• Performed market risk/return research and financial analysis; recommending new profit-making ventures to management, including investments into financial assets and real estate• Assisted in raising US$100,000 of early-stage finance by creating financial models, investment opportunity profiles and memorandums, and partaking in presentations to (and negotiations with) potential investors

• Performed complex finance and procurement functions, including account analysis, quality assurance, cost management, purchase request analysis, payment approvals, reversal identifications, contacting and negotiating with prospective suppliers, and working with external and internal auditors and consultants• Assisted with setting the financial strategy of the company for the following financial year• Worked with Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and senior financial managers to analyze and determine whether specific, large-amount payments (US$10,000 to over US$1 million) are strategic and should thus be authorized• First intern ever accepted to work at the bank’s headquarters (without being one of their bursary-holders)• Selected to work in the position of a previous, permanent, master’s degree-holding employee within 2 days of training• Recommended strategic locations for installation of new ATM machines by researching establishment of new high traffic industrial or retail areas in local Namibian towns

• Recommended ways of sustainable Minimum Viable Product (MVP) production and areas of expansion through market research and analysis, producing an in-depth report, thereby setting company’s long-term strategy• Only first-year, bachelor’s student chosen to work amongst a group of strictly experienced master’s students

• Assisted in managing client and company accounts, selected for training to become chief accountant in first week• Performed market research, analyzed renewable energy financing industry in emerging economies, and recommended countries of expansion, leading to strategic business partnerships• Delivered a project based on the tactical optimization of social media accounts• Developed and simplified firm’s customer acquisition and sales process, increasing client acquisition rate by 50%• Assisted in formulating and perfecting all necessary details and tools to ensure the company receives additional early-stage funding (US$200,000)