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Most nonprofits find out their books are a mess right before an audit or a grant report is due — not months in advance when there's still time to fix it.
I work exclusively on nonprofit and NGO bookkeeping, in both QuickBooks Online and Xero, because the two biggest nonprofit markets (US and UK) run on different systems and different rules — FASB ASC 958 vs Charities SORP. Most bookkeepers only know one side.
I've posted two full case studies on my profile: a US animal welfare nonprofit reconciled to within 1.6% of their IRS Form 990, and a UK charity's full-cycle Xero close under Charities SORP. If your board or your funders need books they can actually trust, take a look — happy to talk through where your books stand right now.
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Produced a full monthly management report for a UK limited company, covering cash position, profitability, balance sheet, and creditor/debtor ageing in one client-ready document. The pack includes:
• Executive Summary — month-on-month variance across cash, profitability, balance sheet, and key performance ratios (gross/net margin, return on investment, current ratio)
• Cash Summary — full income and expense breakdown against year-to-date averages, with variance flagged line by line
• Profit & Loss — trading income, cost of sales, and operating expenses with prior-month and YTD comparisons
• Balance Sheet — assets, liabilities, and equity as at month-end
• Aged Receivables & Payables — outstanding balances aged by due date, so cash risk is visible at a glance
• Bank Reconciliation Summary
Delivered as a polished, board-ready PDF the client can hand straight to directors or investors — no manual formatting required each month.
Finally get to share this one — been sitting on it for a while and couldn't post until now 🎉
Designed the full landing page (and a bunch of product screens) for XRS, a prop trading platform. The idea: traders pass a funded-account challenge, trade the firm's capital, and keep up to 80% of the profits.
Prop trading is a pretty saturated space and most platforms look the same — dark UI, generic trading stock imagery, nothing that actually sticks. So instead of the usual playbook, I leaned into a black-and-gold identity — including custom, hand-crafted illustrations built specifically for this project (the glowing spheres, gradient icons, all of it) instead of stock assets or generic 3D packs.
Some of what's in there:
— Custom illustrated icons for the 3-rule system and "trader to fund manager" journey
— Floating reward/payout cards as social proof right in the hero
— A plan selector so people can pick account size, currency, challenge type
— Trustpilot ratings + a testimonial section for trust
— Support + FAQ blocks, because people are putting real money on the line
Genuinely proud of how this one came together — every visual element built from scratch for the brand, full case + more screens are up now, finally 👀
This came out great, the black-and-gold direction feels so much more premium than the usual trading platform look.
AIA billing looks simple on paper.
In real life? It’s a math test, a paperwork fight, and a cash flow waiting game.
Example:
Contract value: $250,000
Work completed this month: $42,500
Retainage: 10% = $4,250 held back
Stored materials: $12,000, but only if the backup is perfect
One missing attachment, one mismatch in the schedule of values, one late submission = payment pushed 30 days
That’s the part people don’t talk about.
AIA billing is not just “sending an invoice.”
It’s proving every dollar with clean backup, matching your G702 and G703, tracking retainage, and making sure your numbers don’t tell a different story than your job cost report.
The real pain?
You did the work, but the paperwork slows the money.
You’re carrying payroll while waiting on approvals.
You’re fixing billing errors that should’ve been caught before submission.
You know the job is profitable, but cash flow still feels tight because the money is stuck in the system.
Good AIA billing doesn’t just get you paid.
It protects your margin, your schedule, and your sanity.
