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erica oldham
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ABOUT
MEET erica
I’m a mid-western gal with roots in the South. a finance grad, controller, master documenter and momma who is obsessed with tracking her health and fitness, photographer with over six-figures of raw and dngs. capsules define my workflows, or should i say wardrobes!
ABOUT
More than a decade ago, I sat in my cube at work sharing my template ideas with my co-workers. Since then, I have worked on countless books, and had to manage my time between home and work, always looking for the right tools to keep me in check.
I have always wanted to be more of an open book but shy away from the crowd.
Very into:
getting up at 4am, cream cheese pie, capsule wardrobes and staying in on a Friday night.
Corporate accounting at a large corporation wasn't for me. I told myself I would not be a person in my 40s walking into a 4 story office building with a bunch of other people all marching to the same pecking orders. The life of constant manager orders coming down from 5 levels above, the break-rooms filled with random people chatting about inconsequential stuff and the 45 minute commute, morning and night, to sit in a bland, grey walled cubicle. I had enough and I knew it.
Ever since then, I have had on my mind something other than that. It’s hard to describe but it’s somewhere between using my photography skills, my love for organization (not necessarily physical organization but mind-set, plannerish), learning to manage life at work and at home and everything in between, all while using my skills in finance, accounting, processes and controls.
At the age of 32...
I knew.
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my "resume"
1998
in my own words....
Hopped on a one-way ticket from Central Wisconsin to ORlando Florida a week after I graduated Pacelli High School.
2001
graduated in 3.5 years with a bachelors in finance from ucf - go knights!
met the love of my life
Packed my belongings and drove a uhaul to Minneapolis to interview for a job at PwC. Got the job! Ran my first marathon (and my last!)
Moved back to Orlando; and worked on the Chico's engagement in Ft. Myers
got engaged! then got married!
had a baby
left pwc
passed two parts of the cpa exam
had another baby
Took a role as senior manager of financial reporting at Marriott Vacations - this was a catalyst for me professionally.
got my first role as controller
decided it is now or never to go for it.
re-launched ericaoldham.com
Corporate accounting at a large corporation wasn't for me. I told myself I would not be a person in my 40s walking into a 4 story office building with a bunch of other people all marching to the same pecking orders. The life of constant manager orders coming down from 5 levels above, the break-rooms filled with random people chatting about inconsequential stuff and the 45 minute commute, morning and night, to sit in a bland, grey walled cubicle. I had enough and I knew it.
Ever since then, I have had on my mind something other than that. It’s hard to describe but it’s somewhere between using my photography skills, my love for organization (not necessarily physical organization but mind-set, plannerish), learning to manage life at work and at home and everything in between, all while using my skills in finance, accounting, processes and controls.
I knew
At the age of 32...
BRANDON + JESSICA
A SALT LAKE ELOPEMENT
Out of that comes a few things that I am deeply passionate about - keeping a planner, journal and documenting my life through words and photographs, creating websites, and managing clients’ books. What may seem like a handful of unrelated passions is really not that at all. They all seem to come together to become a small business person's best friend.
As a small business owner, it's important to be well-organized, often more organized than not, to have a space on the web that shares your story and your offering, and to have your finances precisely documented and managed.
I am a working mother of two kids who has had to juggle it all so my templates and planning pages have been tested through and through.
I know how to run the books of a company so writing and designing a web site for other bookkeepers is second nature to me.
I have run the books for small private businesses and spent more than 5 years in SEC reporting for one of the largest hospitality companies in the world
I probably should have known that the girl who moved out of the house one week after high-school graduation, to live in a state across the country that I had never even been to and graduating college in 3.5 years, would become an entrepreneur someday.
BEAUTIFUL &
PHOTOGENIC!"
"I'm never felt more
ELIJAH & LACY
A SANTA BARBARA ENGAGEMENT
