Elaine is a finance operations consultant specializing in early-stage SaaS startups, with extensive experience supporting YC-backed companies. She has worked with organizations such as Coperniq Inc., Weights & Biases, Fivestars Loyalty, DroneDeploy, and WaterSmart Software, helping them build clean, compliant, and scalable financial infrastructures that grow with the business.

Elaine provides end-to-end support across accounting, payroll, and compliance, with a focus on accuracy, automation, and investor readiness. Her expertise includes:

• Monthly close, accounting operations, and GAAP-compliant financials

• SaaS revenue recognition, invoicing, and contract-level accounting

• Cash flow planning, burn analysis, and runway forecasting, monthly and quarterly financial reporting for the board

• Sales tax compliance, including nexus analysis, state filings, and SaaS taxability

• Multi-state payroll, compliance, hiring support, and onboarding/offboarding (including California-specific requirements)

• Systems implementation and optimization across QuickBooks, NetSuite, Rippling, Gusto, Carta, Stripe, Ramp, Bill.com, Brex, and more

• Fundraising support, including dataroom prep, financial models, key metrics, and diligence responses

Founders rely on Elaine when their finance function becomes too complex to manage alone or when they need to clean up their books before raising capital. She brings structure, clarity, and discipline to finance operations so teams can focus on building product and scaling their company.