Financial Accounting

MERRY TESFAY TWELDEMEDHEN

Des Moines **th Ave WA Mobile: 510-***-****, Email: *******@*****.***

Summary

8+ Years of Experienced accountant with excellent technical and analytical skills. Expertise in financial reporting, auditing, control process, budgeting, business planning and account reconciliations.

Experience:

Staff Accountant _ Zenith American Solutions; 02/2018 -present

Managing trust fund(more than three trusts)

Paying invoices and premiums for all trusts by issuing checks and making wire transfers.

Prepare and send disbursement letters

Post journal entries to general leger

Prepare and distribute trust financial statement and statistics

Ensure accounting files are current and in good order

Make daily/weekly money transfers as needed

Review vendor invoices for accuracy and reasonableness.

Reconcile checking, saving and investment accounts.

Staff Accountant _Saba Restaurant, Seattle, WA 10/2015 – 2/2018

Journalized key business transactions including accruals, prepaid expenses and adjusting entries.

Prepaid monthly bank reconciliation and maintained general ledger accounts.

Generated and reviewed interim and annual financial statements and conducted financial ratio analysis.

Make end of day deposits, generate sales reports, and reconcile cash registers.

Receive and count cash payments and tender change

Daily, weekly, and periodic analysis to identify Financial Reporting anomalies

Prepared financial reports and statements on periodic basis.

Resolved queries of customers pertaining to financial position.

Assisted Manager in maintain registers and petty cash books.

Manage bookkeeping activities and generate cash and credit reports

Ad hoc reporting

Experience:

Senior Auditor, Auditor General the State of Eritrea, Asmara -Eritrea 03/2008 – 04/2015

Conducted examination of businesses’ financial statements, accounting records, and tax reports, such as sales and use, withholding, and income taxes to determine correct tax liabilities.

Interpreted and applied State and Federal tax laws, rules and regulations.

Conducted audits through necessary interviews, records reviews and data collection.

Summarized audit results and addressed issues related to taxpayers’ incompliance.

Prepared written audit reports and communicated the audit results to the appropriate personals.

Created and maintained accurate, reliable work papers that are cross-references for audit reports.

Prepared Audit Planning documents and artifacts

Developed & led operational audit for the facilities.

Developed &Reviewed Audit Procedures as well as standard for the Business Unit.

Experience:

Accountant,Ethiopia Bakery Factory, Asmara -Eritrea 12/2010 – 04/2015

Compiled and analyzed financial information to prepare financial statements. Ensured financial records are maintained in compliance with accepted policies and procedures.

Prepared and maintained accounting records and financial statements

Analyzed, summarized and reviewed financial data (Quires), interpreted results and made recommendations.

Resolved accounting discrepancies and irregularities, analyzed financial information to provide strategic recommendation and participated in continuous management budget and forecast activities.

Prepared and reviewed income tax returns.

Researched tax issues.

Managed and coordinated quarterly and yearly inventory count and report to the control structure.

Reconciled the physical inventory count with internal records and vendors’ reports, resolved any discrepancies by tracing the related documents like purchase orders, receiving documents and bill of lading, recorded adjustments

Monitored and evaluated operations, programs, processes and practices for quality and effectiveness, made necessary recommendations for improvement.

Education, Trainings and Certificates

Bachelor of Art in Accounting (2007), Asmara University, Eritrea

Association of Chartered CertifiedAccountant(ACCA)

Peachtree, QuickBooks, MS Excel, MS Access, MS Office, outlook, Sage 50

Teammate Audit Management System Training

Pursuing CPA exams

Languages

English, Tigrigna, Amharic

Reference

Up on request

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