Newbie

1999

Landed my first bookkeeping job at a large, traditional (aka: old-school) manufacturing company right after graduation. Because I wanted to work in a bank, I wasn’t happy at all. However, I learnt something valuable here: how to reconcile accounts even if that takes weeks/months of investigating and digging through several years’ files.

Just a reminder: this was in the “stone age” 😜, way before the era of cloud-storage and user friendly software stacks.

First online course

2003

Created my first-ever digital course on Credit Risk Management. My main focus at the time was how businesses can improve their credit rating and credit worthiness.

Business analysis

2006

I have delved into financial controlling and business analysis for small and medium enterprises. What I’ve come to learn was that business owners most of the times do not have the correct set of financial information when making super critical business decisions.

My professional focus shifted to educating business owners on the importance of having meaningful accounts.

New business

2011

My husband and I set up our first business together and started our beekeeping journey.

The most exciting part: we had tangible products to sell and face-to-face contact with our customers.

We were thriving. We were walking the talk. We implemented the business and financial strategies that I taught to service-based entrepreneurs into our product-based business, all while raising two kids.

Re-start

2021

While working as a financial controller, I launched Bookkeeping Tutor and developed a digital course on mastering Xero accounting software.

Re-focus

2024

Returning to my roots: I’m refocusing my energy on teaching bookkeeping and accounting. I’m keen to share my knowledge and expertise with aspiring and novice bookkeepers and bookkeeping students to make them fall in love with accounting.