Shannon Corin started in the business world at the age of 18 will still attending high school in Sacramento, CA.&; After school she worked for a local parts company doing filing, typing and other office tasks required of her. She then moved to Hayward, CA, attended Chabot College and began working for a Sales & Service company in the A/R department billing customers while obtaining her AA Degree in Accounting. She moved to another Sales & Service company to advance her career in the accounting field taking on all aspects of A/R including month end reporting, collections and invoicing. As she was finishing her degree at Chabot College she was approached by one of her Professors for a job with a prominent and well established family run manufacturing business in Alameda, CA as a Payroll Administrator. She accepted and soon found she loved doing payroll. To advance her career and training she was moved to Cost Accountant and cross trained on A/P. During her time there she became very adept at the General Ledger and making journal entries as well as inventory control. With the company sold to a national company and everyone receiving their pink slips, she moved to Silverdale, WA with her then fiancée (now husband) and began working as a Payroll Accountant for the timber and construction industries. During this time she became a Certified Payroll Professional which is awarded by the American Payroll Association after meeting eligibility requirements and a comprehensive 4 hour test. She then worked for a local CPA firm extending her training and experience in multiple industries. Companies change and she took on other responsibilities as Contract Administrator, Business Manager and Full-Charge Bookkeeper before taking on the biggest challenge of her life–starting her own bookkeeping and accounting business!

The CPP designation requires one must take CPE courses to keep the designation or retake the test every 5 years. Continuing education in the field of Payroll are a must!

Shannon is currently the Treasurer of the Brownsville Elementary PTSA and of the Brownsville UMC Women’s Group.