Our Story

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Back in 1995, Heather and Laura met and became friends in high school, at St. Basil Academy in Jenkintown, PA. Growing up in different neighborhoods in Northeast Philadelphia, they rode the Septa bus together every day and got through an all girls high school. After high school, they both went to college, where Heather graduated from Albright University with a bachelor's degree in International Business and Laura received her bachelor's degree from Penn State University in Business Marketing & Management. After working in different fields during the early stages of their careers, a turn of events occurred and they were unexpectedly living together and acquired accounting positions within the same multinational software company, where they worked closely together for 5 years. Eventually they both left and went their separate ways professionally, working various accounting and finance managerial positions over the next 7 years within the healthcare, pharmaceutical, advertising and real estate industries. During this time, Laura also received her MBA in Finance from LaSalle University in Philadelphia. 

Over time, Heather and Laura grew increasingly tired of the corporate rat race, and often talked about walking away from the corporate world and starting their own business. Their thoughts were to somehow leverage both of their experiences and knowledge of accounting and finance, as well as their people skills to offer a service that would be beneficial to others. The idea to start a payroll company initially came from a discussion with an acquaintance in the insurance industry who had mentioned how his customers were not satisfied with their current payroll providers. Most of them were dealing with bigger name payroll services who regularly raised their rates while the quality of their service continually declined, often being automated or outsourced offshore to other countries. Customers had a desire to be treated as people and not just another number, especially when dealing with their payroll and finances. It was this series of events that led Heather and Laura on their journey to helping business owners with their payroll, bookkeeping and accounting needs.