Yeo & Yeo Honors Christine Porras

Yeo & Yeo CPAs & Business Consultants is pleased to announce that Christine Porras, CPP, was honored with the most prestigious award bestowed by the firm, the Spirit of Yeo award. The award recognizes an individual within the firm who exemplifies the attributes of the firm’s mission and core values.

Porras is the firm’s Payroll Manager. She has 17 years of experience in all aspects of payroll processing. Her areas of expertise include payroll checks, direct deposit, garnishments, vender checks and payment of state, city and federal taxes. Porras leads the firm’s Payroll Services Group and assists all Yeo & Yeo offices with providing payroll services to over 100 clients throughout Michigan. Porras was also featured among Yeo & Yeo’s women leaders in 2015. Read her story here.

“Christine is the type of person that makes you happy! She is truly a positive light within our firm,” says one of her nominators. Another stated, “Christine is always willing to help with client questions and goes above and beyond to provide exceptional client service.”

Porras holds the Fundamental Payroll Certification from the American Payroll Association and is a Certified Payroll Professional. She is a founder and president of the Great Lakes Bay Chapter of the American Payroll Association. Porras is based in the firm’s Saginaw office and serves as a trustee of the Saginaw County Veterans Memorial Plaza.

In the award’s second year, 33 nominations were submitted by Yeo & Yeo employees. The firm’s Career Advocacy Team reviewed the submissions, and many individuals were nominated more than once.

“As a member of the Career Advocacy Team, I can honestly say that my favorite day of the year was the day I spent reading the nominations. It was amazing to read about all of the outstanding efforts that these individuals in our firm have made,” said Thomas Hollerback, CEO, as he presented the award at the firm’s holiday celebration at Horizons Conference Center in Saginaw.