I got into this because I like fixing broken finance, not just reporting it.
I trained as a Chartered Accountant in Nepal and finished top of the national qualifying exam, twice. Since then I've worked inside statutory audit, a private equity fund, and a US-based accounting firm, which meant learning to work across QuickBooks Online, Xero, Sage, and NetSuite, and across time zones, from day one.
Some of the work that's stuck with me: leading intercompany reviews that delivered $315K a year in recurring tax savings for a multinational client. Building the financial models behind two company valuations and a due-diligence process that helped secure new investment on a pair of hydropower projects. Auditing a national central bank's financials alongside an international audit network. None of that happens with sloppy books. It happens because someone was paying close attention to the numbers before anyone asked them to.
That's the instinct I bring to smaller engagements too. I'd rather spend an afternoon fixing the reason your reconciliations always run late than just do the reconciliation again next month. Tools help; I build a fair amount in Excel and Power Automate, but the real work is deciding what's worth automating and what isn't.
I also work alongside a team of accountants and analysts, so an engagement can scale up in scope or transaction volume without a drop in quality or a missed deadline.