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Johnson Mwangi Nyika
Senior Advisor
Audit & Learning and Development, KPMG East Africa
Mobile: +254 723 856 960/+254 709 576 355
Email: nyikajohnson@gmail.com
Membership in Professional Associations
Member – Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK)
Profile
I am currently working as a Senior Auditor with KPMG East African practice where
my roles includes among others development and execution of group audit plans,
leading and managing subsidiary audits and projects with teams of five to fifteen
assistants through planning, fieldwork and reporting phases, coordinating schedules
and assistants in teams, reporting on the audit progress to the client, discussing
issues identified and preparation and review of financial statements in compliance
with International Financial Reporting Standards.
I have been rated as a highly effectively performer in the last four years in KPMG
being a person who consistently delivers quality, exceeds targets and performs
better than peers.
I have a vast knowledge and experience in finance functions and processes audits,
financial statements preparations and analysis in both financial services and
consumer industrial markets, performance of agreed upon procedures, and review
and implementation of IFRS compliance audit systems and frameworks.
I am an accredited global trainer having under gone the Integrated Africa Generic
Train The Trainer (IAGTTT) program, a program offered by KPMG South Africa, and
have trained in numerous audit and financial reporting courses within KPMG East
Africa.
A proactive individual with first class business, strong investigative skills, analytical
and logical approach to problem solving and adept at handling and interpreting
data.
I am passionate on client service, valuing customer feedback, building and
sustaining relationships and continuously striving to improve on delivery.
Academic Qualifications
2013 - To date: University of Nairobi
 Master of Business Administration-Finance Option
2007-Dec2010: Kenyatta University
 Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting option)-Second Upper Class.
2001-2005:Othaya Boys Secondary School
 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education- Grade: A-(Minus)

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Professional Qualifications
2008-2010:
 Certified Public Accountant(CPA-K)
Relevant Work Experience
2011 to date – Senior Advisor, Audit & Learning and development –KPMG
East Africa
I am the engagement senior on various engagements advising client’s senior
management and board members on business process improvements,
taxation, compliance with laws and regulations and financial reporting
frameworks.
Key responsibilities include:
 In charge of planning, execution and completion of financial statements
audits of large to medium sized organizations in the financial services,
manufacturing and service industries including leading teams of three to
twelve audit staff;
 Determining scope, developing audit programs, and coordinating activities
and communications with audit clients and management;
 Assigning testing responsibilities to other subsidiary auditors in group
audits, and monitoring the audit; communicating progress, obstacles, and
issues to management on a daily basis or on an as-needed basis;
 Executing project plans and acting resourcefully to ensure that work is
completed within specified time and quality parameters are delivered as
agreed with the client and in line with the best practice;
 Preparing engagement budgets and continuously monitoring the progress
of the fieldwork for each job assigned against the estimated plan and
communicating any challenges on a timely basis;
 Discussing findings with audit clients and obtaining timely and proper
feedback of the findings prior to finalization of fieldwork knowing when it is
necessary to escalate and/or involve those charged with governance;
 Preparing audit reports reflecting the results of the audit work performed,
including reports to management;
 Preparation and review of consolidation workings and statutory accounts for
compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards and other
relevant legislation;
 Assessment of internal control environments and preparation of
management reports on performance improvement areas in the business
processes of the organization;
 Review of tax workings and compliance check for audit clients.
 Review of thought readership materials with the view of identifying
important emerging issues relating to client operations; and providing
advisory services thereof;
 Peer review of colleagues within the Audit service line; including providing
performance feedback per project; and
 Undertaking induction of new staff within the service line and on the job
training of entry level employees.

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Major clients worked on includes:
 I&M Bank Limited
 Kenya Commercial Bank Limited and subsidiaries
 Housing Finance
 Development Bank of Kenya
 The Central Bank of Kenya
 KCB South Sudan Limited
 Farmers Choice Limited
 Kenya Wine Agencies Limited
 East African Breweries Limited
 Business Partners Limited SME Fund
 Opportunity Kenya Limited
 Kinangop Windpark Limited
Other relevant work experience
 Prior to joining KPMG East Africa, I worked on a short contract as an
accountant for the Zetech University and Finken Holdings located in Nairobi.
 I have also worked with Empire Institute of Professionals as a part time
Lecture in Financial Management and Financial Reporting while at Kenyatta
University as well as an Intern with KCB Bank in various departments at
branch level on rotational basis.
Skills
 Multi-industry experience (financial services, fast moving consumable
goods, wealth management, private equity, consumer goods and research)
 External audit in accordance with International Standards of Auditing and
IFRS including conversion issues;
 Financial services regulatory issues such as ICAAP, Prudential guidelines,
Basel and Solvency requirements;
 Compliance with laws and regulations
 Financial investment and management skills;
 Project management including budgeting and people (team) management;
 Proposal writing;
 Data analysis using, MS Excel , SPSS and Audit Command Language (ACL)
and other CAATs;
 Fluent in both spoken and written English and Swahili;
 Enterprise risk management implementation;
 Advanced knowledge in excel, word processing, power point;
 Excellent report writing and presentation skills;
 Use of audit software; and
 Excellent communication, leadership and people skills.
Trainings Attended
 Application of International Accounting Standards(IAS) and International
Standards of Auditing(ISAs);
 Accreditation to Integrated global train the trainer workshop;
 Annual IFRSs trainings;
 Presentation skills training.

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Language capabilities
Languages Speaking Reading Writing
English Excellent Excellent Excellent
Kiswahili Excellent Excellent Excellent
Referees
To be provided on request