General Accounting

Zerihun Tensay

***** ** **** ** *** S

Seattle, WA 98178

206-***-**** *******@*******.***

Objective: Seeking a long-term opportunity within the business community, where my professional

experience, education, and abilities would be advantageous to the growth of my employer and

myself.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Professional with 10 years of experience in various areas including, but not limited to: capital budgets and

variance analysis, monthly closing process, supervision of accounts receivables and payables, preparing

financial statements and reporting, general ledger maintenance and reconciliation, accounting policies and

procedure, cash flow, various federal and state taxes, and business process improvements, and continued

professional education and training.

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS:

General Accountant

Providence Health and Services, Renton 06/06 – 02/10

• Monthly reconciled bank, balance sheet, and capital project accounts and made adjusting journal entries

• Made monthly intercompany transfer journal entries and reconciled differences

• Maintained fixed asset register and calculation of depreciation,

• Prepared financial statements and variance analysis

• Coordinated in all aspects of monthly closings and financial reporting

• Calculated annual lease and rental increase based on the Consumer Price Index

• Miscellaneous billings, collections, and daily sales and cash receipt journal entries

• Prepared unclaimed property report to the State of Washington annually

• Analyzed the Capital Project in Progress and re-classed the capital assets and non capital assets

• Calculated capitalize interest monthly and posted to CIP (capital in progress) account

Senior Accountant

Vinson Brothers Corporation, Seattle 04/04 - 03/06

• Prepared monthly financial reports and variances analysis

• Fully charged cash management and all other expense accounts

• Managed cash flow and updated general ledger accounts

• Audited monthly billings and supervised accounts receivable clerk

• Assisted with budget to actual variance analysis and performed month-end closing

• Fully charged for monthly GL and Bank reconciliation posted adjustments to the general ledger

• Processed payroll and in charge for payroll deductions and file Federal taxes

• Fully charged for reporting monthly federal and state taxes in a timely manner

• Maintained and reconciled capital leases and operating leases in the general ledger

General Accountant

Yellow Cab of Washington, Everett 03/02 – 02/04

• Processed bi-weekly payroll and maintained payroll deductions of 941/940 and meet deadline for

government requirements

• Prepared all federal, state, and local taxes (such as Excise, L & I, B & 0, and Employment Security).

• Fully charged for monthly general ledger reconciliation

• Maintained and reconciled mortgage liabilities in the general ledger

• Analyzed financial information to prepare entries to the general ledger

• Created and posted recurring and reversing journal entries

Zerihun Tensay

13445 ML King Jr Way S

Seattle, WA 98178

206-***-**** *******@*******.***

• Maintained and reconciled general ledger accounts

• Controlled cash outflow and inflow as well as updated general ledger accounts

• Assisted with budget to actual variance analysis and performed month-end closing

• Applied principles of accounting to analyze financial information and prepare financial reports

Fund Accounting Specialist

CIBC Mellon Global Securities Co., Toronto, Canada 03/01 – 09/01

• Traded securities regularly such as equities, options, future and forwards of over hundred million-dollar

value trades each day

• Prepared monthly reconciliation of all unit holdings

• Posted all applicable distributions to unit holders from income, dividends, capital gains, commission

fees, management fees, and withholding taxes into general ledger

• Investigated and resolved any unit discrepancies and transferred funds from unit holders

Accounts Payable/Receivable Coordinator

Jonview Canada Inc. Toronto, Canada 09/99 – 11/00

• Dealt with worldwide customers and verified client queries

• Negotiated with customers to resolve billing disputes

• Ensured timely and accurate collections

• Collected over three million dollars from over five years of overdue accounts

• Analyzed source documents and invoices to make payments as due

• Processed checks weekly in batches and posted batches into general ledger accounts

EDUCATION:

University of Phoenix, Seattle WA

Master of Business Administration, graduated June, 2010 (GPA. 3.36/4)

Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, Canada

Bachelor of Commerce Degree, major in Accounting and minor in Economics, June 1999 (GPA. 3.0/4)

Centennial College, Toronto, Canada

A Three Year Diploma in Business Management major in Accounting and minor in Programmer

Analyses, June 1996 (GPA. 3.7/4)

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Lawson, JD Edward, Quick Book Pro, Hyperion, Peachtree and Great Plain, and AccPac Plus, Excel,

Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Microsoft Access, Lotus Notes PeopleSoft, Dbase and C-Programming,

and Networking

REFERENCES:

Available upon request

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