Financial Accountant, Bookkeeper, IFRS, Tax Consultant
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The hidden value of monthly bookkeeping
Monthly bookkeeping is more than recording transactions. It's financial control. 📚
When your books are updated consistently, you can:
✅ Track income and expenses.
✅ Identify unusual transactions earlier.
✅ Monitor outstanding customer invoices.
✅ Reconcile bank balances.
✅ Prepare more reliable financial reports.
✅ Spend less time searching for financial documents.
When bookkeeping is delayed for months, even simple questions can become difficult to answer.
How much did we spend last month?
Which customers still owe us money?
Are our expenses increasing?
These answers should not require guesswork.
I provide accounting support to help businesses maintain organized records and gain better visibility into their finances.
📩 Message me if you're looking for dependable bookkeeping and accounting support.
#MonthlyBookkeeping #AccountingSupport #FinancialControl #SmallBusinessAccounting
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Series 1: Things I Notice as an Accountant
Episode 3: What an old unreconciled balance can tell you. 📊
An unreconciled balance sitting in your books for months?
It might look like a small issue.
But as an accountant, I see it as a reason to investigate. 👀
Because an old unreconciled balance can tell you more than you think.
Here are 5 things I look for:
🔹 1. A payment that was never recorded
The money left the bank, but the transaction never made it into the accounting software.
🔹 2. A duplicate entry
The same expense or payment was recorded twice, making the balance inaccurate.
🔹 3. An invoice that was never settled
A customer payment or supplier transaction may have been incorrectly matched or left outstanding.
🔹 4. A transaction posted to the wrong account
The amount might be correct, but it's sitting in the wrong place.
🔹 5. An error carried forward month after month
Sometimes, an old difference is simply ignored during each reconciliation, allowing the problem to continue.
Here's what concerns me most:
When an unreconciled balance keeps rolling forward, it can make the financial reports look correct at first glance while hiding errors underneath.
And the longer it stays unresolved, the harder it can become to trace the original transaction.
My approach?
I don't just try to make the balance match.
I investigate the difference, trace it back to the source, and make sure the correction is supported by evidence.
Because reconciliation isn't just about matching numbers. It's about knowing your numbers can be trusted. ✅
💬 Question for business owners and fellow accountants:
Do you clear old unreconciled balances as soon as you find them, or do they sometimes get carried forward to the next month?
#Accounting #Bookkeeping #BankReconciliation #FinancialReporting #SmallBusiness
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Creative business owners: Is your accounting helping you grow, or just helping you meet deadlines?
If you run a design studio, creative agency, or marketing business, you know that growth means more than landing new clients and delivering great work.
It’s also about knowing whether your business is actually making money.
You might have a full client roster, exciting projects, and growing revenue — but do you know which clients are most profitable? Whether your pricing covers your true costs? Or how much you can afford to invest in your next big move?
As an accountant, I believe your numbers should do more than keep you compliant. They should help you make smarter business decisions.
Here’s what good financial management can help you do:
📊 Understand your profitability — Know which services, projects, and clients are generating real returns.
💰 Price your services with confidence — Make sure your rates reflect your costs, time, and business goals.
📈 Manage cash flow — Plan for quieter months, cover operating expenses, and avoid unnecessary financial stress.
🎯 Make better growth decisions — Know when you can hire, invest in marketing, upgrade your tools, or expand your studio.
Because a busy agency isn’t always a profitable one. And more revenue doesn’t automatically mean more money in your pocket.
Your creativity builds the business. Your financial clarity helps you grow it.
If you run a design studio, creative business, or marketing agency and want to move beyond simply keeping your accounts up to date, let’s talk.
I’d love to help you turn your numbers into a tool for growth — not just another deadline to meet.
#CreativeBusiness #MarketingAgency #DesignStudio #AccountingForBusiness #BusinessGrowth #FinancialClarity
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I worked with a small business that needed a clearer picture of its profitability.
The challenge wasn't just recording transactions. It was making sure purchases, direct costs, and operating expenses were classified correctly.
When cost of sales isn't calculated accurately, gross profit can be misleading — and business owners may make pricing and purchasing decisions without knowing their true margins.
Here's what I focused on:
✅ Reviewing purchase transactions and cost classifications
✅ Separating direct costs from operating expenses
✅ Checking inventory and cost of goods sold, where applicable
✅ Improving the accuracy of gross profit reporting
✅ Making financial reports easier to understand and use
The biggest takeaway?
Revenue tells you how much you sold. Cost of sales helps you understand what those sales actually cost your business.
Accurate bookkeeping isn't just about keeping records up to date. It's about giving business owners numbers they can confidently use to make decisions.
If you're a small business owner struggling to understand your cost of sales or gross profit, let's connect.
I can help you turn confusing financial records into clear, meaningful reports.
#Bookkeeping #Accounting #CostOfSales #FinancialReporting #SmallBusiness
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Accurate Books. Clear Financial Insights. Stress-Free Tax
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Accurate Books. Clear Financial Insights. Stress-Free Tax
I am calling this the "Mistake post".
Wait. Did I post this by mistake?....
No, I promise. This is a bookkeeping post about the mistakes that quietly cost business owners money. There are many, so I will take one mistake at a time. This post is only about Mistake 1.
Mistake 1: Mixing personal and business spending One coffee here, one grocery bill there, and by the end of the month nobody knows whose money was spent. Yes, that coffee was a "business meeting". With yourself.
It looks small. It is not. Here is what it quietly does to your business:
Your profit becomes wrong. Personal costs sit inside business expenses, so the numbers do not show how the business is really performing.
Your bank reconciliation becomes slow. Every personal payment needs an explanation before your books can match the bank statement.
Your tax work becomes harder. When costs are mixed, it is difficult to prove which expenses truly belong to the business.
You lose clarity. You cannot tell how much the business earned and how much you took out for yourself.
Check your statement once a week. Small habit. Clean books. Much less stress at year end.
Mistake 2 is coming in the next post, so follow along so you do not miss it.
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Your books say $180,000 profit. Reality says $135,000. 😬
Episode on accrual expenses 👇
The case: A small trading company came to us at year-end. Their profit looked great, but they had only recorded bills they had already paid.
What was missing:
✅ Audit fee: work done in December, invoice not yet received ($20,000)
✅ Utilities: December usage, bill arrives in January ($10,000)
✅ December salaries: paid in January ($15,000)
That is $45,000 of expenses that belong to this year but never touched the bank account, so they never hit the P&L.
The fix:
Dr Expenses $45,000
Cr Accrued liabilities $45,000
The lesson: Accrual accounting records an expense when you incur it, not when you pay it. If you only look at your bank, your profit is overstated, your tax is wrong, and your decisions are built on a number that isn’t real.
💬 Comment “ACCRUAL” and I’ll send you a simple month-end accruals checklist.
Follow for the next contra episode 🎬
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#Accounting #AccrualAccounting #AccrualExpenses #Bookkeeping #AccountingTips #FinancialLiteracy #SmallBusiness #Entrepreneur #Startup #Founders #Finance #CFO #Accountant #ACCA #LearnAccounting #BusinessTips #AccountingCaseStudy #contra #CountingCrux
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Episode 7: Your bank balance is not your income. 💸
As a designer, money reaches you from Stripe, PayPal, Wise, direct transfers and Contra. By the time it lands, fees, currency conversion and delays have already taken a cut, and some of it never gets recorded.
That’s why a monthly bank reconciliation matters. It means matching your bank statement to your books, line by line, so you can:
✅ Spot the client invoice that was never paid
✅ Catch the software subscription you forgot to cancel
✅ Find the processor fees nobody recorded
✅ Know your real profit per project
✅ Reach tax time with clean numbers instead of a panic
It takes about 30 minutes a month. A gap you catch in October is easy to fix. A gap you find a year later is expensive.
#bookkeeping #freelancedesigner #designbusiness #freelancefinance #smallbusiness
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Financial Controller | Bookkeeper | Financial Consultant
Developed financial projections for a café seeking investment, including revenue forecasts, expense budgets, cash flow projections, and profitability analysis. The model outlined funding needs and helped the owner present the café’s financial potential to investors.
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Developed financial projections to support the client’s capital-raising efforts. Analyzed QuickBooks Online and Xero data, identified business trends, and built forecasting assumptions. Deliverables included monthly revenue and expense projections, financial statements, an amortization schedule, and a dashboard summarizing key financial metrics.
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Developed a comprehensive financial model for a Shopify e-commerce business, using historical performance to build projections and assess future profitability. The model included sensitivity and scenario analyses to show how changes in key assumptions could affect revenue, expenses, and financial results.
I also created a dashboard that consolidated key financial performance indicators, giving the client a clear view of business trends. Together, the model and dashboard helped the client evaluate growth scenarios and make informed planning decisions.
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The client hired me as a Financial controller and needed me to manage bookkeeping and develop Dashboards so that he can understand financial performance and how the contractors he hired will affect the future revenue. I worked for the business for 8 months and develop different projections and scenarios for him to understand the impact of changing revenue on the fixed and variable expenses of the business. This project was to understand what expenses should the business decrease to be viable with the changing business revenue.
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Senior Accountant for US, UK & Australian Businesses
I performed a full QuickBooks Online cleanup, reconciliation, and month-end close for a US-based service business.
The work included reviewing and correcting transaction classifications, cleaning up uncategorized and duplicate entries, reconciling bank and credit-card accounts, reviewing accounts receivable and payable, updating the chart of accounts, and recording accruals, prepayments, depreciation, and other adjusting journal entries.
I also prepared monthly Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet, cash-flow, AR aging, AP aging, and budget-versus-actual reports. The completed cleanup gave management more reliable financial information, clearer visibility into cash flow and profitability, and a structured process for future monthly reporting.
Sample data has been used to maintain confidentiality.
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I managed a structured month-end close and balance-sheet reconciliation process to ensure the financial records were complete, accurate, and ready for management reporting.
The work included bank and credit-card reconciliations, accounts receivable and payable reviews, accrual and prepayment entries, fixed-asset and depreciation updates, deferred-revenue analysis, intercompany reconciliations, and investigation of unusual general-ledger balances. These activities align with my experience directing close processes and maintaining supporting accounting schedules.
I also maintained a reconciliation tracker to monitor account balances, supporting documents, unresolved differences, review status, ownership, and completion deadlines. This helped identify outstanding issues, strengthen financial controls, and support accurate and timely reporting.
Sample data has been used to maintain confidentiality.
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I prepared a detailed budget-versus-actual analysis to help management evaluate monthly and year-to-date financial performance against plan.
The report compares actual results with budget across revenue, cost of sales, gross profit, operating expenses, EBITDA, and net profit. It calculates both value and percentage variances, identifies favorable and unfavorable movements, and explains the main drivers behind each significant variance.
I also included trend analysis, visual summaries, management commentary, and recommended actions to support cost control, profitability improvement, and better financial decision-making. The model was designed as a reusable monthly reporting tool that can be updated after each accounting period is closed.
Sample data has been used to maintain confidentiality.
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I developed a rolling 13-week cash-flow forecasting model to give management clear weekly visibility into future cash inflows, outflows, and liquidity requirements. The model brings together opening cash, expected customer collections, vendor payments, payroll, taxes, and operating expenses to calculate weekly net cash flow and projected closing balances.
It also highlights the lowest projected cash position, potential shortfalls, and the main drivers of cash movement. The forecast can be updated each week using the latest AR, AP, and operational information, helping management prioritize payments, strengthen collection efforts, and plan funding requirements in advance.
Sample data has been used to maintain confidentiality.
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"CMA | Accounts Executive | 6+ Years in Finance |
"CMA | Accounts Executive | 6+ Years in Finance |
Notes To The Financial Statements
For The Year Ended December 31, 2025
Company Name: FFC (Fauji Fertilizer Company)
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Bookkeeper | Financial Reporting | SME Accounting
Pitch Deck Designers for Startup Founders Raising Money
New to Contra
Pitch Deck Designers for Startup Founders Raising Money
How do you bring AI-powered distance learning to the communities that need it most?
UP8 Mission Pasifika asked me to turn that vision into an investor pitch deck, with a $28.2B obtainable market (SOM) and a $20M funding ask.
🎯 THE CHALLENGE
The client had a rough draft document and a big idea: integrate AI into distance education for underserved regions. The idea had to become a clear, credible story that investors could understand in minutes.
🛠 WHAT I DID
• Reviewed the draft and rebuilt the message and structure
• Built the investor narrative: problem, solution, market, traction, financials and ask
• Turned complex data (market size, 5-year projections, use of funds) into clean, easy-to-read visuals
• Designed a consistent, modern slide system in PowerPoint
✅ THE OUTCOME
A visually appealing, compelling and impactful investor pitch deck that the client was delighted with, ready to present the $20M ask with confidence.
📩 Have a project in mind? Let's talk.
#PitchDeck #InvestorPitchDeck #PresentationDesign #EdTech #AIinEducation
#PitchDeck #InvestorPitchDeck #PresentationDesign #FundraisingDeck #StartupPitchDeck #EdTech #AIinEducation #DistanceLearning #PowerPointDesign #InvestorPresentation
#PitchDeckDesign, #InvestorPresentation, #PresentationDesign, #FundraisingDeck, #EdTech, #AIinEducation, #PowerPointDesign, #DataVisualization, #StartupPitchDeck, Storytelling
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Investors decide in seconds. Founders need the idea to look as valuable as it is. Startups need an investor-ready deck without a design team. Global brands need every presentation to tell one consistent story.
I'm Gulzaib Khan, a presentation designer and investor pitch deck consultant. I turn raw information into clear, persuasive presentations that people understand, remember and act on.
The problems I solve:
• For investors: decks where the traction, the numbers and the ask are easy to find.
• For founders: a story and structure that make the idea look as valuable as it is.
• For startups: fast, polished, editable decks, ready for a raise.
• For global brands: on-brand slide systems that keep every team telling the same story.
Results: 750+ decks delivered, $275M+ raised by my clients, 500+ businesses and startups served, 8+ years of experience.
What I deliver: investor pitch decks, fundraising and financial presentations, sales and board decks, presentation redesigns, CIMs and M&A presentations, data visualisation, and branded slide templates in PowerPoint, Google Slides, Keynote, Pitch and Gamma.
Common questions:
Why do investors reject pitch decks? Usually because the story, numbers or ask are hard to find, so I restructure the deck to make them clear in seconds.
Can you redesign my existing deck? Yes. Send it over, and I'll improve the hierarchy, visuals and branding.
Invite me to your project on Contra to get started.
Pitch Deck Design, Investor Presentation, Presentation Design, Fundraising Deck, Startup Pitch Deck, Sales Deck, CIM Design, M&A Presentation, PowerPoint Design, Google Slides, Keynote, Pitch.com (http://Pitch.com), Gamma, Data Visualisation, Visual Storytelling, Presentation Redesign, Brand Presentation, Corporate Presentation
#PitchDeck #InvestorPitchDeck #PresentationDesign #StartupFunding #VisualStorytelling
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Turning a complex longevity #nutrition program into a clear, premium pitch deck.
A good system loses its audience when the slides are hard to follow.
This client had a detailed longevity nutrition program, covering calorie formulas, weekly cycling, macro targets and a full meal plan. I redesigned it as one deck where a CEO, investor or client can follow the logic slide by slide.
WHAT I DID.
One story:
the deck moves in order, from setting calories to periodization to macros to a worked example, ending with a summary
Formulas made visual:
equations and tables turned into cards, color-coded day types and clean tables
One visual system:
consistent color, type and layout across every slide, so the program feels established and trustworthy
Real photography:
the client’s own images placed to add credibility and keep the pages human
SCOPE
Pitch and program deck design, information design, data and table layouts, slide system
WHO I WORK WITH
CEOs, founders, investors and global brands who need a pitch deck, investor presentation or sales deck that gets read and gets a reply.
WORK WITH ME
Send me a message with your current deck and your goal, whether that’s a raise, a launch or a board presentation. I’ll tell you what I’d change first.
M Gulzaib Khan | Presentation Designer
#Pitchdeckdesign, #investorpresentation, #presentationdesign, #PowerPointdesign, #infographic design, #sales deck, #startup pitch
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Bookkeeper & ACCA student | Accuracy you can trust
Monthly Financial Dashboard: Revenue, Expenses & Profit A visual summary of your finances: total revenue, expenses, net profit and profit margin, plus a monthly trend chart and an expense breakdown. I turn bookkeeping records into simple dashboards so you can see where your money comes from and where it goes.
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A clean Profit & Loss statement comparing two quarters, with revenue, cost of sales, operating expenses and net profit all in one view. The % change column shows at a glance what is growing and what is costing more. I prepare reports like this so business owners can understand their numbers without being an accountant.
Sample data used for demonstration.
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Accurate Balance Sheet (Assets = Liabilities + Equity) A professionally formatted balance sheet that shows what a business owns, what it owes and the owner’s equity at a given date. Current and non-current items are separated and the totals balance. Useful for tax time, loan applications and investor conversations.
Sample data used for demonstration.
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Bank Reconciliation, Fully Matched to $0.00 A month-end bank reconciliation that matches the bank statement to the cash book. It covers deposits in transit, outstanding cheques, bank charges and interest. Every transaction is marked as matched or outstanding, so errors, missing entries and duplicate payments get caught early. I can reconcile your accounts monthly so your books stay accurate.
Sample data used for demonstration.
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