Marc Pios — Financial Systems Developer

A background in management accounting, forensic accounting, and financial consulting — applied to building the accounting systems, automation pipelines, and smart contracts that make financial operations reliable, automated, and transparent.

SubjectMarc Pios
Marc Pios, Financial Systems Developer
LanguagesEnglish / Filipino

Marc is a financial systems developer with a background in management accounting and a drive to build the tools that make financial operations more reliable, automated, and transparent. His work spans cloud accounting systems, workflow automation, AI agents, and on-chain financial infrastructure.

Trained in management accounting, certified in forensic accounting and financial consulting, and writing smart contracts since 2021 — the same discipline that keeps a ledger balanced now shapes how the code is designed, tested, and audited.

  • Certified Forensic Accountant
  • Certified Financial Consultant
  • BS Management Accounting · UST
Operating principles04 rows
  1. Correctness

    Double‑entry discipline applied to code: every state change should balance, and every rule should be testable.

  2. Audit trails

    Systems should explain themselves — events, logs, and records that survive scrutiny long after the transaction.

  3. Threat modeling

    Assume adversarial inputs. Identify who can call what, with which funds, before the logic is written.

  4. Composability

    Small, well‑defined modules that integrate cleanly with the platforms finance teams already run.

Four concurrent lines of work — automation for finance teams, web applications, on‑chain systems, and management accounting — each entry posted with its period and the work delivered.

  1. Reference EXP‑04Period 2025 — Present
    Independent

    Financial Systems Automation Developer

    • Designed and deployed self-hosted n8n workflows connecting accounting platforms (Xero, QuickBooks) with external APIs, eliminating manual data entry and delivering scheduled financial summaries to stakeholders.
    • Built a persistent Discord Gateway bridge in TypeScript that normalizes message create and edit events into a stable JSON envelope and delivers them to n8n with auth, retries, idempotency, and bounded concurrency.
    • Built webhook-driven pipelines with custom JavaScript nodes for real-time alerts, transaction reconciliation, and complex financial data transformations.
  2. Reference EXP‑03Period 2024 — Present
    Freelance Web Development

    Web Developer

    • Built full-stack web applications with Next.js and TypeScript, including server-rendered financial dashboards and Web3-connected frontends with wallet auth via Wagmi and RainbowKit.
    • Delivered polished, responsive UIs with Tailwind CSS, GSAP, and Motion with Lenis for scroll-driven animations and smooth page transitions.
  3. Reference EXP‑02Period 2021 — Present
    Freelance Blockchain Development

    Blockchain Developer

    • Developed and deployed ERC-20 tokens, NFT collections, yield farming and yield aggregator protocols, automated market makers, and lending systems with gas-optimized logic and on-chain financial mechanics.
    • Conducted smart contract security audits, identifying vulnerabilities across reentrancy, access control, and arithmetic edge cases.
  4. Reference EXP‑01Period 2019 — Present
    Independent

    Management Accountant

    • Configured cloud accounting systems on Xero, QuickBooks, and Manager.io, including chart of accounts design, reconciliation workflows, and financial reporting.
    • Prepared ongoing management reports from reconciled Xero, QuickBooks, and Manager.io books.
  1. Institute of Certified Forensic Accountants

    Certified Forensic Accountant (CrFA) credential, covering forensic accounting principles, investigative techniques, and legal aspects of financial fraud examination.

  2. Institute of Financial Consultants

    Certified Financial Consultant (CFC) credential, covering financial planning, investment strategies, and ethical practices in the financial industry.

  3. University of Santo Tomas (UST) - BS Management Accounting

    Combining accounting principles with systems thinking, laying the groundwork for a career at the intersection of finance and technology.

From chart-of-accounts setup to smart-contract deployment: the modules that make up a working financial system.

  • AI Agents

    Directing AI coding and operations agents across development and automation—pair-programming in Cursor, reasoning with ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, and running self-hosted OpenClaw and Hermes Agent setups for persistent, tool-using work.

    • ChatGPT
    • Cursor
    • Claude
    • Gemini
    • OpenClaw
    • Hermes Agent
  • Workflow Automation

    Designing and implementing custom n8n workflows to automate data pipelines, API integrations, and repetitive tasks across financial systems.

    • n8n
    • Automation
    • Webhooks
    • APIs
    • JavaScript
    • Python
  • Cloud Accounting

    Proficient across multiple accounting platforms from setup and chart of accounts configuration to reconciliation workflows and financial reporting

    • Xero
    • Xero API
    • Quickbooks
    • Manager.io
  • Next.js

    Developing robust, server-rendered financial web applications, clean architecture, type-safe APIs, and interfaces built for data density and reliability.

    • TypeScript
    • React
    • Next.js
    • Tailwind CSS
    • Wagmi
    • RainbowKit
  • UI Motion

    Implementing performant, scroll-driven animations and UI transitions using GSAP and Motion, with Lenis for buttery-smooth scroll experiences.

    • CSS
    • GSAP
    • Motion
    • Lenis
  • Solidity

    Developing smart contract systems that encode financial rules on-chain, with emphasis on security, auditability, and upgradeability patterns.

    • Blockchain
    • DeFi
    • Foundry
    • Hardhat
    • Smart Contracts
    • Web3
  • Productivity Tools

    Proficient with modern productivity and collaboration suites for documentation, project tracking, and cross-team communication in professional environments.

    • Microsoft 365
    • Google Workspace
    • Slack
    • Trello
    • Notion
    • Obsidian

Production systems with live links — automation libraries and web applications built on the same stack described above.

Work 012026

Discord to n8n Bridge

A persistent Node.js service that holds a Discord Gateway connection, normalizes new and edited messages into a stable JSON envelope, and delivers them to an n8n webhook with retries, idempotency, and bounded concurrency.

  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • Discord
  • n8n
  • Webhooks
  • Docker
Open projectgithub.com/kristianism/discord-n8n-bridge
Work 022026

n8n Workflow Library

A growing library of self-hosted n8n automation workflows designed to eliminate repetitive tasks across financial systems, APIs, and data pipelines.

  • n8n
  • Javascript
  • Automation
  • Webhooks
  • APIs
  • Raspberry Pi
Open projectn8n.io/creators/kristian
Work 032026

Personal Portfolio Website

A fast, animated portfolio site built with Next.js showcasing projects, skills, and a photo gallery with fluid scroll experiences powered by Motion and Lenis. Inspired by OnceUI's Magic Portfolio template.

  • Next.js
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Motion
  • Lenis
Open projectmarcpios.com

Deployed workflows and delivered sites — screenshots of production systems, not mockups.