Penny Yonts
Roanoke,Va
Summary
Experienced bookkeeper seeking the opportunity to employ accounting, financial, organizational, and technology skills following a career pause to raise and homeschool children who are now independent and capable young adults. Adept at learning and utilizing technology to improve accounting and administrative processes. Comfortable working independently in a task-oriented environment or collaboratively in teams.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Bookkeeper
Crandall & Katt Attorneys at Law
Roanoke, VA
04.2025 - Current
- Maintain accurate financial records, including tracking income and expenses.
- Perform regular financial reporting, such as data entry and reconciling accounts.
- Manage daily accounts payable and receivable, ensuring timely payments and collections.
- Reconcile several bank statements and ensure accuracy of all financial transactions.
- Assist with budgeting and forecasting activities.
- Ensure compliance with financial regulations and company policies and procedures.
- Process and issue payments for invoices, escrow funds, and vendor transactions.
Bookkeeper
Child Health Investment Partnership, Inc.
Roanoke, Va
09.2022 - 04.2025
- Responsible for accounts receivable and accounts payable functions
- Recording cash receipts, preparing cash disbursements for CHIP, and recording monthly journal entries as needed for month-end close
- Reconciling vendor and benefits invoices, credit card statements, and identifying discrepancies
- Record payables and properly classify expenses according to budget
- Prepare deposits and coordinate classification/recording of revenues with the Development department
- Assist with administration of employee benefits and annual open enrollment
Bookkeeper
Faith Christian School
Roanoke, Va
12.2021 - 09.2022
- Maintained accurate books for all accounting functions in each fund
- Accounts receivable
- Accounts payable
- General ledger entries
- Payroll
- Maintained student financial records in FACTS
- Maintained employee files including all government forms, background checks and retirement fund documentation
Administrative Specialist
Asthma & Allergy Center
Roanoke, Va
09.2018 - 07.2020
- Prepared monthly financial review documents for the management team
- Prepared and analyzed vendor summaries
- Tracked income and expenses for high-value medications
- Managed and tracked inventory for high-value medications
- Entered and appropriately coded all practice income and expenses into QuickBooks
- Reconciled various company accounts on a monthly basis and prepared the financial data for submission to the practice CPA
- Organized and filed employee forms
- Managed enrollment in employee benefits
- Assisted in checking payroll entries for accuracy and conducted regular reviews of payroll withholding
- Developed and maintained electronic health records for accurate patient information management.
Education
Business Administration - Accounting
American National University
07-2023
Communication Disorders - undefined
University of Kentucky
01-1994
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Adobe Suite
- QuickBooks
- Quickbooks Online
- Project & Data Management
- Attention to Detail
- Organization
- Team Player
- Strong Verbal Comm
Timeline
Bookkeeper
Crandall & Katt Attorneys at Law
04.2025 - Current
Bookkeeper
Child Health Investment Partnership, Inc.
09.2022 - 04.2025
Bookkeeper
Faith Christian School
12.2021 - 09.2022
Administrative Specialist
Asthma & Allergy Center
09.2018 - 07.2020
Communication Disorders - undefined
University of Kentucky
Business Administration - Accounting
American National University