Sharon Pettijohn
Ruston,LA
Summary
30 years’ experience working in QuickBooks, helping business owners streamline their business to ensure they spend more time doing what they love. Dependable, conscientious, hardworking, with track record for detail. Enjoys digging in, cleaning up messes, creating efficiency, then seeing the success of time and labor saved once all is in order. Is comfortable leading or following as long as the job gets done and the team is successful.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Consultant/Bookkeeper
Life Choices Of North Central Louisiana
Ruston, LA
01.2020 - Current
- Brought in to help with data entry. Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.
- Input Budgets by Class into System.
- Work with Director on Budget/Financials for Board Meetings.
- Balance all accounts monthly.
- Consult on changes made in QuickBooks. Implemented class tracking, and trained the director on how this works.
- Helped with the move form QB Desktop to QB Online.
- Work with Accounting Firm on closing books each year.
Consultant/Bookeeper
Rock Island PT
Ruston, LA
01.2020 - 01.2025
- Brought in to help with startup.
- Worked with Medical Software (Insight EMR/Billing) to submit deposits and ensure deposits on Bank Statements were posted in Insight System.
- Helped with detail as needed.
- Reviewed QuickBooks Online as needed to ensure the accounting firm was balancing accounts monthly.
- Trained for the new medical PT software (Heno). Helped with the transition to new software, closing out old system client accounts.
- Filled in where needed.
- Owner hired a very competent fulltime Office Manager so his need for my services are no longer needed.
Consultant/Data Entry Clerk
1Four ReDesign
Houston, TX
11.2024 - 11.2024
- Met with Jennifer to discuss how QuickBooks could help her business run more efficiently.
- Once she purchased QB Online I Input data for 2022, 2023, January - August 2024.
- Created tags to track jobs, attached tags to expenses and income. Created reports for review.
- Balanced all accounts.
Consultant/Executive Assistant
Boys And Girls Club Of North Louisiana
Ruston, LA
08.2022 - 08.2024
- Brought on to help streamline the Accounts Payable System.
- Worked with the CEO to identify issues, create solutions, and establish procedures to save staff time.
- Created an electronic filing system to submit and store electronic files safely for staff members.
- Created and implements Policy and Procedures for Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll.
- Reviewed AP tasks, streamlined the monthly expenses, and created templates to process monthly to save time.
- Worked with the accounting firm to create an electronic filing system in their system to ensure all expenses were processed and coded correctly.
- Trained employees and handed over these duties.
- Created QuickBooks Reports for Grant Reporting, Fund Raising, Executive Director according to their needs.
- This contract ended due to a state merger with other clubs around the state of LA.
Consultant/Bookkeeping
Boys and Girls of North LA
Rusto, LA
01.2022 - 08.2024
- Brought in the bring order to the QuickBooks file before this club merged with North LA Club.
- Cleaned up QuickBooks, made corrections, rebalance all accounts.
- Continued to work with the club, processing payment requests and deposits.
- Trained staff on Accounting Policy and Procedures.
- Created an electronic filing system.
- This contract ended due to a state merger with other clubs around the State of LA.
Director of Finance
HiTech Computers
Ruston, LA
06.2012 - 09.2019
- Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll.
- Created QuickBooks reports for weekly meetings.
- Trained and supervised assistants in AR and AP.
- Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll.
- Attended weekly, quarterly and yearly Leadership Meetings.
- Worked with Accounting Firm to close the books each year.
- This was a pretty small operation when I first Started, 10 hours weekly. After the 3rd growth period, I encouraged the owner to hire someone more qualified to handle the books.
Director of Finance
Boys and Girls Club of NCLA
Ruston, LA
01.2008 - 03.2016
- Brought on the get the books in order and deal with some tax issues.
- Processed Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Taxes.
- Helped Department heads create budgets. Input budgets into QuickBooks by class.
- Budget Reports for Board Meetings.
- Weekly and Monthly meetings with CEO.
- Supervised and trained accounting interns and students.
- Monthly Grant Reporting.
- Created Policy and Procedure Manual for Accounting Department.
- Oversee Audit each year.
- QuickBooks Reports for each Department depending on their needs.
Bookkeeper/Staff Support
Christ Community Church - Now The Bridge
Ruston, LA
08.1994 - 05.2012
- Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll.
- Helped staff create budgets for their department.
- Input Budgets by Class into QuickBooks. Created monthly Budget Reports for Elder meeting and staff meetings. Helped staff stay on track with their budgets.
- Staff Support: Filled in where needed.
Education
Del Mar College
Corpus Christi, TXLouisiana Tech University
Ruston, LASkills
- 30 years experience working with QuickBooks
- QuickBooks Certified back in 2012
- QuickBooks Pro Advisor
Timeline
Consultant/Data Entry Clerk
1Four ReDesign
11.2024 - 11.2024
Consultant/Executive Assistant
Boys And Girls Club Of North Louisiana
08.2022 - 08.2024
Consultant/Bookkeeping
Boys and Girls of North LA
01.2022 - 08.2024
Consultant/Bookkeeper
Life Choices Of North Central Louisiana
01.2020 - Current
Consultant/Bookeeper
Rock Island PT
01.2020 - 01.2025
Director of Finance
HiTech Computers
06.2012 - 09.2019
Director of Finance
Boys and Girls Club of NCLA
01.2008 - 03.2016
Bookkeeper/Staff Support
Christ Community Church - Now The Bridge
08.1994 - 05.2012
Del Mar College
Louisiana Tech University
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