I have been in the field of Finance for over 21 years now.  I began as an Accounts Payable Clerk, which is where I started to hone my skills.  I was lucky to have worked for a business that thrived on cross-training its employees.  Even though I was hired as an Accounts Payable Clerk, the tasks I performed included the following to name a few.

• I reconciled accounts monthly, quarterly, and yearly
• I booked entries in the General Ledger, managed some Accounts Receivables
• I’ve worked with both cash and accrual-based accounting
• Year-end prep and closing the books

As an AP Rep, I learned the importance of paying attention to details, which, of course, is vital to the nature of Bookkeeping. In a short amount of time, I was promoted to AP Lead.  It was in this role that I learned to take initiative and pride in my work, to be an example of excellence and represent my department to the fullest. Eventually, I was promoted to Accounts Payable Manager, where I took on a much wider range of responsibilities.  I was more involved with vendor communication as well as systems integration and maintenance.   Handling larger projects, delegating tasks to my team, and setting a standard of diligence, customer service, and attention to detail.   I thrived to be a hub that was able to do the following…

1. Communicate with IT to make sure the accounting systems were working properly.
2. Communicate with the Sales Team to make sure vendors were invoicing correctly.
3. Constantly looking for ways to improve internal structures to increase efficiencies while maintaining quality service. 

I wanted to take what I’d learned and create something of my own, to help small businesses get organized so they can be healthy and focus on actually running their business.   As a Seattle native, I have a place in my heart for the small business owner, and if I can do my part to help them thrive, then it makes everything I’ve learned that much more satisfying.