Joan Hathaway Coffman (Joani) has over 20 years of business experience as a bookkeeper, a professional accountant and a Controller.  She is 

originally from Massachusetts, but spent several years in Texas before finally settling her

"boots and her roots" in Northwest Montana.

  
With an accounting major, Joani has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with Honors from the University of Arkansas. She is a former member of the National Society of Accountants and a member of the American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers.

Joani's computer skills include:

• Excel - Advanced spreadsheet applications
•  QuickBooks Pro and Enterprise
•  Microsoft Office Applications
• Powerpoint Presentations
•  Great Plains
•  Yardi Property Management
•  CYMA Professional Accounting
•  Corel Draw
•  HTML

In Fort Worth, Texas, she owned The Integrated Business Source, working as a forensic bookkeeper and consultant with several large companies in the area. 

In Austin, Texas, she owned Coffman Business Services providing a broad range of bookkeeping and consulting to local industry, real estate and small businesses.  She also has extensive experience as a Controller and contract accountant for the following types of businesses:

Real Estate and Property Management

Public Records and Data Management

Software Development

Aerospace

Ironworks Manufacturing

Construction and General Contractors

Trucking Industry

Winery

Country Clubs

Restaurants

Pest Control

Joani also understands the needs and time constraints of small business owners.  She and her husband own an Internet furniture business in Kila called the Country Mountain Workshoppe –http://www.countrymountainfurniture.com  They have also owned a two-way radio business and a paint contracting business in Texas.