WHAT ARE THE THINGS I LOVE HELPING OTHER BUSINESS OUT WITH, YOU ASK? HERE THEY ARE!
NEW BUSINESS SETUP
- Setting up a Sole Proprietorship / Partnership / Trade Name
- Setting up a Corporation
- Revenue Canada Business / GST / Payroll Account
- QBO / SAGE / Freshbooks / Wave / Xero etc Software setup
- Paperless or conventional office Setup – How do you file documents so you can find them later?
- Budgets
- Tax Filing Prep (GST / Income)
- Inventory management
- Payroll or subcontractors?
- WCB Coverage?
EXISTING BUSINESS CLEANUP
- Clean up of existing accounting
- Prep for filing back/current year end taxes
- Creating Policies and Procedures for managing own documents / Bookkeeping
- Virtual Bookkeeping services for Full Cycle Accounting (maybe you want to do a few things and leave the harder stuff to me? )
- Do you have a CRA My Business Account? I can get that rolling and help you understand why you need one.
WHAT MAKES ME UNIQUELY ABLE TO HELP?
EDUCATION
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION| NORTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
· Major: Accounting
· Related coursework: Micro & Macro Economics, Managerial Accounting, Financial Accounting, Personal Taxation, Business Law, Business Communications, Organizational Behaviour and Principles of Management
COMPUTER SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY | NORTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
· Related coursework: Database Management, Management Information Systems, Project Development Fundaments, Systems Analysis & Design, Oracle, Web Application Development, Intro to Financial Accounting
VARIOUS PART TIME COURSES
· Visual Design, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
· Digital Graphic Design, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
· Various Photography Classes, Metro Community College
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
SOFTWARE
· Windows (all versions)
· Advanced Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Access
· OneDrive (Personal & Business)
· SharePoint Online
· Server side database programming including MySQL & MSSQL
· Website Programming including HTML, HTML5, CSS3, CSS, PHP and JavaScript
· Sage 50 Premium and Manufacturing Accounting Software
· QuickBooks Desktop & Online
· Cosmolex (Legal Accounting Software) & Trust Accounting
· Various other accounting software packages such as Wave & Xero.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills developed through education and experience working with customers in various office administration and accounting positions.
Highly adaptable & excellent time management skills learned from working full time and managing a part time course load, along with children, volunteer commitments, yada, yada, yada….
EXPERIENCE
· I have been working in the accounting field doing full cycle accounting & control since 2001 with various clients. In industries such as: construction, graphics & web design, business consulting & training, law office, manufacturing, property management, non-profit organizations, security etc
· I currently volunteer as Treasurer for the Stony Plain Branch – Navy League of Canada (shameless plug – www.parklandcadets.com) for those of you with kids.