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Since 2010, I've been providing remote Bookkeeping services to business owners & individuals across the United States. As the Operations Manager at Gino Kaye Bookkeeping and Consulting, I work with Clients on their initial set-up with our company as well as manage the team that does their ongoing work. Feel free to send me a message with any questions or to discuss a project or task you may have.

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.

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.

Driven Accounting Manager willing and able to go above and beyond to meet individual and team goals. Skilled in leadership and team development, illustrated over 12 years of accounting and management experience. Technical skills include : Quickbooks Pro and Online, Shopify, Amazon seller-central, Etsy, Ebay, Gusto, Microsoft Excel, G-Suite,

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As a Fractional Accountant/CFO with a passion for helping startups and small businesses thrive, I specialize in providing flexible, results-driven financial solutions that empower entrepreneurs to focus on growth and innovation. With 15 years of experience in finance and accounting, I bring a strategic, hands-on approach to managing financial operations, ensuring that every dollar works to its full potential. What I Do: Financial Planning & Strategy - I work closely with business owners to develop financial roadmaps that align with long-term goals, driving profitability and sustainable growth. Cash Flow Management - I help you optimize cash flow, ensuring you have the resources you need to invest in new opportunities while managing day-to-day expenses. Bookkeeping & Accounting Systems - I streamline your accounting processes, leveraging modern tools to keep your financial data accurate, organized, and easily accessible. Tax Planning & Compliance - I provide tax strategy and filing services that help you minimize liabilities and stay compliant with tax regulations. Financial Reporting & Insights - I deliver detailed financial reports and performance analyses, providing actionable insights that guide your decision-making and help you stay on track. Why Fractional Accounting? For many startups and small businesses, hiring a full-time CFO or accountant isn't feasible. As a fractional accountant, I provide flexible support—whether on a monthly, quarterly, or project basis—ensuring you get expert-level guidance without the overhead of a full-time employee. This means you gain financial expertise tailored to your needs while keeping costs manageable. My Approach: I believe that every business deserves personalized, transparent, and proactive financial management. By partnering with me, you’ll have access to a trusted advisor who’s invested in your success. From managing routine financial tasks to offering strategic insights, I become an integral part of your team, helping you navigate the complexities of running a business with confidence.