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Waweru Muiruri

@wawerumuiruri

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I build financial forecasts and policy insights using econometrics and data analytics.

Kenya

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to build on my financial engineering, econometrics, and data analytics foundation through KCB's Management Trainee Programme, with opportunities to contribute to banking and financial analysis.

At the State Department for Energy, I support strategic plan reviews, policy analysis, and monitoring and evaluation for government power projects. I've contributed to a 24-comment strategic-plan input table, reviewed four proposed policies, and supported a five-county field exercise.

I bring a Financial Engineering background from JKUAT and hands-on tax administration experience at KRA. For my final-year project, I built an RNN-LSTM model in R, TensorFlow, and Keras to forecast KCB Group PLC stock prices, outperforming an ARIMA baseline.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Economist & Statistician

Current

State Department for Energy

Jan 2026 - Present (7 months)

Support quarterly performance contract reviews and contributed to the Mid-Term Review of the Ministerial Strategic Plan 2023–2027. Participated in a 5-county field monitoring and evaluation exercise for a government power project, assisting in data collection and analysis.

Data Collection Data Analysis Policy Analysis Monitoring and Evaluation Report Writing

Attachment Trainee - Finance & Tax Administration

Kenya Revenue Authority

Feb 2023 - May 2023 (3 months)

Validated financial documents across multiple departments, supporting the accuracy of tax records and compliance reporting. Streamlined daily administrative workflows, improving processing efficiency by an estimated 15%.

Financial Document Processing Tax Compliance Data Entry Data Protection

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology

Bachelor of Science, Financial Engineering

Grade: Second Class Honours, Lower Division

Graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Financial Engineering, achieving Second Class Honours, Lower Division. Coursework included Financial Mathematics, Econometrics, Risk Management, Time Series Analysis, and Financial Modelling & Valuation.