Our founder, Aaron Parks, had a 30 year career as a Risk Manager and Audit expert. After teaching IT Audit & Compliance, developing risk dashboards for a Big Ten university and a bank, he took a 10 year hiatus to fight cancer and other health issues. In 2025 he reentered the professional world and created ParksPacific Bookkeeping, a boutique firm specializing in the use of custom visuals to bring financial understanding to strategic decision makers..

Our Qualifications:

• Thirty years of experience working in corporate America in positions of risk management, compliance, and audit.
  
• Extensive experience in bookkeeping, dashboard creation (Excel, Databox, Klipfolio, Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot), and budgeting.
  
• Certifications:
  • CISA, CISM, CRISC (all retired and inactive)
  • Intuit Quickbooks ProAdvisor Gold Certified
  • Intuit Quickbooks Bookkeeping Certified
  • Intuit Quickbooks ProAdvisor Level 1 & Level 2 & Payroll Certified
  • Intuit ProAdvisor Client Advisory Services Foundations Certified