MEBRAHTU GIRMAY ARAYA
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Summary
Finance professional with proven experience in banking sector serving from associate officer up to managerial position equipped with expreince of financial report preparation, corporate and functional strategies development, financial planning, social media managmenent, monitoring and evaluation, project implementation and new changes, policy, procedures and guideline development, conducting a marketing research, and consuting and training. Besides, six years plus experiences in lecturing finance and investment courses in government and private universities in Ethiopia.
Areas of Expertise
Strategic Thinker Teaching Training & consulting Financial Report Preparation Monitoring and evaluation Social media management communicating Team Leadership Research Policy and procedure developer Risk governance
Professional Experience
May2019-Present Manager-Strategy & Change Management LIB Accomplishments,
Cascading Corporate Annual plan and Budget
Corporate strategy formulation and Review.
Monitoring new trends & new products, services, & Channels of other banks
Conducting Competitors analysis
Interpret new government regulations and applicable codes to ensure compliance.
Leading project implementation
Coaching department in preparing functional strategies, new initiatives and policy and procedures developments
Identify opportunities for strategic improvement. Strategic & Environmental Analysis
Prepare periodic reports summarizing operational results, financial performance, and accomplishments of specified objectives.
Analyze the implication of the industry-specific change initiatives
Handling emergent assignment
Training and coaching employees
Financial report preparation & Consulting (Part-Time)
Teaching accounting and Finance courses as part-time Oct 2017 - Present Lecturer Accounting and Finance-Contract Employee(Extension Class) Accomplishments,
Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
Lecture all accounting, Finance, Investment and research course.
Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign related work to others.
Train undergraduate students on selected software packages and new dev’t
Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and career issues.
Supervise undergraduate, teaching, internship, and research work. May 2018-May 2019 Manager Digital Communication channels CBE Accomplishments,
Prepare department annual plan and budget
Managing digital media used by the bank(Website, social media accounts
Content development, review and conducting media engagement analytics
Providing technical and developmental training to employees
Preparing policy, procedure and guideline of the department
Collect and analyze sales data, using web traffic metrics
Teaching all accounting and Finance courses as part-time Periodic Financial report preparation & consulting private investors(Part-Time) Apr 2017-May 2018 Officer Product Development and Management CBE Accomplishments,
Financial product and service development and pricing
Determining the feasibility of new products.
Conducting market assessment
Conducting Employee and customer satisfaction
Product performance evaluation
Procedure development and revision
Competitors analysis and Industry data management
Periodic Financial report preparation & consulting private investors(Part-Time) Aug 2016-Apr 2017 officer Corporate Communication CBE Accomplishments,
Developing public relation strategies and campaigns
Press releases preparation, organizing and attending promotional events, & monitoring the public and media's opinion
Writing and editing leaflets, brochures, speeches, newsletters, websites and Social Media contents.
Policy and procedure development
Conducting audience survey
Acting as corporate communication manager
Periodic Financial report preparation & consulting private investors(Part-Time)
Teaching all accounting and Finance courses as part-time Aug 2015 -Aug 2016-Associate Officer Corporate Communication CBE Accomplishments,
Preparing Bid Documentation
Conducting audience survey and preparing promotion -road map
Conducting assessment on distribution and usage of printed promotional items
Teaching all accounting and Finance courses as part-time April 2014-Aug 2015 -Management Trainee Temeja Yaj Branch-South District CBE On Job and off job Training:
Customer accounts transaction services(Finance) - Credit management
International trade practices -AML and compliance management
Customer Service -Delighting the customer - HRD strategy
Ethics and anti-corruption rules -Deposit mobilization strategy
Financial and fundamental law -Interest-free banking
Operational risk and internal Control -Laws and legal procedure
Employee’s performance management system - T-24 training
Career and succession management learning and development work package
Card banking, mobile banking and Internet banking Jul 2013-Apr 2014 Lecturer Accounting and Finance Aksum University Accomplishments,
Grading Continuous assessments and Final result of students.
Lecture accounting, Finance, Investment and research courses.
Course materials preparation.
Research & participate in campus and community events.
Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and career issues.
Perform administrative duties
Financial report preparation & consulting private investors(part-Time) Sep 2009-Sep 2011 Ass. Lecturer Accounting and Finance Aksum University Accomplishments,
Grading Continuous and Final result of students.
Lecture all accounting, Finance, Investment and research course.
Financial report preparation & consulting private investors(Part-Time) Education
Oct 2011 -Jul 2013 MSc in Finance and investment - Mekelle University, Mekelle City, Tigray, Ethiopia. Grade Achieved: (3.76)
Oct 2006 - Jul 2009 BA in Accounting–Adama science and technology University (Formerly Adama University), Adama city, Oromia, Ethiopia, Grade Achieved(Major): (3.74)
Aug 2019- March 2021 Executive Diploma in Islamic Banking & Finance (Distance) AlHuda CIBE: Pakistan, Lahore(84.5%)
Certificates
TOT for IFRS- Accounting and Auditing Board of Ethiopia (AABE)
STATA-Ethiopia statistical Association (ESA) and Commercial bank of Ethiopia
Financial Literacy -Macquarie University Sydney Australia
Financial Planning-Sydney (TAF online)
Education in a Changing World- open 2study (online)
Principles of Project Management - Polytechnic West (Online)
Statistical Data Analysis Using STATA- Ethiopia statistical Association (ESA)
Master In-Demand Professional Soft Skills-LinkedIn
Becoming a Confident Trainer-Tafesa through open 2 study (online)
Delighting the customer -Ethiopian Aviation Academy(Airlines)
Diagnosing the Financial Health of a Business-Macquarie Graduate School of Management (Online)
Emergency Management -Massey University(New Zealand),
Entrepreneurship and Family Business RMIT University(Online)
Leadership: Identity, Influence and Power Macquarie Graduate School of Management(Online)
Management for a Competitive Edge- ICMS(Online)
Management Trainee Scheme - Commercial Bank of Ethiopia
Strategic Management -Open2study (online)
User Experience for the Web-open2study(online)
Additional Skills
Basic applications (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, Powerpoint preparation)
Excellent Internet navigation ability
Social media Anaytics and Other Software (STATA, SPSS and Peachtree) Interests
Financial data analysis and interpretation
Searching new IT landscape developments
International news - Follow up on the daily events around the world on different media
Watching Movies and Football
Article reading
Language skill
English: Listening- proficient Speaking: proficient Reading: proficient Writing: proficient
Tigrigna: Listening- Native Speaking: Native Reading: Native Writing: Native
Amharic: Listening- Native Speaking: Native Reading: Native Writing: Native English Proficiency(Duolingo English Result)
Publication
Consequences of Financial Management Practices on Profitability on Selected Private Manufacturing Companies in Mekelle-City (Research Journal of Finance and Accounting: https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/RJFA/article/view/37615/38697)
Assessment of Financial Management Practices on Private Manufacturing Companies in the Case of Mekelle-City (Journal of Poverty, Investment and Development) https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JPID/article/viewFile/40478/41626)