Gogo Duale

Gogo Duale

Audit Senior Associate


KPMG LLP

Los Angeles, CA USA


Everyone has their race to run—it's not how fast, but how well!

Milestones

My road in life has taken me all over.
Graduated college and worked at an Investment Bank in London
Quit and returned to school to study economic development
Moved to the U.S. and enrolled in a Finance Program. Realized that accounting was more aligned with my strengths
Switched to an Accounting Program and worked full time in the last half of the program
Recruited with KPMG and was offered a full time role, without interning
Started at KPMG and won the Elijah Watt Sells Award for outstanding performance on the CPA exams in 2018
Promoted to Senior Associate in 2020
Keep following my journey

Education

High School
Bachelor
Economics, General
Aston University
Graduate
African Development
London School of Economics
Certification/License
Accounting
University of California, Los Angeles
Certification/License
CPA
AICPA

Career

Audit Senior Associate

I audit the financial statements of public and private companies.

Career Roadmap

Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Business
Technology
Learning / Being Challenged

Day to Day

Depending on the time of year, I'm either performing risk assessment over the elements of the Company's financial statements or testing certain accounts to determine if they are materially accurate / complete or spending time working with the Associates to help answer questions and provide direction. You can also catch me participating in the firm's recruitment efforts or participating in the African Ancestry or Hispanic Latino Business Resource Group (BRG) Meetings.

Advice for Getting Started

Here's the first step for professionals

Network! Network with people currently in the industry, use LinkedIn, alumni circles, etc. You'd be surprised how many people are actually willing to help.

Recommended Education

My career is related to what I studied. I'd recommend the path I took:

graduate
Graduate
African Development
certification
Certification/License
Accounting
certification
Certification/License
CPA

Hurdles

The Noise I Shed

From Myself:

"Its too late to start over."