Christy Smith

Christy is a Certified Public Accountant with 14 combined years of experience in public and private accounting. While attending a 2 year certificate program for Equine Business Management she discovered she liked the accounting segment of business and decided to pursue it as a career. She started as a full charge bookkeeper for a small business while attending school part time to obtain her B.S. in Accounting. After that, she worked for 3 years as an Accountant for a small CPA firm that specialized in clients working as government contractors. She compiled and reviewed financial statements, performed ratio analysis, prepared business taxes, set up accounting systems to be DCAA (Defense Contract Audit Agency) compliant, and created yearly incurred cost submissions for clients. Next, she worked as a Financial Controller for a small business. She closed the books monthly, prepared tax filings including 1099, property, sales, and Business Professional and Occupational License (BPOL), and processed payroll and managed benefits for over 50 employees. In 2014, she completed a M.S in Accounting at Towson State University, and in 2017 she became a CPA. She has experience using various payroll services, and different versions of QuickBooks. In addition to working at the Firm, Christy volunteers at her child’s school.