Hella Habtewold
**** **** **, #***, **********, CA 94608 Tel: 510-***-**** E-mail: ***********@*******.*** OBJECTIVE
● Tax and administrative assistant with 6 years of experience at a CPA firm. Skilled in organising, inputting and preparing individual and corporation taxes before CPA’s review. Knowledgeable in Lacerate tax software, Quickbooks and Microsoft office. I am seeking to leverage great organisational and analytical skills in Accounting related positions. I am pursuing a CPA career and currently preparing to sit for my CPA exam.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Meseret Y. Zeleke, CPA- Tax and Administrative Assistant, El Cerrito, CA Nov/2016-Current
● Responsible for organising Auditing workpapers and assist in conducting audit
● Responsible for requesting & scanning client tax documents and notifying clients for completed taxes
● Organises and inputs 1040, 1120 and 990 tax forms into tax software
● Re-searching on new or updated tax laws; follow up on IRS news releases frequently
● Processing of incoming earning and outgoing payments
● Preparing client invoices
● Consults clients with tax issues
● Prepare bank reconciliation and journal entries
● Mail and/or electronically send tax organisers and letters to tax clients at the beginning of every year.
● Responsible for oral and written communications with clients
● Perform administrative tasks, including making appointments and filing, ARC Documents Solutions – Temporary Accounts payable Assistant, Alameda, CA Sep/2016-Oct/2016
● Logging daily checks.
● Creating vendor accounts
Art Gallery Services – Art Gallery Assistant and Guide, Lake Forest College Sep/2012-Apr/2016
● Accountable for overseeing the gallery and organising art pieces for a new or upcoming art showcase.
● Worked as a guide that helped visitors understand specific art elements by answering their questions. EDUCATION
Lake Forest College – Lake Forest, IL
Sep/2012-May/2016
Bachelor of Arts in Finance with minors in Mathematics and Studio Art (3.46 GPA) Emma Willard School – Troy, NY
Aug/2009-May/2012
International Baccalaureate Diploma
Awards
● Omicron Delta Epsilon Economics Honour Society
● Academic Excellence Certificate (Lake Forest College)
● Dean’s List 2012-2014 (Lake Forest College)
Hella Habtewold
1331 40th St, #303, Emeryville, CA 94608 Tel: 510-***-**** E-mail: ***********@*******.*** INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
Fisher Financial Partners Group – Financial Advising/Analysis Assistant Intern, Lake Forest, IL. Jan/2016-Apr/2016
● Responsible for attending committee meetings with professional financial advisors and analysts.
● Accountable for arranging, listening and writing reports of conference calls with investment and portfolio managers.
● Assisted in the development of presentations of potential clients and analysis of client accounts, and performing research on potential investment companies, mutual funds, stocks, etc.
● Assisted in analytical support for evaluating business opportunities and investment decisions including asset acquisitions, asset dispositions and transaction structuring. LEADERSHIP/ VOLUNTEERING
Lake Forest College, Muslim Student Association Organization – Treasurer, Lake Forest, IL Sep/2015-Apr/2016
● Accountable in managing the organisation’s financial intake and outtake for certain events.
● Responsible for record keeping.
● In charge of fundraising and budgeting of the Organization. Hope Orphanage – Teacher, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
May/2011-July/2011
● Taught academic skills such as Math, Spoken English and Art to children.
● Guided foreign volunteers who came to the orphanage as teachers and entertainers. As a translator, I helped these volunteers learn how to communicate with the children and provide entertainment.
● Tutored a group of children with their homework improving skills and performance.
● Organised an art gallery that showcased the students’ art works reinforcing their passion for art. SKILLS
● Bilingual in Amharic and English
● Proactive team member
● Proficient in Microsoft office.
● Efficient in Quickbooks desktop & online
● Proficient in Lacerte tax software
● Effective communication
● Able to manage with multiple tasks