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Encar L.

Senior Accountant| Bookkeeping| Xero & QBO| Cleanup & Automation

𝐈𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭—𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞? I’m a Senior Virtual Accountant & Bookkeeping Specialist with 14+ years of accounting experience, helping Law Firms, E-commerce, STR, Trade/Construction, Retail, and Service businesses maintain accurate books, uncover financial issues, and build more efficient accounting workflows. I don't just categorize transactions. I investigate what the numbers are telling you, fix the underlying problem, and improve the system behind it. 🔹 WHY CLIENTS HIRE ME 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐩 & 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 I turn months or years of messy, incomplete, or inaccurate transactions into clean, organized, year-end-ready records. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 For an Australian retail client, I identified historical GST coding errors that resulted in a nearly $200,000 AUD refund. For US law firm clients, I've used the same forensic approach to identify unrecovered client expenses and improve advanced-cost tracking so billable expenses are properly captured. 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 Experienced with Trust/IOLTA and operating accounts, reconciliations, client costs, AP/AR, payroll, and compliance-focused bookkeeping. 𝐄-𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞 & 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢-𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 Reconcile sales, payment processors, inventory, fees, and settlements across platforms such as Shopify, Amazon, Stripe, and WooCommerce. 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰 & 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 I don't just perform the bookkeeping—I look for repetitive processes that can be streamlined. I've helped improve onboarding and payroll workflows, reclaiming approximately 10–15 hours of owner's time per month. 🔹 SERVICES • Catch-up & cleanup bookkeeping • Monthly bookkeeping & reconciliations • Accounts Payable / Accounts Receivable • Payroll processing • GST preparation & review • Year-end account preparation • Trust / IOLTA accounting • E-commerce bookkeeping • Multi-currency accounting • Inventory & job costing • Payment processor reconciliation • Financial reporting & cash-flow analysis • Accounting workflow optimization • Xero / QuickBooks system integrations 🔹 INDUSTRIES • Law Firms — Trust/IOLTA, operating accounts, client costs • E-commerce — Shopify, Amazon, Stripe, WooCommerce, inventory • STR / Property — Property and payment reconciliation • Trade & Construction — Job costing and project profitability • Retail & Restaurants — Sales, inventory, payment and tip reconciliation 🔹 MY TECH STACK • 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 : Xero · QuickBooks Online · SAP · SageOne · Wave · Reckon One · MYOB · Zoho Books • 𝐄-𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞 & 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: A2X · LinkMyBooks · SellerZen · Stripe · WooCommerce · Vend · Hike · Chargebee · Square • 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 & 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐬: Dext · Hubdoc · AutoEntry · ReceiptBank • 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 & 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: Clio · Smokeball · Filevine · Lead Docket • 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 & 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲: ServiceM8 · HouseCall Pro · AppFolio · Hostaway · ShiftCare · Deputy · Simpro • 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 & 𝐇𝐑: ADP · Deputy · Gusto • 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 & 𝐂𝐑𝐌: Salesforce · Podio · Asana · Todoist · Notion • 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞: Slack · Google Drive · Dropbox · OneDrive · Microsoft Office 🔹 WHAT YOU GET Accurate books are the starting point—not the finish line. The goal is to give you financial records you can 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭, 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, while reducing unnecessary manual work behind the scenes. If your books are behind, your reconciliations don't tie, your accounting systems aren't talking to each other, or you're spending too much time fixing financial issues, 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐛. Let's turn your bookkeeping into a system that supports the business—not another problem to manage.

🇵🇭Capas, Philippines$40/hr100% JSS4.96 (72)Since Aug 2016

Earnings and projects

MRR
$3.1k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#12,363 / 412k
🇵🇭Country#796 / 56.3k
Revenue, last 30 days
$2.7k

Last 6 months: $18k

World#14,235 / 412k
🇵🇭Country#1,187 / 56.3k
Total earnings
$274k

Billed in all: $285k

World#9,126 / 412k
🇵🇭Country#530 / 56.3k
Per project
$1.9k

$1.2k in the last 6 months

World#79,594 / 412k
🇵🇭Country#16,434 / 56.3k
Projects, last 6 months
15

Across 19 contracts

0% fixed100% hourly
World#9,890 / 412k
🇵🇭Country#379 / 56.3k
Projects in all
143

Across 171 contracts

11% fixed89% hourly
World#16,930 / 412k
🇵🇭Country#945 / 56.3k

Earnings, last 30 days

$285k+$2.7k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$280k$282k$284k$286kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 3% in Goods & Services Tax

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  6. #109Inventory Management3,087 freelancers · 🇵🇭 #22Top 4%
  7. #123Payroll Accounting2,679 freelancers · 🇵🇭 #15Top 5%
  8. #151Accounts Receivable3,593 freelancers · 🇵🇭 #36Top 4%