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Before I started a bookkeeping company for construction teams, I spent about two and a half years in private equity evaluating construction and construction software companies. Much of that work meant getting inside contractors' financials and judging whether the numbers actually held up — across businesses in the US, Europe, and Australia. Earlier on, I studied engineering at the University of Michigan and graduated Summa Cum Laude, worked at Microsoft, and spent time on a GC's crew. Since then, I've built a team of two accountants with 10+ years each in construction accounting specifically — having worked inside both small and large contractor shops and as fractional CFOs. They are both tech-forward and work very efficiently, but have an extreme level of precision. Their profiles are below, and I'm happy to start with a consultation on us so you can see you're in good hands. Madeline is a CPA and controller that brings 10+ years of accounting, bookkeeping, and tax experience, having spent her career exclusively focused on construction accounting, including running her own construction accounting firm before selling it to work with Stonebook. She's especially strong at reviewing a company's processes and financials and quickly spotting opportunities — in many cases, a simple review surfaces a few thousand dollars in improved cash position. Her focus areas include: - Construction accounting: WIP, percentage-of-completion, job costing, indirect allocations - Fractional CFO services, business consulting, and exit-strategy planning - Bookkeeping, payroll, and month-end close (bank reconciliation, financial reporting) - Income tax prep (individual, sole prop, partnership/LLC, S-corp, C-corp) - QuickBooks, ComputerEase, and Ramp setup, plus custom reporting - Budgeting, cash flow projections, fixed-asset and inventory tracking, year-end adjustments Steve Steve is a CPA and former construction controller who ran the full accounting function for a large general contractor — job costing, WIP schedules, bonding support, debt-covenant compliance, and close — not as an outside consultant, but as the person in the controller's chair day to day. He spent nearly a decade solving exactly the problems contractors run into: messy books, unreliable job-cost reports, overbilling surprises, and surety questions that are hard to answer. Before that, he spent four years in public accounting. He holds an active CPA license and knows both the realities of construction finance and the standards your CPA and surety expect, including GAAP and ASC 606. He works best with contractors in the $500k–$50M range who've outgrown their bookkeeper but aren't ready for a full-time controller — whether that's a one-time cleanup, ongoing monthly support, or fractional controller work. His core services: - Job-cost setup, tracking, and analysis - WIP schedules and percentage-of-completion accounting - Financial statements for sureties and lenders - Cash flow forecasting and management - Month-end and year-end close - QuickBooks cleanup, setup, and ongoing bookkeeping - Change-order accounting, budgeting, and overhead allocation Have worked with the following software platforms: - QBO - Housecall Pro - Buildertrend - Service Fusion - Xero

Professional and responsible, here to support you in daily tasks such as: • Customer Services • General Admin Work and Data Entry • Graphic Design / Photo Editing • Managing property and listings (managing my own Airbnb) • Internet Research • Accounts Payable and Receivable basics • Social Media or E-commerce Management Skilled with MacOS, Windows, Microsoft Office, Google Docs, Zendesk, Slack, Bill.com, Livechat, Shopify, Photoshop, Canva, WordPress, etc. Airbnb super-host since 2018. •Former flight attendant/supervisor with customer service experience for over 10 years in the multi-cultural airline. Well-spoken, approachable, responsible, with great attention to details and a professional attitude. •Bachelor's degree focused in Accounting and Business Management.

I am a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with a Master’s degree in Finance, bringing over 11 years of experience in corporate finance and accounting. I possess extensive expertise in overseeing the general ledger, financial reporting, capital budgeting, financial planning and analysis, and implementing financial strategies focused on cost reduction, tax optimization, and cash flow management.

Taxes shouldn’t feel like a once-a-year fire drill. I help high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs, and growing businesses transform tax compliance into a year-round strategic advantage. My goal is simple: ensure you keep more of what you earn, remain fully compliant, and make financial decisions with total confidence. I don’t just "check boxes" or look in the rearview mirror. I take a forward-looking approach to tax planning, focusing on liability minimization, cash flow optimization, and the total elimination of surprises. By understanding the “why” behind your numbers, I help you position your business for maximum tax efficiency. What I specialize in: • Strategic tax planning & preparation • Cost segregation study • Partnerships (Form 1065) • S-Corporations (Form 1120-S) • C-Corporations (Form 1120) • Individuals (Form 1040) • Foreign-owned U.S. entities (Proforma 1120 & Form 5472) I also work closely with new and scaling businesses, guiding entrepreneurs through entity formation to ensure the most tax-efficient structure from day one. To support ongoing growth, I provide bookkeeping and financial analysis that delivers clear, high-level insights you can actually use to make better decisions. I believe the strongest partnerships are built on transparency and proactive communication—not last-minute emails. When you work with me, you gain a dedicated advisor who thinks ahead, explains the complex in simple terms, and is invested in your long-term success. If you’re looking for a proactive tax partner—not just a preparer—I’d be happy to learn more about your situation and discuss how a thoughtful tax strategy can improve your bottom line. Send me a message to get started!

Fractional Accountant and Advanced QuickBooks ProAdvisor with over 19 years of accounting and finance experience helping e-commerce brands, agencies, nonprofits, startups, and growing businesses bring structure, accuracy, and strategy to their financial operations. I work with business owners who need more than basic bookkeeping. Whether your books are behind, your systems are messy, your reporting is unclear, or you need finance support without hiring a full-time controller or finance director, I help create a stronger accounting foundation that supports smarter decisions, cleaner operations, and sustainable growth. My approach combines accounting cleanup, streamlined financial operations, and strategic reporting. The goal is not just to keep your books current, but to help you understand what your numbers are saying, where your money is going, and what needs to improve as your business grows. How I Can Help? Fractional Accounting Support - Monthly accounting oversight and close management - Financial statement preparation and review - Cash flow tracking and management reporting - Budgeting, forecasting, and variance review - Profitability and margin analysis - KPI tracking and financial performance insights - Support for funding, investor reporting, acquisition preparation, and leadership decisions Cleanup, Catch-Up & Financial Operations - Multi-year and multi-entity cleanup projects - Historical reconciliations and transaction review - Balance sheet cleanup and account analysis - Accounts receivable and accounts payable cleanup - Payroll, sales tax, loans, merchant accounts, and liability review - Month-end close process improvement - Streamlined workflows for accurate ongoing accounting QuickBooks Setup, Optimization & Systems - QuickBooks Online and Desktop setup, cleanup, and optimization - Custom chart of accounts and financial reporting structure - Class, location, project, and channel-level tracking - E-commerce and payment processor mapping - App integration review and workflow recommendations - SOPs and accounting processes for owners and internal teams Ongoing Accounting & Monthly Close - Monthly reconciliations and financial reporting - Bank, credit card, loan, merchant, and payment processor reconciliations - Full-cycle accounts payable and accounts receivable - Payroll setup, processing, and support - Sales tax tracking and filing support - CPA-ready books and year-end support Industries I Specialize In 🎨 Agencies & Professional Service Firms 🛍 E-commerce & Retail ❤️ Nonprofits 💻 Startups & Tech Companies Tech & Tools I Use QuickBooks Online & Desktop | Xero | Oracle | Great Plains | Excel | ADP | Paychex | Gusto | Bill | Melio | Settle | Dubsado | Expensify | Square | Stripe | Shopify | Amazon | PayPal | Braintree | ChargeBee | A2X | Salesforce | Classy Pay | Slack | Teams | Asana | Monday | TaxJar | Avalara | Zapier | Make | n8n And More I take pride in helping businesses move from reactive, disorganized accounting to clean, reliable financial systems. If you are behind on your books, outgrowing your current accounting process, preparing for tax season, applying for funding, or looking for fractional accounting support as your business scales, I can help bring order, insight, and confidence to your numbers.

Hi, I’m Zorain Zahid, Founder of APAKUS Consulting Services, helping businesses across the USA, Canada, and UK bring structure, clarity, and strategy to their finance operations. With nearly a decade of experience, we support startups, eCommerce brands, real estate businesses, healthcare companies, retailers, and service-based businesses by turning messy financials into accurate, actionable insights that support growth. We don’t just maintain books — we help businesses improve visibility, cash flow, reporting accuracy, and decision-making while keeping everything tax-ready and audit-ready. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CORE SERVICES ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Bookkeeping & Accounting • Full-cycle bookkeeping • Clean-up & catch-up bookkeeping • AP/AR management • Payroll recording & reconciliation • Bank & credit card reconciliations • Financial reporting & analysis • Cash flow management • Budgeting & forecasting • Annual tax preparation support • Sales tax & VAT filing • Data migration & accounting system setup Financial Planning & Modeling • Budgeting & rolling forecasts • Cash flow forecasting • Department/project-based budgeting • Scenario & what-if analysis • Investor-ready financial models • Profitability & unit economics analysis • Cap table & growth modeling • Strategic dashboards & KPI reporting Audit Readiness & Financial Controls • GL clean-up & reconciliation reviews • Audit-ready financial preparation • Internal control workflows • Fraud-risk reduction processes • Investor & lender due diligence support • Post-audit process improvement ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Many businesses struggle with fragmented finance systems — bookkeeping in one place, payroll somewhere else, reporting delayed, and tax prep rushed at year-end. We bring everything together into one streamlined finance function so business owners can stop chasing numbers and focus on growth. We help clients: • Eliminate bookkeeping chaos • Improve cash flow visibility • Reduce financial errors • Maintain clean, tax-ready records • Automate repetitive accounting workflows • Build dashboards that actually support decision-making Whether you need accurate monthly bookkeeping, investor-ready reporting, audit preparation, or strategic financial planning, we provide both operational support and financial clarity. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ INDUSTRIES WE SERVE ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ • eCommerce & Retail • Real Estate (Rental, Flipping & Development) • Hospitality • Telehealth & Healthcare • Transportation & Warehousing • Medical & Wellness • Clothing & Fashion • Agencies & Service Businesses ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ PLATFORMS & TOOLS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Accounting & ERP Systems • Oracle NetSuite • Sage Intacct • SAP Business One • QuickBooks • Xero • Zoho Books Payments, Payroll & Tax • Ramp • Gusto • Paychex • ADP • Drake Tax • TaxJar • Stripe • PayPal eCommerce & Operations • Shopify • Amazon • Multi-channel marketplace reconciliation ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ DASHBOARDS & REPORTING ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ We build practical, real-time dashboards that help businesses monitor: • Cash flow • Profitability • Inventory trends • Customer acquisition costs • Revenue performance • Financial KPIs across multiple systems Our reporting integrates data from platforms like QuickBooks, Shopify, Stripe, CRMs, and operational systems to create one reliable source of financial truth. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ WHY CLIENTS WORK WITH US ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ • 3400+ hours worked on Upwork • $70K+ earned on Upwork • 100% Job Success Score • Top Rated on Upwork Clients work with us because we combine technical accounting expertise with practical business understanding. We focus on accuracy, responsiveness, process improvement, and long-term partnerships — not just transaction processing. If you’re tired of spreadsheet chaos, delayed reporting, cash flow uncertainty, or disconnected finance systems, let’s connect and build a stronger financial foundation for your business.