After graduating from Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor of science in accounting and a minor in mathematics, he started his accounting career as an associate with Ernst & Young. At EY, he provided assurance services to public financial services clients in the banking, capital market, wealth and asset management industries, testing and analyzing balance sheet and income statement accounts, designing and testing controls and performing tie-outs. From there, Nguyen moved to the private sector, where he delivered assurance services to private companies in the investment funds industry.