Shivam S

Senior Bookkeeper - (Co-Founder)

FinAccurex • Fulltime

Mar 2023 - Present • 3 yrs 6 mos

Messes I've cleaned up The eight-month backlog An STR operator with 50+ listings hadn't reconciled since the previous summer: Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking payouts, Stripe fees, and cleaner invoices all tangled together. I rebuilt the chart of accounts around channels and owners, cleared the backlog, and handed back books that finally tied to the bank. First clean month-end in nearly a year. "Which units actually make money?" A property manager couldn't answer that. I set up class and owner tracking in QuickBooks, mapped every payout to its property, and built a repeatable owner-statement flow. "I think we're fine" became a per-door P&L they now use to set nightly rates. The QB file nobody wanted to open Inherited a mess: hundreds of unreconciled transactions and revenue doublecounted from a channel manager connected twice. I untangled the sync, killed the duplication, and cut monthly review time roughly in half. Month-end that stopped being a fire drill Standardised close checklists across a handful of PMC clients: accruals, interaccount transfers, trust vs. operating separation, so books close on a schedule instead of a scramble. Fewer surprises for owners, faster reporting for the manager. The through-line: I already speak QuickBooks, Xero, Guesty, Hostaway, Hospitable, and the OTAs, so onboarding is short, and the books are built to survive an audit, a sale, or a nosy investor. CA · QuickBooks ProAdvisor · ex-Accenture · Co-Founder, FINACCUREX

Financial Controller

Accenture • Fulltime

Apr 2022 - Mar 2023 • 11 mos

Served a top-5 global insurance company within the Record-to-Report (R2R) delivery team. Focused on MAS (Monetary Authority of Singapore) regulatory reporting submissions. Managed high-volume financial data processing and reconciliation across SAP ERP and Computron, ensuring non-negotiable accuracy for direct-to-regulator filings.

Articled Assistant

SSMU&Co. • Fulltime

Dec 2015 - Mar 2022 • 6 yrs 3 mos

At SSMU, I worked primarily across direct and indirect tax, handling Income Tax Return (ITR) filings, income tax audits, and GST returns and audits for a range of clients. This was the role that shaped how I think as a professional. Key contributions and takeaways: Managed end-to-end ITR preparation and filing, along with income tax audit support, ensuring compliance with prevailing tax laws and a high standard of accuracy. Handled GST return filing and GST audit work, developing a strong command over indirect taxation and the practical realities of statutory compliance. Delivered umbrella services to small businesses wearing multiple hats and adapting quickly to whatever each client needed, which built a genuine flexibility toward work and deadlines. Developed a client-first approach, learning to understand each business's context before applying the right compliance and advisory solution. Beyond the technical work, the biggest gift of this role was the people. Sitting alongside experienced professionals, I watched them translate complex, high-end tax rules into plain language a client could actually act on a skill that genuinely caught me off guard and reshaped how I communicate. Those days turned me into a far sharper problem solver, someone who can stay calm under pressure and find a workable path through messy, ambiguous situations. I'm grateful for that foundation. It gave me the professional mindset, the accuracy discipline, and the communication instincts that I carry into everything I do today.