Do you struggle to organize all your expenses and receipts? Is managing QuickBooks harder than you thought it’d be? Do you cross your fingers and hope your tax preparer magically finds a bigger refund and avoids getting you audited? Sounds like you need a bookkeeper.
Meet Kirstin (that’s Ker-stin) Pastorick. Not only does she like to stare at QuickBooks reports for hours, she also enjoys categorizing expenses, labeling and organizing vendors, and invoicing so you get paid for all your hard work. She makes sense out of the senseless, and turns “budget” into “bliss.”
Kirstin is the brains behind your balanced books. She’s worked in bookkeeping for nearly a decade, and joined the Go Figure family in 2017. (Fun fact: Kirstin and Rachel met as soccer moms rooting for their kids from the sideline!)
On top of her experience, Kirstin is a born doer. If she sees a spreadsheet that’s not producing results, she grabs it by the columns and wrestles it into submission. Perhaps it’s because she was born in England and grew up in South Africa, so colossal challenges seem that much smaller.
We caught up with Kirstin between appointments for five minutes of quick Q&A:
What’s the best part of your job? Working with a great team of ladies and enjoying what I do!
Your favorite challenge to solve? Reconciling an account that is out of whack.
What’s the biggest misconception about bookkeeping? People believe that with all the software out there, they don’t need a bookkeeper. They can do it themselves. But, many of them don’t actually know how to code items correctly or don’t know the software enough to use it correctly. Mistakes, even the smallest ones, can make a huge difference to their financials.
What sets Go Figure apart? I love that we are a small firm. It really allows us to get personal with our clients. We try to do the most we can for each one, whether they are big or small. For me, I want to know about the business beyond the spreadsheets—the family, the pets, the travel plans, and what their goals are, personally and professionally. It makes coming to work fun when you know you’re making a difference in people’s lives and livelihood.
When she is not managing small business’s books and records, Kirstin can be found hanging with her high school sweetheart and husband of 25 years! They have three children: a son in his last year of college; a daughter who just started grad school; and a Yorki, who’s getting extra cuddles as empty-nesting resumes.
