Data Science Financial Reporting

NOAH K. MENGICH

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Career Summary

I am experienced finance professional with a strong foundation in corporate accounting and finance. Skilled in payroll management, project planning, budget preparation, and financial analysis, with adept at financial reporting and management in both private and public sectors. I possess exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with a track record of providing exceptional service. I am highly analytical with advanced computer knowledge and currently, pursuing Masters of Science program in Data Science with the aim of blending my finance and accounting background. Education

Master of Science – Data Science, Montclair State University 2023-2025 New Jersey, US On-going, Graduating May 2025

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting Option, University of Nairobi 2011-2015 Nairobi, KE Second class, Upper Division

Certified Public Accountancy (CPA), Strathmore University, Nairobi 2012-2015 Nairobi, KE CPA I-VI

Kenya Secondary Education Certificate (KCSE), Meteitei High School 2005-2009 Nandi, KE A- (Minus)

Professional Experience

Hydro Project Service Peters Limited, Project Accountant 01/2019 – 08/2023 Meru, Kenya

Payroll Management

o Running payroll system, review job cards and apportioning to related project/activity pool o Engage in the recruitment of new staff, work plans, periodic review budgets, and wage structures

Financial Control-Receivables and Payables

o Update and track status of each job order (billings vis-à-vis payments) o Preparing monthly project budgets, financial forecasts, requisitioning activity funds and reconciliations

o Prepare monthly statutory tax calculations and filings; PAYE, VAT, Income, WHT, Capital gain, and the Advance tax filings

o Maintaining cash book, cash flow reports, and preparation of management reports o Reviewing supplier invoices related to the project, processing order and contract payments, engineering consultants, subcontractors, suppliers, and the bills o Processing cheques, MPesa, EFT payments and preparation of bank guarantees o Tariff computation and issuance of monthly invoices to the off-taker Financial Reporting

o Reconciling GL accounts, preparing supporting schedules, posting adjusting journal entries, variance analysis, and preparing monthly financial and KPI reporting dashboard packages o Investigate project variances and submit variance reports to the group FC o Preparing and verifying accounting records in conformity with the project and corporate policies

o Preparing monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual financial statements o Prepare audit schedules

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• Other Roles

o Work with the company leadership and the consulting team on ad-hoc analysis to analyze energy sector trends and provide insights for financial remodeling o Participate in the setup and rolling out new ERP systems o Manage CSR projects and the community kitty allocated by the company o Support on the administrative duties and projects as assigned UAP- OLD Mutual Insurance Group, Credit Control & Treasury Officer 07/2015 – 12/2018 Nairobi, Kenya

o Monitoring daily bank accounts’ cash-inflows

o In charge of back-office receipting such as M-Pesa, EFT, cheque, and cash deposit o Preparation of End of Day cash-up journals from bridging controls a/c and updating cash book o Performing weekly and monthly bank reconciliations updating the cash book. Also, execute daily payment and receipting reports from all branches o Reconciliation of un-allocated credits in suspense and control accounts o Managing dishonored bounced cheques, reversals, and charges o Analyzing premium payments and reconciling with brokers’ schedules o Liaising with the underwriters on the clients’ accounts regarding debits notes o Generating debtor’s reports/statements and monitoring debtors’ movement. Sharing the statements with brokers Reconciling debtors accounts especially corporate clients: brokers, agents, and banc-assurance

Skills

Technical Skills Data Tech Stack

Data visualization and communication, data Python, R, SQL, GitHub, Google Suite, Office 365 wrangling, probability and statistics, customer and Suite, MS Dynamics business analytics, financial planning and forecasting Soft Skills

Business intuition and impact analysis, good

presentation and communication, collaboration,

problem-solving, creative thinking, project

management

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