I'm moving to the field of accounting after earning a bachelor's and master's degree in music, and a 10+ year career as a freelance musician. I'm excited to seek new accounting and bookkeeping opportunities to help expand my experiences and hone my new craft in the Portland area.My interest in accounting came from my role as Financial Coordinator at the Millikin University School of Music, my alma mater. With no formal education in accounting or bookkeeping, I took the job and quickly learned how to balance a multimillion-dollar budget with dozens of accounts, process accounts payable/receivable requests, and work with the faculty members on documenting and reconciling their university credit cards each month.Fast forward to now, I am enrolled as a student at Portland Community College where I'm working on obtaining my Accelerated Accounting Certificate and expand on the foundation of skills I built with the help of my friends and colleagues from Millikin University.