Muhammad Arslan Z.

CA | IFA | IPA | MBA Finance Partner for SaaS, Subscription & Services Businesses Founders hire me when the books are behind. They keep me because the close never slips again. I take ownership of the finance function end to end. Clean books every month, reporting leadership can actually act on, and one person accountable for the numbers who asks the right questions instead of guessing. WHAT I OWN ▪ Monthly close, delivered on schedule, not weeks late ▪ SaaS and subscription revenue: Stripe, MRR, churn, deferred revenue, revenue recognition ▪ Services businesses: project profitability, WIP, unbilled revenue, AR that actually gets collected ▪ Financial statements and management reporting for decision makers ▪ AP, AR, payroll, reconciliations, chart of accounts ▪ Multi-entity consolidation and group reporting ▪ FP&A, cash flow forecasting, investor and due diligence packs ▪ Full catch-up and cleanup when that is where we have to start RESULTS ▪ Recovered roughly $200,000 in unbilled revenue for a services business that believed it was unprofitable. It was not. It simply was not billing what it had already earned. ▪ Took a group close from three weeks late to inside the first ten days, every month. ▪ Built financial controls that stopped fraud and recovered $40,000 to $50,000 a month with no change to revenue. ▪ Led an ERP implementation after two failed attempts. Live in three months, still running five years later. 10+ years across audit, group finance leadership and hands-on bookkeeping. USA, UK, EU, ME, and Africa. TOOLS QuickBooks Online (Advanced Certified), Xero (Certified), Zoho Books, SAP FICO, Odoo, Wave, Tally, FreshBooks, Stripe, A2X, Taxomate, Excel, Power BI, Airtable, Keeper/Double, Make, Zapier, Loom, Ramp, Front, Missive, Slack, Hubspot, Amalgam, Notion, Fathom, Right Tool, Stripe, Meow, US Banks, Google Workspace, MS365, LLMs and Others day to day productivity and AI tools. HOW I WORK ▪ Long-term retainers, not one-off tickets ▪ Comfortable in US hours ▪ Everything inside your accounting software. No side sheets, no shady exports ▪ You get a partner who flags problems early, not a freelancer you have to chase LET'S TALK IF ▪ You are a SaaS or subscription founder and revenue recognition is guesswork ▪ You run a services business and suspect you are leaving money uninvoiced ▪ Your close takes weeks and you are making decisions on stale numbers ▪ You are raising, selling or preparing for diligence and the books will not survive it Send me a message with where things actually stand. I will tell you what it takes to fix it and what it costs to keep it right. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QuickBooks Online (QBO), QuickBooks Desktop, Xero Certified, Zoho Books, Wave Accounting, Odoo, NetSuite ERP, SAP, Sage Accounting, A2X, Taxomate, Amazon FBA Accounting, Shopify Accounting, Walmart Sellers Accounting, Ecommerce Bookkeeping, Bookkeeping Cleanup, Catch-up Bookkeeping, Financial Statement Preparation, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Bank Reconciliation, Chart of Accounts Setup, Inventory Accounting, Payroll Management, Sales Tax Filing, VAT Compliance, Monthly Closing, Year-End Closing, Budgeting and Forecasting, Cash Flow Management, Financial Planning and Analysis, US GAAP, IFRS, Crypto Accounting, SaaS Accounting, Real Estate Accounting, Construction Bookkeeping, Financial Modeling, Excel Dashboards, Accounting Automation, Financial Reporting, CPA Support, Tax Preparation, Virtual CFO, Management Reporting, Startup Finance, Due Diligence, Audit Support, Forensic Accounting