Curriculum Vitae(Resume)

HAMZE ABDI TAHIR

02 kebele,Zone 1, House No.192
Degahbour,SR Ethiopia
+251915056200
Xamsecabdidaahir2017@gmail.com
PERSONAL DATA: Place of Birth: Degahbour Date of birth: Sunday, 11/October/1992 G.C
Region: Somali Region Nationality: Ethiopian
Sex: Male Marital Status: Maried(have 3 child) Age: 29

EDUCATION:

JigJiga University,JigJiga,SR Ethiopia 04/02/2014 upto 30/08/2017

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Accounting and Finance

Degahbour Senior Secondary School, Degahbour,SR Ethiopia------- 2008-2011

Grade 10th and Grade 12th Certificates.
UgaasMohamud junior/primary School, Degahbour,SR Ethiopia—2000-2008
Grade 8thCertifcate (from grade 1-8 academic years).

WORK EXPERIENCE: Finance Officer , Jigjiga,SR,Ethiopia. Mercy Corps. 10/05/2018---26/04/2020

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

 I.                  Compliance Monitoring (40% of Time)
II.               Management of Financial Diary (20%)
III.             Treasury Management (20%)
IV.              Financial Accounting and Budgeting (10% of Time)
V.                 Budget Holders Capacity Management (10% of Time)
 
I.                  Compliance Monitoring [40% of Time]
 Ensure all the budget holders and staff with signing authority in the office are familiar with donor rules and
regulations and provide them the compliance checklist
 Ensure that budget holders and staff with signing authority are familiar with coded budget and when they are
signing the documents that they are putting the right code.
 Perform sensibility checking for all codes put by the budget holders or people with signing authority in the
office and do corrections before transactions are posted to the journals
 Ensure that staff in the office are familiar with Mercy Corps’ internal policies and procedures and organize
periodic mini training for the new comers as well as refresher training for the existing once
 Ensure that all host government rules, such as withholding tax, payroll tax, provident fund, pension and e.t.c
are properly deducted and deposited on time to the local government office.
 Prepare monthly payroll and ensure all the necessary deductions have been made and employees payroll
amount is matching with the information in their personal file
 Based on the Authority Matrix, perform the financial review task to adequate standard. During doing the
financial review, ensure that all documents presented are meeting the expected standards per donor and
MC’s policies and procedures and also the documents are authorized by the appropriate person in the
authority matrix.
 Together with the Area Manager, ensure that the monthly finance/admin/operational meeting is held
consistently based on the agreed Terms of Reference for the meeting
  As part of the senior staff member for the area office, ensure that anything to do with the financial controls,
which may be linked to HR or Logistics process, is handled to adequate standard. Serve as a focal person for
all financial controls in the Area Office
 Ensure that all internal audit recommendations are handled to adequate standard and we are compliant with
the implementation of the recommendations and it is done consistently. 
II.               Management of Financial Diary (20%)
 Ensure that all the monthly financial diary is properly handled and no deadline is missed. To execute this,
monitor the daily progress of accomplishments so that the end date or the set deadline is met without
difficulties
 Produce the monthly cash flow projection and submit to the Addis based Finance Coordinator on time.
During the actual cash flow request, review the current real need in relation to the projections made and
make realistic cash flow request. Coordinate the need with the programme technical staff in the Area Office
and logistics unit.
 Meet ad-hoc financial diary based on the ad-hoc request coming from the country head office or the regional
finance coordinator. Ensure that all copies of key documents, such contracts, major purchases, distribution
list and e.t.c are kept in the Area Office for any future need or audit queries and when requested it is sent on
time.
 Ensure that the monthly VAT claims from USAID is compiled and sent to the Addis based Assistant Finance
Officer together with the monthly accounts and vouchers.  Ensure by email that the Addis based Assistant
Finance Officer has received this document. 
III.             Treasury Management (20%)
 Ensure that all our bank accounts in the Area Office is kept appropriately and ensure that the signatories list
is up to date, and inform the Addis Office for any deletions or additions
 Ensure that the cash flow remittance has reached to the bank in the time expected
 Alert the Area Manager for any fund shortfall ahead time.  Discuss with the logistics team to ensure that the
procurement planning document is appropriately handled and its impact on the available fund is discussed
with the logistics team on a weekly basis.
 Ensure that the safe box in the office is kept in a safe place and well safeguarded.
 Perform the weekly and monthly cash count and get it signed by the Area Manager. As required handle
surprise cash count.
 Perform the overall assessment of the operation and at no time the project operation is underfunded or
operations are halted due to lack of adequate funding
 As part of the month end procedure, perform the monthly bank reconciliation and flag any key issue to the
Regional Finance Coordinator or Finance Director 
 If cash is being advanced to project sites, ensure that appropriate level of follow up and controls are in place
and the settlement is happening based on the MC’s internal procedures on such matters
 Ensure that all cheque books are kept in a safe place and unused cheques for closed bank accounts are
discussed with the bank and either returned to the bank or destroyed by obtaining letter from the bank
 Ensure that all voided cheques are kept properly and attached to the cheque stub. 
VI.              Financial Accounting and Budgeting (10% of Time)
1. Ensure that the monthly Electronic and Manual Field return from the Area Office is sent to Addis Based
General Ledger Finance Officer or to the Regional Finance Coordinator on time and the information sent is
well checked against each voucher in the file.
2. Ensure that all the assets (receivables) and liabilities in the Area Office are settled on time and quarterly
note/report is sent to the Addis Ababa Office for all outstanding liabilities and receivable (debts) for more than
three months. Together with the Addis based General Ledger Finance Officer and Assistant Finance Officer,
perform balance sheet account reconciliation on a monthly basis.
3. Ensure the quality of information entered in the bank and cash sub journals and make sure that the regional
finance coordinator and the general ledger finance officer are not spending considerable time in verifying or
checking the information submitted.
4. Coordinate with the Regional Finance Coordinators and ensure the BVA/BVE report is understood by the
relevant team members in the Area Office
5. Coordinate the commitment tracking sheet at Area Office level and submit the information to the Regional
Finance Coordinator on the agreed and scheduled date
6. During budget development process ensure that adequate budget information is submitted
7. Assist the Assistant Finance Officer based in Addis in coordinating CTC/CTO information
8. Provide over all support to the Addis based General Ledger Finance Officer, for any form of queries sent to
the Area Office 
V.                Budget Holders Capacity Management (10% of Time)
1. Perform regular review of the capacity of the budget holders and seek ways to address the gap including
provision of group orientation, induction, mini training
2. Discuss the gap on the monthly finance/admin/operations meeting, find solutions and inform the regional
finance coordinator for any higher level support
3. As required provide need based individual coaching to the budget holders in the Area Office.
4. Provide support to the regional finance coordinator as and when large group trainings are conducted.
  Perform any other similar tasks that may be reasonably assigned by the line manager in any one
of the five components above.

Finance and Administration Assistant, Degahbour City,SR,Ethiopia. Medicines Sans Frontiers-Spain(MSF-

Spain) 12/April/2015 up to 31/May/2017.

Responsiblities are:-

Finance________

 prepare bank payment vouchers for approved payments & effect payment
 prepare pettycash payment vouchers & effects approved cash payments up-to the pettycash limit of the
program
 follow-up on staff work advance & travel advance to be settled timely
 properly coding of all bank and pettycash transactions as per chart of accounts coding classification
 collect cash with appropriate voucher & deposit cash collections inact to bank accounts
 ensure safe custody of field offices pettycash fund,un-collectible cheque,new cheque pads & bid bonds and
also other legal documents related to finance
 processing cash management and cash disbursements
 prepare staff payrolls in accordance with procedures,rules and regulations
 managing master budget and actual budget
 Supporting Line managers in budget,monitoring and financial procedures
 Preparing general ledger and cash offline spread sheet
 Risk analysis in cash and cash equivalents
 Preparing monthly bank/account reconciliations
 Preparing vouchers for book-keeping and also indicating thier cost of classification
 Handling local subsidy payments and settlements
 Running errands of the project like payments of bills
 Making minor purchase and assisting in procurement processes
 Maintaining proper filling of of finance documents,office asset registration and project inventory list
 Preparing of monthly&annual budgets and tracking variances
 Monitoring fund expenditures in accordance with budget like cost-category and type
 Financial administration such as cash-transfers,disbursements,recording of cash book,bank book and
reciepts
 Reviewing travel claims submitted by staffs for final approval and preparing payments
 Confirmation of bank balance
 Preparation of all documents for internal audit
 Monitoring the daily cash-flow records and level of liquidity
 Checking of incoming invoices for hotels,telephones,internet and other fees and arranging for payments
 Handling settlements(checking and verifying each reciepts-wether its done according to the agreement or
not)
 Preparing monthly fuel consumption cost reports
 Calculating and managing daily trip allowance and staff over-time when applicable
  Handling VATs,Tax declarations etc
 Making sure all advances recorded and settled every month before finalizing monthly closing
 Sending monthly financial reports to the finance manager
 Supervising& giving update in job discriptions and give on job training for finance staff undersupervision
 supporting line managers in budget monitoring and financial procedures
 preparation of monthly cash projections
 preparation of monthly financial reports
 Recording and registration of Cash book,bank book,float form and perdium form,accommodation and
transportation sheets/forms
 Categorizing Financial Codes like (budget code,nominal code,project code,donor code,location code and
jobs code)
 Payment request form (PRF)
 Transaction Voucher (TV)
 Refreshment payments
 Budget holder approvals, budget allocation
 Float settlements and budget cash-flow and summary
 Cash reconciliation form
 budget requesting proposals and monthly cash forcasting
 chart of accounts and Bank Reconciliation Form

Administration :_________

 Management of contracts and personal files,increment and leaves

 Ensuring that all drivers of vehicles current and clean drivers licences
 Responsible for all tracking and filling of correspondense
 Develop and implement a project filling system that covers both electronic and physical filling
 Managing office communication including reception area, internal mail and staff working environment
 Managing the operations of project compound including telephone,electricity and water
 Managing office transport
 Developing close working relartionship with country office, HR and strenghenting networking
 Providing administrative scenes like contracts of internal and external parts and confirmation of
appointments
 Keeping of office tasks such as arranging for repairs and maintenance of office equipments, recieving
and maintaining office supplies and also sending,recieving and sorting mails and other packages
 Travel arrangements for the staff and as well as partners when needed
 Moaintaining office documents like reports,payment requests,proposals,contracts etc
 Managing and handling procurement requests,office equipments etc
 Handling administrative supports for the Co-ordinating and organizing of workshops/conferences
 Handling the logistics services including movement of vehicles,project inputs,stores management and
supervice purchasing
 Developing and implementing a system to ensure efficient use and safety of the project vehicles and
equipments including timely & appropriate maintenance and monitoring of costs
 Management of staff and visitors plans
 Facilitating procurements and delivery of items
 Managing accident reports
 Supporting the field office staff to any other logistics,finance and administration activities
 Line managing project drivers and general service and security officers
 Staff time sheet
 Activity weekly plan

TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Finance,Accounting,Logistics and Administrative Scene

Project Management Skills including •project management •project design •project development •multi-stage
reporting •project team development •capacity building •client management •monitoring and evaluation •risk
analysis •knowledge management •stakeholders management •financial rules and regulation •budget management
•contracts negotiation

PERSONAL STRENGHTS AND SKILLS:

Leadership and Negotiation – develops effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders • P erformance
Management – identify ways and implement actions to improve performance of self and others • Planning and
Organizing - plans work, anticipates risks, and sets goals within area of responsibility • Pr ofessionalism - displays
mastery of subject matter • T eamwork – contributes to a collegial team environment; incorporates gender related
needs, perspectives, concerns and promotes equal gender participation.

IT/LANGUAGE: Advanced in MS-Excel,Word,Access(database),Publisher,Powerpoint & outlook.

English: Advanced(fluently).
Somali: Mother-tongue Amharic: understanding
Arabic: little understanding

AWARDS/INTRESTS: Football and Table-tennis Games

Intrests including travel,media,book-reading

REFERENCES: Abdulahi Ahmed mohamed

Senior Finance Officer Mercy Corps
Jigjiga,SR Ethiopia
Tell: +251915089868

Ahmed wali yuusuf

Finance and Admin Officer in MSF-Spain
Degehbur,SR Ethiopia
Tell: +251909010450

Ahmed wali yusuf

Protection Team Leader in DRC
Jigjiga,SR,Ethiopia
Tell: 0915713778