Abera Tatek

Experience

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  WAT – International plc

  Aug 2007 - now

  Senior Accountant

  • Prepare accurate, timely financial statements in accordance with our established schedule and with input from the rest of the accounting department.• Conduct monthly and quarterly account reconciliations to ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance.• Analyze financial statements for discrepancies and other issues that should be brought to the Corporate Finance Director attention.• Review all inter-company transactions and generate invoices as necessary.• Reconcile balance sheet accounts.• Delegate financial responsibilities to the accounting team.• Coordinate semi-annual audits and assist Corporate Finance Director with conducting audits.• Conduct regular ledger maintenance and maintain other Finance department activities Show less

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  ENYI - Real Estate plc

  Jan 2009 - now

  Administration & Finance Head

  • Supervising day-to-day operations of the administrative department and staff members.• Hiring, training, and evaluating employees, taking corrective action when necessary.• Developing, reviewing, and improving administrative systems, policies, and procedures.• Ensuring the office is stocked with necessary supplies and all equipment is working and properly maintained.• Working with accounting and management team to set budgets, monitor spending, and processing payroll and other expenses.• Planning, scheduling, and promoting office events, including meetings, conferences, interviews, orientations, and training sessions.• Collecting, organizing, and storing information using computers and filing systems.• Overseeing special projects and tracking progress towards company goals.• Building new and expanding existing skills by engaging in educational opportunities.• Leads financial projections, analysis, and reviews once projects are green-lit encompassing monthly projections, post examinations, and ongoing vendor payment tracking and support.• Review and provide recommendations to project leaders for the negotiation of terms affecting cash flow, invoice due dates and other financial terms to help ensure advantage to the Company conditions for various development-related agreements with project attorneys, architect and general contractor contracts, other contractors/consultant contracts, etc.• Participate and take leadership roles in ongoing enhancements and modifications to real estate portfolio management processes.• Liaise with global finance and accounting principles to ensure accurate reporting and accounting relating to real estate occupancy costs and capital projects.• Official visit to project sites from time to time. Show less

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  Ethiopian electronics plc - [ Philips]

  Jul 2012 - now

  Chief Accountant

  • Assist in the development and implementation of goals, policies, priorities, and procedures relating to financial management, budget, accounting, and/or payroll. • Supervises and participates in the preparation of financial statements and reports. • Enters or directs the entry and maintenance of accounting records to show receipts and expenditures. • Maintains general and subsidiary ledgers, accounts receivable, revenue distribution, depreciation, cost, property, and operating expenses, and insurance records. • Directs, conducts, and/or participates in cost analyses and rate studies.• Prepares statements and reports of estimated future costs and revenues. • Review of accounting and administrative controls. • Establishes system controls for new financial systems and develops procedures to improve existing systems. • Coordinates preparation of external audit materials and external financial reporting. • Reviews financial statements with management personnel.• Manages the deployment and maintenance of new accounting, timekeeping, payroll, inventory, property, and other related procedures and controls. Show less

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  Ethiopian Trading Business Corporation

  Sept 2015 - now

  • Perform accounting functions as assigned including, but not limited to book, reconcile and report in-force premium, direct written premium and loss fund balance, retro accrual, cash, cash applied to A/R, bad debt allowance and non-admitted A/R on a monthly basis.• Assists in the preparation of monthly management report and accompanying schedules, worksheets, and narratives, including “Budget vs. Actual” variance reports. Assist in providing follow-up and documentation of significant variances.• Assist with completion of the quarterly and annual regulatory filings; preparation of assigned Quarterly and Annual Statutory Statement pages/schedules.• Assist with an annual external audit to complete requested materials. Assist in preparing assigned schedules for the annual and interim audit.• Assist with testing and receive final approval for system reports required for management, financial reporting, and general ledger reconciliations.• Coordinate and resolve various issues with the bank such as cleared check differences, bank fee anomalies, targeted balance calculations and enhancements to online services.• Confirm with and abide by all regulatory guidance and internal policies & procedures.• Document policies, procedures, and workflow for assigned areas of responsibility.• Back-up month-end duties assigned to other Senior Accountants. Show less

  • Internal Audit Director at Ethiopian trading business corporation

    Oct 2022 - now

  • Senior Accountant

    Sept 2015 - now
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  Ethiopian trading business corporation

  Sept 2015 - now

  • Senior Finance Manager

    Sept 2015 - now

  • Senior Finance Manager

    Sept 2015 - now