About Us

Backyard Bookkeeper aspires to be different from other bookkeeping firms; we do bookkeeping because we love it, while others do bookkeeping because their clients think it's tedious. When we set up or clean up a company's books, it really is a beautiful thing. We love knowing that every expense has been accounted for and that all the accounts have been reconciled down to the penny. We love knowing that the system we set up to report daily sales is working and will take little or no further maintenance, because the directions are easy to follow and there is little room for error--even if we are no longer the ones implementing the system. We love looking through financial data and making sure all the loose ends are tied up, away, and into oblivion.
 
Maybe you are chuckling over our love of accounting, but just ask yourself: who would you rather have working on your books? A CPA who uses the "slash-and-burn" technique, an indifferent business owner with minimal accounting experience, or a competent bookkeeper who will treat your books like a work of art?
 
Our Team
Julie DeLong, Bookkeeping Joy (Link to resume)
Julie does most of the actual number crunching for the business and would rather play on Quickbooks than Facebook. She loves superhero movies, Rachmaninov, and chocolate, and her favorite book is a vampire novel titled Sunshine.
 
Alex Mic-Podar, Marketing Magic (Link to resume)
Alex has been working most of her life and has a knack for knowing what people need. She often gives Julie a "swift kick in the pants" to keep her in line. Alex loves Coke, Tom Cruise, and Mini Coopers, and won't eat anything she can see onions in. 
 
Shantel Shearer, Junior Bookkeeper
Shantel's love of numbers fueled her desire to learn accounting, and she is currently working on a degree in accounting at the University of Utah. She has three awesome children who keep her on her toes, and with whom she shares a love of snowmen, Captain Jack Sparrow, and just having good, plain fun.
 
Potzak, Entertainer/Office Tail-Wagger
Potzak, whose name means "tummy" in Hungarian, enjoys snuggling, playing in the grass, catching his tail, and chewing up tissue paper. He dislikes bookkeeping and would rather play with his toys.