Maua Osoro
San Franssico,California
Summary
Seasoned generalist with expertise in digitization, organizational design, and due diligence, gained through my work at prestigious Management Consulting, Finance, and Venture Capital firms. Offer captivating storytelling for C-suite executives across industries and geographies by combining my problem-solving, accounting, and investing skills. Passion lies in delivering innovative solutions to businesses at the forefront of technology.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Travel Sabbatical
Personal Time Off
Lima, Peru
01.2023 - 12.2023
- Strategic Career Planning: Dedicated time to introspection, defining career objectives for the next decade after pursuing the generalist route for >5 years
- Travel and Cultural Exploration: Covered +1400km travelling across Peru’s diverse regions; attempted the Choquequirao trek. Explored health post in Pucalpa, dedicated at providing quality health access to remote Shipibo community
- EdTech Passion Project: Engaged with 20+ stakeholders in the EdTech sector, identifying and documenting gaps and opportunities within the industry.
Investment Fellow
Capria Ventures (global venture capital firm)
Nairobi, Kenya
06.2022 - 12.2022
- Deal Flow: Sourced, built and managed a pipeline of 80+ start-ups across Sub-Saharan Africa ranging from Mobility and Logistics to HealthTech and EdTech
- Information Memorandum: Drafted 6 investment memos’ ranging from a Fintech company focused on Sharia compliance to a HealthTech company focused on improving healthcare facilities in Bangladesh through digitization
- Portfolio Management: Managed 65+ underlying portfolio companies quarterly reporting by monitoring the completion and accuracy of financial statements, KPIs and overall operational performance, etc
- Analyzed and tracked company performance to assess and establish overall performance of Fund Managers; Fund Managers have a total of ~$218M in AUM
- Value-Add: Provided value-add to portfolio companies by conducting industry benchmarking and market analysis to assist them with establishing geographic expansion roadmaps, created working material for ESG workshops for 3 Fund Managers in Africa, and conducted introductory research on web3 technologies, providing internal resources for the firm to explore this emerging field, where DeFi’s market size is valued at ~$12B
- Due Diligence: Conducted due diligence processes for Fund Managers in North and Sub-Saharan Africa that included primary and secondary research, including customers and potential partner verification interviews.
Business Analyst
Mckinsey and Company (global management consulting firm)
Dallas, United States
08.2020 - 10.2021
- M&A Cultural Integration: Examined and executed a cultural integration diagnostic for two large legacy oil and gas companies valued at >$21B, to assist with M&A transition
- Collaborated with VPs across Talent Management, Organizational Communication and Marketing to establish cultural gaps; developed action plans to close cultural gaps and prepare employees for post-merger integration
- Marketing and Data Analysis: Worked with internal cross-function teams in North America, Asia, and Europe to conduct an in-depth performance data analysis and prepare marketing material for newly launched digital transformation curriculum; the team has conducted 550+ days of training in over 28 countries and achieved a total impact of €1B+
- Digitization: Collaborated on the digitization of an operational and executive dashboard to improve supply-demand matching at a $250B automotive company; the cost of value chain optimization would be in the $300-900M range after implementation
- Organizational Design: Performed span analysis for a ~$70B food manufacturing company to increase personnel productivity utilization and reduce cost; projected to achieve ~$9.5M cost savings per annum.
Corporate Finance Associate
Crowe Global (global audit firm)
London, United Kingdom
09.2017 - 07.2020
- Team Management: Served as Junior Engagement Manager for a due diligence of a publicly listed Mortgage Financing Bank in Nigeria seeking $300M in equity financing to convert into a Commercial Bank; managed team of 4 and collaborated with cross-function teams across Private Equity, Legal, Finance, and Executive Board Members to prepare Information Memorandum and Teaser for Investors
- Business Development: Spearheaded Business Development in preparation for company rebranding globally; overhauled the establishment of the Corporate Finance practice and sourced for clients across the corporate and start-up space
- Collaborated with Corporate Finance Partners across Kenya and Spain to launch new practice; total impact at time of exit estimated at ~$5M
- Audit and Tax: Audited financial statements for large companies spanning different industries and geographies including Real Estate, Banking, and Insurance; Banking experience ranges from a Microfinance Institution in Kenya to a Commercial Bank in Djibouti; conducted large data analysis to detect financial irregularities
- Also completed tax returns and tax compliance for different private and public clients with asset values ranging from $5M to ~$1B
- Accounting Certification: Studied towards Associate of Chartered Certified Accountant certification; completed Business and Technology, Management Accounting, Financial Accounting and Corporate and Business Law within first 4 months of employment.
Education
Master of Arts (M.A.) in Sociology -
University of Glasgow
06.2017
Skills
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint
- CaseWare data analytics
- Large data analysis and review of financial statements
- Problem-solving
- Storytelling
- Business development
- Digitization
- Due diligence
Websites
Timeline
Travel Sabbatical
Personal Time Off
01.2023 - 12.2023
Investment Fellow
Capria Ventures (global venture capital firm)
06.2022 - 12.2022
Business Analyst
Mckinsey and Company (global management consulting firm)
08.2020 - 10.2021
Corporate Finance Associate
Crowe Global (global audit firm)
09.2017 - 07.2020
Master of Arts (M.A.) in Sociology -
University of Glasgow
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