Accounting Financial

ALEMAYEHU E BELAY

**** ******* **. ****** ******, MD 20903 / 202-***-**** / ***********@*****.***

SUMMARY

Detail Oriented Professional with BA degree in Accounting, associate degree in Management, and a CPA candidate, with experience in SEC reporting, managing funds and projects, corporate accounting and public accounting firms. I also developed skills in budget analysis, financial reporting and internal controls by giving high attention for details and maintain strong financial controls to guarantee compliance with accounting and organization regulations.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Financial Services Team Lead - Financial Data Analyst - RR Donnelly Financial Service, Rockville, Maryland

(March, 2015- Present).

Responsible for researching and compiling all required data elements needed to prepare the appropriate electronic filing and/or composition of SEC EDGAR filings, prospectuses, annual/quarterly reports compilation and organization of supporting compliance documents.

Confer with customers and/or customer legal counsel throughout Composition to keep them informed of the status of jobs, solicit additional information needed for current jobs and coordinate changes to jobs. Ensure final documents are signed off and approved for print or positing to online systems.

May coordinate production of printed documents and components with other internal plants and/or external vendors.

Engage appropriate departments to verify the issue and determine the root cause on issues that arise. Communicate with customers regarding the resolution of issues.

Monitor progress of jobs throughout production, conferring with manufacturing operations on counts and final runs and ensure the final product meets customer requirements and company standards.

May tally the final production runs and work performed to assemble paperwork for billing purposes.

Maintain continuing education and training in new Financial Services platforms and technologies as they are implemented and introduced into the service offerings.

Mentor and train Account specialist 1 and 2 levels

Lead job duties:-

Ensure that needed resources and tools are available to complete daily work assignments.

Maintain current knowledge of all operating procedures, policies, written instructions, and other directives.

Ensure that work schedules will be covered during approved absences and unplanned absences.

May check work to ensure work sequences, procedures, methods, and deadlines have been met.

Report to the supervisor on status and progress of work and causes of work delays.

Answer questions of the supervisor on overall work operations and problems.

Financial Data Analyst - RR Donnelly Financial Service, Rockville, Maryland

(March 09, 2013- March 2015).

Analyzed the financial statements detailed footnotes of publicly listed companies and assigning appropriate US-GAAP taxonomy elements.

Created XBRL for financial statements, notes and disclosures.

Troubleshoot XBRL errors and SEC validation errors on the create XBRL process.

Performed final review of statements prepared in XBRL formats done by other staffs before delivery to clients.

Responded to client comments on their primary financial statements and disclosures and queries on any XBRL related issues.

Maintain thorough knowledge of taxonomies, government legislation, SEC regulations, and US GAAP changes.

Expert in Commercial and Industrial, Banking and Saving, Insurance, Broker Dealer, Real Estate and Oil and Gas industry taxonomies.

Senior Accountant (Part Time) - Goodwill First Inc. Washington, DC

(March, 2013 – December 31, 2014)

Reviewed the work of the accountant and lead the accounting department work.

Prepared and submitted Monthly Financial analysis report using QuickBooks.

Prepared and submitted Budget vs. Actual analysis report

Handled tax related transaction

Prepared company’s employee payroll and manage and monitor the changes in payroll using QuickBooks.

Accountant - Goodwill First Inc. Washington, DC

(February 23, 2011 – March 23, 2013)

Engaged in the full cycle operational accounting cycle on QuickBooks.

General journal record keeping and maintaining company accounts, summarizing, analyzing and reporting and preparation of multi bank account reconciliation.

Prepared, examined and analyzed consolidated accounting records and financial statements and report to the management and the Board of Directors.

Valued, recorded and managed company’s receivables, short term and long term liabilities reconciled subsidiary and general accounts.

Processed journal entries and performed accounting corrections to ensure accurate records, handled checks, invoice and reviewed insurance premium collection.

Prepared company employee payroll and file payroll taxes monthly and quarterly.

Analyzed receivable aging, estimating credit risk and evaluated company credit policy.

Fixed asset management.

Handled month end year & year end accounting transactions and prepared documents for external audits.

Involved in the Preparation of Budget and submit Budget and Actual analysis report

Conducted Quick Book training

Created financial reports and supported all areas of responsibilities.

Accounts Manager - Vision Fund MFI. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

(March 2007 – December 05, 2010)

Played a significant leadership role in managing the project accounts for’ Melinda and gates foundation RSE project’.

Assisted the finance director in monitoring field office operations and make sure that field offices are following internal control procedures established by ACDI/VOCA.

Reviewed copies of general ledger transactions’ supporting documentation received from field office to identify deviations from procedures described in the Field Financial Manual and work with field office accounting staff on correction of the procedures.

Analyzed, reviewed and processed monthly field financial reports received from designated USAID/USDA and other donor funded projects; Prepare monthly journal entries in the Agresso Business World ERP system to record field project financial data.

Reviewed balance sheet account reconciliation, intercompany invoice preparation, claim analysis prepared by project accountants and other analyses for projects and communicate concerns, issues and questions effectively to field staff and project management.

Set up accounting system and implement financial reporting (OSCAR – Excel & Quick Books) in field offices.

Conducted financial reviews in the field.

Trained the field accountants and help set up internal control procedures following USG and ACDI/VOCA policies and procedures.

Reviewed and approved Travel Expense Reports (Local and Onshore travels).

Assisted in the annual audit process by preparing account analysis, audit schedules and other requested client assistance.

Supervised and managed a team member of 8 senior managers and area managers. Developed and maintained accounting procedures. Reviewed general ledger, budget, and treasury and accounting modules.

Supervised and guided effectively the work of the Area/Senior Financial Accountants in the preparation and timely delivery of reports, payments, deposits, petty cash and voucher preparation. Assisted and handled customer requests.

Prepared, Reviewed, Insured and coordinated Proper Maintenance of G/L, A/R, A/P, budget, and billings.

Analyzed financial information and prepared financial reports according to GAAP and used to report to Washington DC office and the main office at California determining and maintaining record of assets, liabilities, profit and loss, tax liability, or other financial and details accounting activities.

Developed reports used by business unit management in strategic planning and updates with new data, as it became available.

Prepared and reported donor proposal financial projections

Created financial reports and supported all areas of responsibilities.

Senior Accountant – SOS EE (Children Home ) - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

(March 2006 – March 15, 2007)

Set up accounting system; Prepared financial Manual; monitored and supervised the proper handling and maintenance of accounts Payable, Receivable and journal entries.

Prepared accounting and statistical reports; conducted an audit check to verify and control accounting records.

Prepared 23 branches Monthly consolidated financial report

Prepared budget vs. actual and trend analyses report each month

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL AREAS:

General ledger accounting, accounts receivable and payable, financial statement preparation, and reconciliations

Experience with most accounting software/models such as Quick Books, Peachtree, Lotus notes database, Sunsystem, and TMS accounting software, Sales Force.

Proficient in the use of MS-Office (Excel, Pivot table,PowerPoint and Word)

EDUCATION

B.A. in Accounting, Civil Service College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 2006. ( 09/04/2004 - 04/30/2006)

Diploma in Management, Alemaya University, Ethiopia, June 1998 (09/01/1997 – 06/28/1998)

Diploma in Accounting, Alemaya University, Ethiopia, June 1993 (09/03/1989 – 06/30/1993)

CPA Candidate

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