EDUCATION
KOBINA K ANDERSON
Weymouth, MA ***** ******.********@****.***
SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY Manchester, NH
Master’s of Science in Information Technology with a concentration in Business Analytics Expected June 2023 Cumulative GPA: 3.8
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY Boston, MA
Master's of Science in Corporate finance
Cumulative GPA:3.1
SKILLS
Finance and Analytics: Tableau, Advanced Excel including pivot tables and cluster analysis, Minitab, Scrum Master,
Regression analysis.
Languages: Java
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Economic Analyst, Ministry of Finance- Accra, GH May 2019- Feb 2022
Developed reports on Ghana import substitution policy eras in comparison to that of South Korea’s miracle eras and what recommendations and inferences can be made.
Analyzed Ghana macroeconomic indicators, investigated why Ghana long term yield curve is fixed only to short term treasury bills and no why there is no long-term fixed income bonds.
Worked on and developed reports on Ghana road infrastructure system and presented solutions to its challenges
Wrote a report on the systematic and operational flaws of health care delivery in Ghana
Developed reports on the analysis of the real sector of the economy of Ghana, thus the agricultural, tourism, oil& gas, education &aviation sector and made recommendations pertaining to identified issues.
Teaching Assistant, Tema International School- Accra, GH May 2018-May 2019
Lectured on topics such as foreign debt, foreign aid, tariffs etc. to final year students
Graded economics commentaries pertaining to macroeconomics, microeconomics and International development of 35 students
Worked with students explaining economics concepts during class and free periods to final year students in need of understanding
Graded students’ mock papers in preparation for the International Baccalaureate program
Financial Analyst, Data Bank Group- Accra, GH May 2017- May 2018
Created an NPV valuation model for MTN, Vodaphone Ghana and other industry companies and made advisory recommendations on whether to buy MTN shares for private wealth account holders.
Created a composite index for selected shares on the Ghana Stock Exchange using exponential moving averages and forecasted 6-month 26 day moving trend analysis so as to recommend which stocks would be strong buys for private wealth account holders.
Used Z score to normalize stock data before using price/earnings and return on equity ratios to offer an informed recommendation on which stocks to buy, sell based on value stocks valuation
contracts can be utilized to maximize returns for bond holders on the fixed income markets in Ghana
Research on supranational and GSE organizations and how they can be used to leverage an emerging mortgage industry in Ghana