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Managed and operated a small service business for over 20 years, overseeing daily operations, customer service, scheduling, inventory control, supplier coordination, sales tracking, expense management, and bookkeeping support. Developed practical systems to improve organization, maintain service quality, and ensure efficient business operations.
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Small business owners: your books don't have to be overwhelmed.
I'm building Balanced by Ash to help small businesses keep their bookkeeping organized and up to date.
I can help with: Quickbooks online bookkeeping, Transaction categorization, Bank and account reconciliations, accounts payable and receivable, invoicing, data entry and bookkeeping cleanup, basic financial reports.
I'm QuickBooks trained and Intuit Bookkeeping certified, and I'm currently taking on small freelance bookkeeping projects.
If your books need a little organization-or you have bookkeeping work that's been sitting on your to-do-list-I'm available for project-based work.
Balanced By Ash, Freelance bookkeeping
Remote, Flexible, small-business focused.
As a person from the same industry, Wishing you the best of Luck Ashley🙌
The client's inventory wasn't organized. Products weren't consistently recorded, there was no SKU structure, and the system's stock figures didn't match what was physically on the shelves. That made it hard to know what they really had, what it was worth, and what their cost of sales should be.
What I did
Chose the right tool. I recommended QuickBooks Plus, which handles inventory tracking properly, rather than patching up spreadsheets.
Built the product list. I added every product to the system and allocated a clear SKU to each one.
Sorted the inventory. I organized the stock records so each item could be identified and tracked.
Reconciled to a physical count. I compared the system quantities with the actual stock on hand and resolved the differences.
I built an AI voice ordering workflow to help a restaurant capture customer orders and pass them to the kitchen with less manual work.
Using Vapi, I configured a voice assistant with the restaurant’s menu and prices to collect customer details and orders. After each call, a webhook triggers an n8n workflow, where OpenAI extracts the order into structured data. The workflow then notifies the kitchen and logs the order in Google Sheets.
I handled the voice assistant setup, webhook integration, AI prompts, and workflow implementation. The solution reduced manual order entry and made order information easier for the kitchen to access.
Tools: Vapi, n8n, OpenAI, Google Sheets, and webhooks.
Having the assistant feed orders straight into the kitchen cuts the manual handoff. The call transcript in Sheets also gives a clear audit trail.