Expert Bookkeeping, Tailored Support
Our Experience Proves It All
Who we are?
Practical Bookkeeping LLC is a highly skilled North Carolina bookkeeping and accounting firm offering innovative accounting services for small business owners. Our mission is to remove financial obstacles and skillfully manage your books and records to improve your business and your bottom line.
You'll be glad you chose to work with us because we truly appreciate our clients and endeavor to develop a long-standing relationship with each one. As your financial partner and business advisor, we’re continually looking for ways to reduce expenses and take time-consuming accounting and bookkeeping tasks off your hands. Our knowledgeable staff has a wealth of accounting experience and is always personable, courteous, and professional.
The
Best Finance Consultant
in Town
Steven M. Apa, CPA
Mr. Apa is an astute and seasoned Certified Public Accountant with over 40+ years of diverse experience combining cross-functional competencies in all phases of accounting, tax calculations, financial statement reporting, regulatory compliance, audit procedures, forensic accounting, and litigation support services. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the states of North Carolina and New York. His current and past professional memberships and affiliations include the AICPA, North Carolina Association of CPAs, and New York State Society of CPAs, where he has served on various committees. He is also a Certified Fraud Examiner and a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from Northeastern University.
Mr. Apa obtained his due diligence, forensic accounting, and litigation support experience with a regional accounting firm as well as auditing experience with a Big Four accounting firm. He has over a decade of due diligence and litigation consulting experience which includes investigative auditing, pre-trial depositions and expert witnesses in-court testimony. He has participated in expert testimony for plaintiffs and respondents in arbitration, bankruptcy and civil proceedings. Mr. Apa has special expertise in automated auditing technologies, including data mining and extraction, analyzing financial reports, as well as recognition and implementation of cost reduction measures.
With an accumulated diverse background in business and as evidenced through numerous public speaking and teaching opportunities, Mr. Apa is recognized by his peers as an expert in small to medium-sized business accounting, due diligence, and financial services. His vast experience includes working in the healthcare, banking, not-for-profit, wholesale to wholesale, wholesale to retail, emerging business, and manufacturing industries.
Carol M. Apa
Carol M. Apa is the Owner and Managing Member of Practical Bookkeeping, LLC. She is a graduate of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Ms. Apa graduated in 1981 with a bachelor's degree in business administration from the Lacy School of Business with a major in business management.
Ms. Apa has an extensive career in the corporate world of fortune 1000 businesses focusing on revenue generation and top line sales. Her professional experience covers the range of commercial paper and stock investment houses such as IDS Financial Services (subsidiary of American Express Financial Services) and industry giants like K-Mart Apparel Corporation, Unilever (Albertson’s, Safeway, Sam’s Club), and Puig Beauty NA.
Ms. Apa’s corporate professional experience crosses with the local small business segment as a real estate broker, real estate investor, property management, and franchise owner. Ms. Apa’s eclectic curriculum vitae brings to the table a broad wealth of general business acumen to her clients. The wealth of experience and knowledge enhances her guidance with of our client’s general business best practices, daily bookkeeping and accounting. Working closely with her husband, Practical Bookkeeping LLC is a powerhouse of knowledge and experience that has greatly enhance each of our client’s business growth over the past 8 years.
