Judah Ng'ang'a
Kikuyu
Summary
Results-oriented individual with a strong academic foundation in finance, accounting, and data analytics. Seeking to leverage on my academic knowledge in a dynamic industry setting where I can learn and grow while making a meaningful impact.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Teaching Fellow
Strathmore University
07.2019 - Current
- Teaching; corporate reporting, audit and assurance, financial management, international finance and trade, probability & statistics, econometrics, and mathematics of finance
- Grading of assignments, continuous assessment tests and exams
- Coordination of undergraduate research activities
- Updating of curricula.
Graduate Assistant
Strathmore University
05.2017 - 06.2019
- Teaching assistantship; financial management and financial reporting
- Grading of assignments, continuous assessment tests and exams
- Faculty research coordination
- Assisting faculty researchers in writing research articles
- Individual-based tutoring.
Assurance Associate
Ernst and Young
10.2016 - 04.2017
- Understand organization operating environment
- Evaluate entities’ internal control systems
- Evaluate entities’ compliance with the legal regulatory frameworks
- Check for compliance with accounting standards in financial statements
- Advise entities on best accounting practices.
Payables and Receivables Accountant
KONE East Africa
04.2016 - 12.2016
- Maintenance of proper accounts
- Account reconciliations
- Credit control
- Ensuring timely payments of the creditors
- Labor cost accounting
- Bank Reconciliations
- Cost allocation.
Accountant & Audit Assistant
Ernest and Martin Associates
06.2015 - 03.2016
- Ensure timely Reconciliations of Bank, VAT, Payables, etc
- Monthly filing of VAT returns for various clients
- Ensuring clients’ remit statutory deductions
- Ensuring maintenance of proper books of accounts
- Clients’ debtors and creditors management
- Supervision and training of interns
- Planning the audit, Preparation of Audit programs
- Preparation of final accounts
- Ensuring that accounts conform to the accounting and audit frameworks.
Education
Master of Commerce: Finance -
Strathmore University
06-2019
Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) -
Strathmore University
01.2016
Skills
- Machine Learning
- Python Programming
- Time-series analysis
- Tableau
- Data Visualization and Presentations
- Tax law familiarity
- Internal Audits
- Data Analytics
- Accounting Principles
- Audit Planning
- Internal controls development
- Financial statement review
Certification
CFA Level 1 Passed
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Accomplishments
Awards
- 2012- Best K.C.S.E. Performer Award, at the Sub-county level.
- 2016- Merit Award for Academic Excellence.
- 2019- Best Thesis (Finance)
Leadership
- 2015-2016: Head of training at Ernest and Martin Associates
- 2019-Date: Research Coordinator at Strathmore Business School
Research Publications
- Ng’ang’a, J. (2019). An Assessment of select market timing strategies ’ performance in Nairobi Securities Exchange (Thesis, Strathmore University ). Retrieved from http://suplus.strathmore.edu/handle/11071/6578
- Judah W.N. (2023). An Evaluation of Hidden Markov Model Performance in the Nairobi Securities Exchange. Proceedings of the Business Resilience Conference, South Africa.
Trainings Attended
- 2021: CIPA Impact Evaluation by Network of Impact Evaluation Researchers in Africa.
- 2023: Machine Learning in R by the University of St. Gallen.
- 2024: Impact Evaluation Workshop organized by IPA-Kenya.
References
- Dr. Maria Wachira, Associate Director, Doctoral Academy, Strathmore University, (+254) 0792 149 980, mwachira@strathmore.edu
- Dr. David Mathuva, Director and Senior Lecturer, Strathmore Business School, (+254) 0710 403 501, dmathuva@strathmore.edu
Timeline
Teaching Fellow
Strathmore University
07.2019 - Current
Graduate Assistant
Strathmore University
05.2017 - 06.2019
Assurance Associate
Ernst and Young
10.2016 - 04.2017
Payables and Receivables Accountant
KONE East Africa
04.2016 - 12.2016
Accountant & Audit Assistant
Ernest and Martin Associates
06.2015 - 03.2016
Master of Commerce: Finance -
Strathmore University
Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) -
Strathmore University
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