Hermela Yadeta
I am a finance business partner with over 8 years of experience,
skilled in leveraging financial expertise to provide strategic insights
and support to cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with
corporate goals. Proven track record in budget management, financial
forecasting, and risk assessment. Strong communicator adept at
building relationships with stakeholders at all levels, driving business
growth
through
data-driven
decision-making
and
process
improvements. Committed to optimizing financial performance.
CONTACT
EXPERIENCE
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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SKILLS
09/2023 - Current
Unilever Manufacturing PLC - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Finance Analyst/Business Partner- Customer Development
Financial Planning and
Analysis
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Financial Budgeting
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Project finance
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Risk Management
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Stakeholder Management
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Community Networking
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Cash Flow Management
LANGUGE
Amharic: Native
English:
brands and customers.
Performance Management: Analyze financial results and key trends,
assess current and future business risks, and communicate results to
leadership.
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Analytics: Bring powerful analysis to issues and have a roving eye for
detail; use an intelligent mix of logic and intuition in decision making
and judgement
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Business Partnering: Interact cross functionally with Marketing, Sales
and Supply Chain evaluating all aspects of the business, including what
new products will be launched, what new advert campaigns will go live,
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. and where further investment will go.
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Finance Analyst/Business Partner- Supply Chain
Unilever Manufacturing PLC - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Providing monthly Supply Chain material cost and non-material supply
chain costs (NMSCC) forecast to Sales & Operation Planning (S&OP)
and Financial Forecast Profit & Loss
Ensure timely monthly end closure completion for SC areas including
any regional and global reporting.
Managing monthly Capex budget, forecast, and reporting including
investment appraisal. · Managing and leading projects and follow up on
the projects after they landed.
Driving safety stock and country cash agenda though right stock days
on hand.
Leading monthly SC performance management with country leadership
team and East Africa/ Africa supply chain leadership team
Builds business cases or scenarios to support cost decision making with
key focus in saving initiatives (restructuring, changes in logistic
network, supporting tenders or price negotiations, truck fill, storage
cost modelling).
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CERTFICATION
2023 Dec - Unilever
Finance and Management
course
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University of South Africa
2018 April - International
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Order to Cash Analyst
Heineken Breweries S.C. - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Financial Reporting
- 07/2021
Standards (IFRS)
Addis Ababa University
College of Business and
Economics School of
Commerce.
Financial Planning: Working with Customer Development (Sales) and
Demand Planning to support the financial planning process across the
08/2021 – 08/2023
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Business partner for sales operations, Field sales mangers & Regional sales
mangers
02/2021
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Accomplishment
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Developed automated
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Supported cross-functional teams by providing accurate forecasting
data related to orders and revenue projections.
Optimized cash collection procedures by closely monitoring accounts receivable,
ensuring timely payments from clients.
Customer balance reconciliation and providing analytical reports for
stockholders.
Prepare Monthly output VAT and Withholding receivable reconciliation.
Power BI report:
I have developed Power BI
report for daily sales report
connected to the SAP system
brand,
analytics
by
SKU,
by
by
price
region/subregion,
segment etc.).
Developed Cost plus model:
As part of my role in partnering
supply
chain
introduced
to
new
I
Bank Reconciliation Administrator
Heineken Breweries S.C. - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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have
model
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01/2021
detailed
06/2020 -
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Ensuring monthly bank accounts reconciliation is done, documented & reviewed
with justifiable reconciling items and no differences.
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Preparing clear aging analysis for suspense bank balances.
Leading & following up unrecorded bank and cash transactions and clearing long
outstanding reconciling items
of
costing for our transporters to
Payment, Travel & Expense Administrator
Heineken Breweries S.C. - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
create transparency in pricing
11/2016 - 05/2020
and to drive saving.
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Periodic review of long vendor balances and align with the invoicing analyst to
clear the outstanding balances-Clearing previous period long outstanding
vendor balances in the current month.
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Manage and accountable for the accounting of, and release for payment, travel
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expenses, business expense claims, advances and settlements, petty cash.
Support internal/external audits (Tax, Financial, Operations) and remediate any
audit issue related to the process.
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10/2015 - 10/2016
Order to Cash Administrator
Heineken Breweries S.C. - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Checking & posting of payments that comes from Customers/distributors.
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Posting of petty cash payments On Time in Full and prepare daily cash report.
Preparing daily sales report and bank account posting report at the end of each
business day
EDUCATION
2020
Master of Business Administration International Business
Mekelle University - Addis Ababa
2015
Bachelor of Arts Accounting & Finance
Addis Ababa University School of Commerce - Addis Ababa
