{"id":29372,"date":"2026-08-31T08:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T08:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pjc.am\/?p=29372"},"modified":"2026-08-31T08:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T08:22:17","slug":"zara-sahakyan-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pjc.am\/en\/zara-sahakyan-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Zara Sahakyan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Finance Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zara Sahakyan is a grants and financial management professional with more than 15 years of experience in financial oversight, project management, grant administration, and donor compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She currently serves as Finance Manager at the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/pjc.am\/en\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pjc.am\/en\/\">Public Journalism Club<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (PJC) on a part-time basis, where she is responsible for the financial management of the organisation and its projects. Her responsibilities include budgeting and financial planning, cash-flow management, financial reporting, procurement, contract administration, donor compliance, and coordination of audit and expenditure verification processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout her career, Zara has managed the financial and administrative aspects of more than 50 projects funded by the European Union, U.S.-based donors, UN agencies, and other international organisations. 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