Nawen Gong has a diverse work experience spanning different industries. In 2011, Nawen worked as a Financial Accounting Intern at Whitbread PLC Property. From 2016 to 2017, Nawen served as a Financial Analyst at Genentech, where they developed dashboards and spreadsheets, prepared reports, and provided financial updates and variance analysis. In 2019, Nawen joined ForwardLine Financial as a Risk Analyst, analyzing and benchmarking risk KPIs, monitoring industry performance, and owning scripts for credit decision modules. In 2020, Nawen became a Data Scientist at PayPal, where they worked until 2022, and in 2023, Nawen started working as a Senior Data Analyst at BriteCap Financial.
Nawen (Noven) Gong has a strong educational background in accounting and business management. They obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from XI'AN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY in 2012. Following that, Nawen attended the University of California, Santa Cruz from 2014 to 2015 to further pursue their studies in accounting and business management.
In 2018, Nawen enrolled at UC San Diego and successfully completed a Master of Science (MS) degree in Business Analytics in 2019, expanding their knowledge and skills in the field.
Additionally, Nawen has pursued various certifications to enhance their expertise. They obtained certifications in MySQL and SQL from TestDome in April 2020. Prior to that, in 2017, they completed certifications including Intermediate R Course, Pandas Foundations, Statistics for Business, Intermediate Python for Data Science Course, Introduction to R Course, and Intro to Python for Data Science, all from DataCamp.
Furthermore, Nawen has pursued professional certifications such as AICPA In-Progress from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and AIPB from the American Institute of Professional Bookkeeping in 2015. Additionally, they obtained the ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) certification in 2013.
Overall, Nawen has a diverse educational background in accounting, business management, and business analytics, and has consistently pursued certifications to expand their knowledge and skill set.
May, 2023 - present
September, 2019