Elizabeth Ogutu is an accounting professional with skills in financial areas such as accounting laws, cost control, financial statements, budgeting, auditing, and taxation. She has a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Finance from United States International University-Africa and is pursuing her CPA Part II qualification. Her work experience includes internships at MUSTEK East Africa Ltd and TaiFa Summit, where she performed accounting functions and identified process improvements. She is also involved in leadership roles at her university, such as treasurer for the hockey club, and has interests in sports, photography, community service and travel.

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OGUTU ELIZABETH NELLY ATIENO
Address: P.O Box 3397 KISUMU-40100
Cell Phone: +254 714 261 777
Email:lizogutu1@gmail.com
LinkedIn: Liz Ogutu
1.0SUMMARY OF SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
I’m an accounting professional who possesses multiple skills covering many financial
areas such as laws, cost control principals, ledger analysis, financial statements,
budgeting, auditing practices, taxation and economic regulations. Also fluent in (spoken
and written), English, Kiswahili and intermediate French.
Qualifications include:
 Annual statements – Analyze financial data and prepare reports/statements.
 Hands-on knowledge of related automated financial and accounting software
systems.
 Proficient in MS Office (Excel in particular).
 Analytical thinking, planning, organizing, prioritizing and executing with
pinpoint accuracy.
 Problem analysis – Use judgment to solve problems efficiently.
1.1 EDUCATION
Date Institution Degree
January 2013- August 2016 United States Bachelor of Science in
International University – Africa Accounting and Finance
Achievements
I. Work-Study scholarship from September 2013 to August 2016
II. Sports scholarship from January 2014 to August 2016
2007-2010 Kisumu Senior Academy O-Level Education (EDEXCEL)
Achievements
I. Represented the school and the country in national and private swimming galas.
II. Voted sports personality of the year 2010.

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1.2.PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Date Institution Course
January-March 2016 United States Accounting Information Systems
International University – Africa (QuickBooks)
2011-2012 KCA University, Kisumu Campus CPA Part II (ongoing)
November 2010 African Institute of Research and Microsoft Office
Development Studies, Kisumu Campus (Computer Software)
1.3WORK EXPERIENCE
Date Organization Position
May 2016- To date MUSTEK East Africa Ltd. Accounting Intern
 Reconciling general ledger accounts
 Roll forward analysis of balance sheet accounts
 Monthly financial statement review and analysis
 Assist with general accounting month-end closing procedures
 Assist with Sarbanes-Oxley compliance testing
 Provide clerical support for Sales Tax reporting
 Complete special projects as needed and other duties assigned
August 2015-December 2015 TAIFA SUMMIT Head of Accounting
Identified process issues with reporting method and proactively introduced new
procedure for the operations department, improving report quality.
May 2013- May 2016 USIU-A Office Assistant at the
The DVC-AA office under the
Work-Study Scholarship
 Filling of selected non-confidential documents as directed by the supervisor,
during this time I came up with file arrangement system that eased the search of
documents by coding them according to content.
 Receiving phone calls and directing or taking messages accordingly and
photocopying meeting documents as directed, delivery of documents to
respective offices and keeping a proper record of their movement.
 Collecting office supplies from the stores as directed by the supervisor and
research on any information as requested by the DVC Academic affairs.
 Performed any other duties as and when assigned.

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1.4 LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
1. Treasure: United States International University-Africa Hockey Ladies Club
(Spartans), second year in office.
I Encouraged members of the team (alumni and current students) to have a fixed
monthly contribution towards a kitty that I found ongoing. Monies collected are usually
used for team activities such as team-bonding and purchase of team merchandise.
2. Member of the USIU-A disciplinary committee, from December 2015 to date.
3. Served key leadership roles in Campus events: Drug Awareness Week- Chair twice
and Secretary once, VCT Week- Treasurer twice and vice chair once, PACS Open
day Chair once.
1.5 INTERESTS
Sporting activities, I’m national swimmer and a professional field hockey player,
photography, community service and travelling.
1.6REFERENCES
1. Professor Mathew O. Buyu 2. Mrs Lynette Nzioki
BA; Dip Ed; MA; PhD; FACE Assistant to the Dean, School of
P.O. Box 14634-00800 Nairobi, Kenya Humanities and social Sciences,
United States International University-Africa Matron, USIU-Africa Hockey Ladies
P.O. Box 14634-00800 Nairobi, Kenya Tel: +254 722 619 680
Tel: +254 20 360 6000/718 Email: lwnzioki@usiu.ac.ke
+254 20 360 6000/101
Cell No. +254 712 678 663
Email: mbuyu@usiu.ac.ke
3. Mr Keith Oleng’ 4. Ms Miriam Wangui Muhia
Founder, Taifa Summit, Head of Sales and Marketing,
Managing Partner, Africa is a Planet Microsoft Kenya,
Tel: +254 724 725 164 P.O BOX 64736 – 00620
Email: ko@aiap.co.ke Tel: +254 717 519 966
Email: v-mirim@microsoft.com