Meet Linda, Founder of Columbus Bookkeeping & Accounting Services
Linda, founder of Columbus Bookkeeping & Accounting Services, began building her bookkeeping and accounting experience in 1993 while assisting American Standard with the startup of a new distribution center in the Columbus, Ohio area.
Linda’s background combines bookkeeping and accounting experience across multiple industries with hands-on experience using business systems and technology. She founded Columbus Bookkeeping & Accounting Services to help small businesses maintain accurate financial records, improve financial visibility, and use their accounting tools more effectively.
Today, Linda leads a team of U.S.-based and international accounting and technical professionals who support BSC’s bookkeeping services. The team focuses on providing cost-effective bookkeeping solutions while using accounting technology and efficient processes to help small business owners keep their financial records organized and up to date.
BSC helps small business owners gain clearer financial visibility through accurate bookkeeping, organized financial records, and efficient accounting processes. By combining bookkeeping expertise with practical technology, the team helps clients better understand their finances and manage their businesses with greater confidence.
BSC’s mission is to provide small businesses with reliable bookkeeping support, clearer financial information, and practical accounting processes that make it easier to understand and manage their finances.
From American Standard to Columbus Bookkeeping & Accounting Services
Linda was initially hired to manage inventory for the center. Leading the way for the group with advanced inventory control systems American Standard asked her to take control of the overall office systems including staffing and payroll processes.
Linda successfully led the way in implementing new back-end office standards and procedures managing the payroll for DC and its 80 warehouse staff. While her primary responsibilities were the business’s accounting processes, she took on the management of the technical computer systems for the group. This involved generating IBM AS/400 query reports for the DC executives and then training office staff in State-based American Standard DC locations.
Over the course of working for American Standard, Linda continued to expand her technical skills beyond basic accounting, spending several years as technical systems supervisor for DSW corporate offices.
Linda also spent a decade providing full accounting and technical services for a large attorney’s office. Initially, the attorney’s office was calculating all accounting functions, including payroll, manually utilizing Excel spreadsheets on a single local desktop computer, along with a hand-written calendar for client appointments.
Linda was able to draw from her years of accounting and technical skills to completely transform the attorney’s office. She installed and maintained a network environment to allow for file sharing and backups to prevent data loss. She implemented QuickBooks for all accounting processes and payroll and set up a network calendar for managing and scheduling appointments and court dates.
Throughout the years going deep with QuickBooks has enabled Linda to deliver better more accurate relevant data where it is needed. In Linda’s experience, the vast majority of small business owners simply do not have the time or inclination to learn all that QuickBooks can do. Her expertise in customizing QuickBooks and financial reports has increased her client’s financial health and assisted them in making informed smarter business decisions.
