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Financial Alchemist

Hi, I’m Alisa

I help you build simple financial systems and explain everything in plain words, so you always know where you stand.

Your numbers should make sense to you

Not just your accountant.

10+ years of experience

Supporting founders in all stages of growth

ACCA qualified

Professionally trained in accounting and finance

International background

Working across Europe and beyond

Everything looks fine from the outside.

Clients are happy. Invoices go out. Work gets done.

But the financial side still feels… unclear.

You sign what your accountant sends, without fully understanding it.

Money comes in, but you’re not sure what’s actually yours to spend.

Receipts, invoices and screenshots are scattered everywhere

Tax deadlines bring a wave of stress every time they approach.

If this sounds familiar, I can help.

Three Ways to Work Together

Choose the level of support that fits where you are right now.

Financial Systems & Setup

We bring everything into one clear system so your financial data is no longer scattered across emails, folders or tools.

Financial Reporting & Insights

Your reports are translated into plain language, so you can clearly see your profitability, cash flow and where your money is going.

Ongoing Financial Support

Monthly sessions with me where we review your numbers, maintain your systems and support your strategic decisions.

Not sure which package is right for you?

Let's make it clear.

I work between founders and accountants: filling the gap where financial understanding is usually missing.

Together we:

Build a financial system that captures and organises your data automatically.

Translate your profit and loss, cashflow and cost structure into decisions you can actually make .

Keep your numbers reviewed and up to date, so nothing drifts, surprises you, or gets lost.

No jargon. No spreadsheet you’ll never open again. Just clarity.

Real problems, real fixes

Event Budgeting

A clear budget framework for future events
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A founder was spending on conferences and team events without any clear picture of what they were actually paying per person or per event. We ran a detailed historical analysis of past event costs. With that data, they built a realistic per-person budget for future events, and stopped overspending by default.

Tax Preparation

From 3 weeks of prep to just a few hours

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A self-employed founder was spending 3 to 4 weeks pulling together records for their annual tax submission. Receipts, bank statements, invoices: all in different places, personal and business mixed together. We built a simple system: organised folders, a monthly check to match receipts against bank statements, and a clear process for year-end. The following tax year, everything was ready before the deadline.

Tax Anxiety Resolved

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A founder came to me in constant stress about tax bills. They had no visibility over which money was actually theirs to keep. We built a simple cash tracking report that broke down income by project and flagged exactly how much to set aside from each payment. The next tax bill was not a surprise. It was planned for.

Timesheet Automation

A 5-day process reduced to 1
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An HR team was spending 3 to 5 days every month manually completing timesheets to send to their accountant. We designed and built an automated spreadsheet tailored to how they worked. The same process now takes one day. And the data arrives at the accountant clean, formatted and ready to process.

Subscription Audit

Unnecessary costs identified and removed
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An IT founder had never reviewed their monthly software subscriptions. When we went through them together, we found tools no one was using anymore and licences paid for employees who had already left. We found the leaks, cut the cost, and put a quarterly review in place so it doesn’t happen again.

What people say

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5.0
Based on 6 reviews
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Kata Karasszon
1 month ago
I had the pleasure of working with Alisa and can wholeheartedly recommend her. She is incredibly professional, knowledgeable, and at the same time warm and approachable. She genuinely cares about what she does and about the people she works with, that was clear from the beginning. 🙂
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Bianca Brotei
3 months ago
Alisa is the most organised person I know. Working with her brought me clarity on how to maximise the use of the project's resources. She made the process clear and easy to understand. Thank you for your patience, knowledge, and ideas for my project.
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Renato
4 months ago
I know Alisa personally, and she's one of the most organised and methodical people I know. The way she approaches problems, with clarity and patience, is exactly what's needed for anyone who feels overwhelmed by their numbers. Highly recommended for anyone looking for thoroughness and attention to detail.
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Gisela Rua
5 months ago
Alisa is a great professional, but beyond that, she is an exceptional person. She takes the time to truly understand your challenges, listens carefully, and helps guide you toward the right solutions. She has deep expertise in her field and is able to communicate complex topics in a clear, concise, and accessible way. What I particularly appreciate is her ability to strike the perfect balance between providing valuable input and challenging you to think differently and grow. All in all, I can highly recommend Alisa as a coach, professional, and teacher.
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Roberto Dal Corso
5 months ago
I have had the pleasure of getting to know Alisa through the EC Zurich business community, and although I have not worked with her as a client, I have seen the way she shows up professionally and personally. Alisa is thoughtful, clear, kind and genuinely committed to helping business owners feel more confident around their finances. What stands out is her ability to make financial topics feel less intimidating and more human. She brings a calm, practical and supportive energy to conversations, and you can tell she cares about helping people understand their numbers rather than simply overwhelming them with technical language. If you are a service-based founder who wants more clarity, confidence and peace around your finances, Alisa is definitely someone worth speaking to.
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Adriana Ciolpan
5 months ago
Alisa is a proactive and dedicated professional who brings valuable insight to both finance and HR processes. She significantly improved my efficiency by designing automated spreadsheets for legal timesheet compliance and streamlining salary approvals. Beyond her technical skill in creating smoother workflows, she is supportive, positive and genuinely committed to making a difference. Working with her has been a real pleasure.

How we work together

Next Steps

How we work together

Start in whatever way feels easiest: book a call or send me an email or give me a call.

No preparation needed. Pick a time and show up.

We look at what currently feels unclear, disorganised or stressful in your finances.

This is a conversation, not an audit.

I’ll send you a short set of questions, then we get on a call where you walk me through your current systems or reports. About an hour.

I’ll put together a personalised solution based on everything we’ve covered, and send it over by email: what we’d do, and the investment.

Ready to take the next step?

Frequently Asked Questions

Have other questions? Feel free to ask me directly.

Service-based small businesses and founders who feel overwhelmed by the finance admin and the accounting side of their business. Your business is working, money is coming in, but the financial side never quite feels clear. You might be an IT service provider, coach, consultant, designer, photographer, or running a small team. What you have in common is that you do most of the money admin yourself, you already have an accountant handling compliance, and you want to actually understand your numbers rather than just sign what lands in your inbox. If you are pre-revenue, looking for someone to file your taxes, or wanting a one-off spreadsheet fix, I am probably not the right fit, and I will tell you that on the first call.

It’s the set of tools, workflows and routines that captures and organises your financial data so it works for you every day, not once a year at tax time. In practice that means the right software or spreadsheet for how you work, a clear process for where receipts, invoices and statements go, and a routine that keeps everything current. The point isn’t the tools themselves. It’s what they give you: your data in one place, reports you can actually read, and full visibility over your numbers, so nothing drifts, surprises you, or gets lost. A good system is one that fits your business and actually gets used, not one that’s set up once and forgotten.

No. And that’s intentional. Your accountant handles compliance: tax returns, annual accounts, statutory filings. That work requires a licensed professional and it stays with them. What I do is the layer in between: building the systems that feed your accountant clean data, and translating what their reports mean back to you. I sit in the gap between
you and your accountant, not doing data entry, not replacing them. You keep your accountant. I make the relationship between you easier.

No. Each package is designed to stand alone. You start where you are. If your biggest problem right now is disorganisation, the financial systems & setup is the right place to begin. If your systems are already in place but you can’t read your reports, the financial reporting & insight works independently. The ongoing financial support is an ongoing engagement that works
best after a project. But, if you already have clean systems and just need someone watching them, we can discuss starting there directly.

Nothing. The discovery call is a conversation, not an audit. You don’t need to have your
finances organised, your numbers memorised, or a clear idea of what you need. That’s
what the call is for. Show up, tell me what feels unclear or stressful, and we’ll work out what would actually help.

No. Part of what we do together is figure out what tools make sense for how you work.
Some founders are best served by Xero (accounting software), others by a well-structured Google Sheet or Excel. We make that decision together at the start, based on your business, your accountant’s requirements, and how hands-on you want to be. You don’t need to have anything set up in advance.

For the financial systems & setup and financial reporting & insights, most projects run between 8 and 12 weeks. The timeline depends on the complexity of your setup and how quickly you’re able to review and give feedback at each stage. This is always built around your schedule, not a fixed deadline. The ongoing financial support is an ongoing monthly engagement with no fixed end date.

Yes, the majority of my work is international. I work with founders across Europe and beyond, remotely, across time zones. If you operate in multiple currencies or jurisdictions, that’s not a complication; it’s something I work with regularly.

Yes. All client information is handled confidentially and covered by the engagement contract you sign before we start. I work under a professional confidentiality standard consistent with my ACCA qualification. Nothing you share is disclosed to any third party
without your explicit agreement.