Evans Kariuki

FIVER.COM                                                                                                             Remote work

Freelancer, Research writer                                                                      Feb 2021 to present

• Provided guidance and assistance to students in Australia while writing their thesis and masters projects. 
• Provided support and help to students who require deep insight in the use of excel and other data analysis tools
• Conducted market research for various start-ups especially in USA.

GIVE DIRECTLY (NGO)                                                                            Nairobi West lands

Finance Assistant                                                                              May 2018– Jan 2021

• Prepared and Maintained Payroll 
• Assisted with the management of the Finance Manager’s missions and representation schedule, as well as related travel arrangements.
• Prepared and made payments to vendors  
• Filled statutory returns, NHIF, NSSF, PAYE, NITA
• Maintained MPESA imprest account 
• Prepared bulk journal entries (payables, receivables, petty cash)
• Calculated VAT and withholding taxes before making payments
• Reconciled Transfers made to recipients from Segovia (outsourced payment system) and the organizations accounting system.
• Prepared various accounts for audit and provided assistance to audit teams
• Profiled and shortlisted finance managers in Liberia and Malawi using Payspace system.
• Reconciled financial statement of the organization during audit.
• Provided all other related administrative, logistical, protocol and secretary services for the Finance manager.
• Monitored credit risks of banks in Malawi and Liberia to determine the bank in which the organization will bank with since the organization was in the process of launching its operation in these countries.

COUNTY GOVERNMENT of Trans-Nzoia                                                                   Kitale

Intern (Department of Economic Planning)                                    May 2016 to Dec 2016

• Monitored and evaluated of county projects. 
• Prepared monitoring and evaluation reports.
• Collected and Analysed Data on county projects.
• Prepared project progress reports.
• Conducted capacity building for micro and small enterprises.
• Attended site meetings on county projects and prepared minutes on the same. 
• Reviewed NOREB Bill, Memorandum of Association and Policy document and provided recommendations
• Prepared North Rift Economic Bloc Budget (NOREB) budget. 
• Audited financial documents on county projects
• Attended meetings of Commission on Revenue Allocations (CRA) and prepared minutes on behalf of Chief executive Officer.
• Other General office duties

KAPSARA SECONDARY SCHOOL  

Volunteer Teacher                                                                                       May to Aug 2014

• Teaching Mathematics and business studies.
• Parent and mentor teacher of form two students.
• Games teacher of form one students.

Technical Experience

MS Excel, QuickBooks, Intuit, PowerPoint, Quantitative Analysis, SQL, Java

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY School of Economics 

Bachelor’s Degree inEconomics and Finance GPA 3.7                                 Dec 2017

• Growing leaders program. Obtained a leadership and management certificate after successfully completing training.  Distinction
• Served as Red Cross, Nyayo Zone Representative- KU Chapter
• Served in High School Ministry as Mission Coordinator.

KASNEB

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) part 1                                                           May 2016

• Currently proceeding with section 3 & 4

GOSETA BOYS HIGH SCHOOL

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) (B+)                                 Dec 2012       

• Received an award for emerging Top 3 in KCSE exams
• Served as Electricity and Lighting Captain 
• Served as class Prefect from Form 2 to Form 3