising on regulatory interpretations and compliance, streamlining existing financial and operational processes and ensuring adequate internal controls.. Specific issues where Robby has assisted organizations are in matters related to cost reasonableness, cost accounting, procurement, sub-recipient monitoring and management, budgeting, reviewing field financials for compliance and risk, grantee project audits and auditing grantee fraud.

Prior to consulting, Robby has held leadership positions in international & US based non-governmental institutions in charge of budgeting and financial reporting departments while also ensuring capacity building initiatives that meet the needs of finance and compliance specialists. He has 20 years in nonprofit experience. He has worked on several USG, UK, UNICEF, and private foundation projects implemented in South Africa, Zambia, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Ivory Coast, Vietnam, Ukraine, Afghanistan, and Haiti. Robby has trained staff on policy and procedures, ethics and other operations specialties with a focus on the nonprofit sector. His experience is building relevant financial management and grants and compliance skills in a manner that is innovative and practical.

Robby has worked in non-profit organizations in diverse sectors – faith based, health, education, associations and organizational capacity building. His vast industry knowledge ensures that solutions are grounded in practical, operational experience that support the strategic goals and missions of organizations.