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Organized and dependable Administrative Professional with over 5 years of experience supporting office operations, property management, and client communications. Skilled in QuickBooks, AppFolio, and Microsoft Office, with a proven ability to streamline workflows, coordinate projects, and deliver excellent service in fast-paced environments. Adept at managing schedules, financial records, and correspondence while maintaining professionalism and accuracy. Known for reliability, adaptability, and a proactive approach to solving challenges in diverse business settings.

I work 1-on-1 with each client to understand their unique business needs, objectives, and concerns. With over 8+ years of bookkeeping and accounting experience across industries like property management, software development, hospitality, e-commerce, marketing, and clean energy, I help business owners get their books accurate, up to date, and structured in a way that delivers meaningful financial data for smarter decision-making. By working with me, you save time, money, and energy so you can focus on growing your business. I place a strong focus on accuracy and my expertise spans: • Full-cycle bookkeeping & monthly account reconciliation • Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable management • Invoicing & collections follow-up • Detail-oriented reconciliations & error-free record keeping • Financial statement preparation (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) • Budget vs. actual & variance analysis • Catch-up and cleanup bookkeeping • QuickBooks Online (Advanced) & Xero • AppFolio (property management accounting) • MS Excel (XLOOKUP, VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, financial modeling) • Clear, responsive communication & customer service I'm a Certified Public Bookkeeper (CPB) candidate through the National Association of Certified Public Bookkeepers (NACPB), and I stay current on accounting standards and best practices as the industry evolves. I deliver accurate, detailed work on time and at a competitive rate, and I'm always excited to build long-term relationships with clients, whether you need ongoing monthly support or a one-time cleanup project.

I am a financial industry professional and a freelancer with broad experience in Finance, Accounting, Audit, and Risk Management across multiple lines of business and geographies. In case you need a strategic support regarding Finance, a Controller for financial analysis or to develop wide range of models, an Accountant for the month-end close and to prepare financial statements, I have a fully fledged skill-set to address your needs. Looking forward to virtually meet you.

Hello! I'm a Certified Public Accountant who specializes in helping Real Estate professionals with their finances. Are you feeling overwhelmed by your Accounting? I'm here to help! How I Can Make Your Life Easier Tidy up your financial records: No more messy books or confusing numbers. Save you precious time: I'll handle the tedious money tasks so you can focus on growing your real estate business. Reduce your stress: You can relax knowing your finances are in expert hands. Explain your finances clearly: I'll break down complex money matters into easy-to-understand terms. Help your business grow: With organized finances, you'll be able to make smarter business decisions. How I can help? I'm a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with deep knowledge of money management. I specialize in real estate finances, understanding the unique needs of your industry. I'm a clear communicator, making it easy for you to understand your financial situation. Industries I help House Flippers - To many accountants get stuck in their one track mindset, I offer a unique approach to accounting to house flippers which allows you to view your project probability all on one statement and it will still be tax complain the end of the year. Construction - Job costing and billable expenses are my middle name. I have extensive experience with construction, from residential to commercial, and can help alleviate your financial headaches if we are a good fit. Short-Term and Long-Term Real Estate Investing - I make sure all necessary TOT taxes are accounted for and rents are collected. I am well versed in Lodgify, Appfolio, and Buildertrend which makes handling your unique situations a breeze. I am also more familiar than I'd like to be with HUD statements, and 1031 exchanges are an every-week thing for my team and me. What My Clients Say "Michael at Spark Bookkeeping has been a game-changer for our business! From the start, he took the time to understand our unique needs and provided tailored solutions that have made a massive difference in our financial management." - Viktor, Property Manager at Konnect Management. Are you ready to stop worrying about your bookkeeping? Let's talk about how I can simplify your finances and help your real estate business thrive!

I am open on salary so feel free to negotiate. I am a highly motivated Bookkeeping professional looking to assist your company with meeting its financial goals. I have extensive experience with all aspects of full charge bookkeeping to include accounts receivable, accounts payable, bank reconciliations, account reconciliations, inventory tracking, cost of goods sold tracking, journal entries, month end and year end closings, financial statements, and can offer Property Management startup help. Also offer training for Appfolio, and Quickbooks.

Software QA with 5+ years of experience in manual and automated testing. Engages in a customer-centric mindset to deliver a beautiful, functional, and easily-navigated product. Innately talented in technology and can quickly grasp how a product functions, how to improve it, and how to break it. A detail-oriented perfectionist that will take your product to the next level of stability and utility. EXPERIENCE: My first major QA role was at AppFolio Investment Management, a small startup with a new product that still had many features to develop. I was involved in all design meetings for new features, and even though I was a fresh hire and new to QA, my ideas were consistently implemented into the product. This was due to my natural ability to find a simple solution to a large problem, and my keen eye for a beautiful and functional application. The developers praised me for finding easy-to-implement solutions that would also solve all of the customers' problems. In this role, I worked in a small, agile team of 1 QA (myself), 2-3 developers, a UI/UX designer, and a product manager. This is my favorite team style, as I am able to work closely and directly with developers. As soon as they commit their code, I deploy it and immediately try to break it through UI and data manipulation. I also give my assessment on how the feature looks and performs. If I find any issues, I can notify them immediately and demonstrate exactly what the issues are so they can fix them effectively and efficiently. Once the branch has no issues and passes all of my tests, I merge it (with rebase if necessary) to the master branch using Git command line, where it is then tested again before the nightly release. I would like to bring this mindset and vigilance to a fresh product, and give your team a new perspective on how well your product performs and appeals to the eye. Someone with experience in this area, who has never seen your product before, may spark some ideas or find issues that have been glanced over by those already engulfed in the project. If you want a perfectionist who can only rest when their work is beautiful and without issues, to make your product the best it can be, please contact me. I would love to help bring to life the amazing product your team has envisioned. TESTING APPROACH: My manual testing approach for new features involves deep UI exploration testing, with a focus on aesthetics, performance, and UX flow. I am hyper-critical on how the product feels and performs, and I ensure each feature’s behavior fits with the rest of the product. After exploring, I try to find "edge-cases" through both UI and data manipulation. I think outside the box and do things the average user would not try just to see if I can get the code to break. I like to back up my individual feature testing with a manual smoke-test of the rest of the product, ensuring new features are not breaking pre-existing ones. Reading the code can help find areas of the product that may be vulnerable. Finally, once a feature has passed my manual inspection, I want to solidify its stability using automation. Automation tests included in the release cycle comb through that feature every time the code is modified, ensuring future changes do not break the feature. This can be done before or after it is merged into the master branch, depending on delivery timelines, but I think it is best to do it while the feature is still fresh in my mind. To improve QA as a whole, I am not afraid to criticize and voice my opinions on the team's processes. If I see a way to optimize the way we work, I want my team to know. If my ideas are deemed valuable, I will take ownership and work to implement them. TECHNOLOGY: I am using a MacBook Pro M2 running MacOS Sonoma 14.1.1 I have the most experience using VSCode as my IDE, with a modified bash terminal for Git version control. One of my favorite tools for testing Browserstack. It allows you to emulate almost any device and browser to test your application in all environments. You can also run Selenium automated UI tests through multiple emulators in parallel for rapid smoke-testing. I also have experience with Postman, CircleCI, AWS, built-in browser inspection tools, Microsoft Team Foundation Server (for bug and feature tracking), and various online Kanban boards.