Catherine Kamau

Statistics graduate and Passed CFA Level I with over 4 years of professional experience in executive administration, reporting, stakeholder coordination, and data management. Skilled in research, report preparation, data analysis, and presentation development using Excel, Power BI, Tableau, SPSS, STATA, and R. Experienced supporting senior executives in fast-paced corporate environments requiring professionalism, organization, accuracy, and communication.

Currently seeking to transition into investment research and financial analysis roles where quantitative and analytical skills can be applied in financial markets and investment decision-making.

Executive Administrative Assistant at AGRICULTURAL FINANCE CORPORATION (2023-07 – Present)

• Conduct financial analysis and portfolio performance reviews to support board-level decision making on credit risk and lending strategy.
• Monitor loan portfolio performance by analyzing delinquency trends, non-performing loans (NPLs), and early warning indicators to support risk management.
• Drafted detailed Board Papers and strategic briefs on behalf of the Managing Director, incorporating relevant financial and operational insights.
• Conducted research and financial data analysis to support executive decision-making and provide actionable reports.
• Organized and maintain both electronic and paper-based records, ensuring secure, efficient, and accessible document management systems.
• Collaborated with cross-functional departments and external stakeholders to facilitate information flow and coordinate financial reporting needs.
• Handled confidential documents including financial and personnel records.
• Reconciled imprest claims and provide accurate expenditure tracking aligned with corporate budgeting policies.
• Designing and deploying field-appropriate survey tools. Collect and compile high-quality primary data through interviews and structured fieldwork.
• Provided front-line representation for the MD's office, managing communication, visitors, and stakeholder inquiries with professionalism.
• Coordinated and facilitated high-level meetings, preparing briefing materials, recording action items, and ensuring timely follow-ups.
• Requisition for office supplies for the Managing Director's office and ensuring that the supplies are used economically.
• Support credit analytics and risk teams by analyzing portfolio data, identifying credit trends, and preparing analytical insights for management.

Admin and Customer Service at Asante World Kenya LTD (2019-12 – 2023-06)

• Planed, scheduled, and arranged venues for meetings as per the company's calendar. Prepared presentations and engage in meetings with various stakeholders.
• Report writing; compiled weekly and monthly output data reports. Gathered information from clients and give a feedback report to my supervisor.
• Implemented innovation projects and ensured proper care and maintenance of office equipment.
• Follow up on payment of invoices and purchase of products.
• Received calls, did follow-up calls, responded to emails and Social Media engagements.
• Guided and solved queries from customers, stock taking, feeding the appropriate excel files, and filing documents.
• Bookkeeping; balanced every day's sales sum
• Supported the management and colleagues in the supply of products and general administrative duties. Ensured update of data for any supplied products and communicate where problems may arise.
• Initiated and reorganized inventory in the warehouse, reducing time spent retrieving inventory from 20 minutes to less than 5 minutes.
• Improved customer experience by 50%, as confirmed by the in-store surveys
• Achieved improved data quality, storage, and management
• Improved output numbers by nearly 20% over the last three years.
• Understood and adhered to strict work routines, punctuality, and teamwork.

Data Collection at Nickel Marketing Agency (2020-11 – 2020-11)

• Data collection in the slum areas of Mathare North and Kariobangi on hardware businesses available.
• Recorded, report writing and submitted results
• Interviewed 100 different hardware using the provided survey questions
• Ensured all data collection tools are submitted on time after work is completed.

Enumerator at Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) (2019-08 – 2019-08)

• Identified boundaries for the Enumeration Areas (EAs), locating all structures and visiting every household to list all the usual members in the EA assigned to them before the enumeration exercise
• Ensured that all the necessary equipment/materials to be used for enumeration are available to them before the exercise commences
• Administered all questions and recorded responses on all persons who will have spent the night of 24th/25th August 2019 in each of the households in the assigned Enumeration Area
• Obtained complete and accurate answers and captured them correctly during the enumeration exercise by exercising sound judgement.
• Forwarded all equipment and questionnaires (used and unused), maps, notebooks and any other materials as directed to the Content Supervisor after the enumeration exercise

CFA in Finance – Chartered Financial Analyst Institute

Bachelors of Science in Applied Statistics with Computing – University of Eldoret (2019)

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education – Naromoru Girls High School (2014)