Accounts Payable Services & AP Automation Providers in Rio Rancho, NM

High Desert Bookkeeping is a small, family-run bookkeeping firm based in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. It works mainly with small business owners who would rather spend their hours running operations than recording transactions. For buyers who want accounts payable support, the firm offers a dedicated monthly package that pairs routine bookkeeping with hands-on handling of vendor bills and payments.

Because the firm relies on cloud-based accounting software, it serves clients well beyond the Albuquerque metro area, including businesses in other parts of the United States.

Accounts Payable and Monthly Packages

The firm's monthly work is organized into four tiers, each built on a common foundation. Every tier covers recording activity from bank and credit card accounts, reconciling those accounts, and delivering a balance sheet, an income statement and a cash flow statement at month end. The tiers then add different layers of work:

• Monthly Essentials: the core recording, reconciliation and reporting work on its own
• Monthly Accounts Payable: adds entering vendor bills, monitoring what is owed and carrying out payments, either by arranging electronic bill payment through the client's own bank or by preparing paper checks that the owner signs
• Monthly Accounts Receivable: adds building and sending customer invoices by email or regular mail, plus supplying information to the client's outside payroll provider
• Monthly All-Inclusive: combines the payables and receivables work in one arrangement

This structure suits companies that need practical AP processing rather than a standalone automation platform. The firm does not sell its own software. Instead, it routes payments through the banking tools a client already uses, and the owner keeps signing authority over checks.

Year-End and Self-Service Options

Clients who don't need ongoing help can choose year-end services. In these engagements the firm reviews a full year of bank statements and receipts to build an income and expense spreadsheet for the tax preparer. It can also review an existing QuickBooks Online or QuickBooks Desktop file and produce annual financial statements.

For owners who prefer to keep their own books, a do-it-yourself package covers help setting up their chosen software, a check of the first month's activity and bank reconciliation, and three months of follow-up support.

How Engagements Work

New relationships start with a phone consultation that carries no cost or commitment. During that call the firm and the owner work out which services fit the business's needs and budget. Every package can be adjusted, so a client can shape the scope rather than accept a fixed bundle. Office hours run on weekdays during the daytime.

Team and Background

The firm is led by owner and bookkeeper Judi Walker, a QuickBooks Certified ProAdvisor who has lived in Rio Rancho since 1999. She describes her approach as reliable and proactive. Her son, Christopher Walker, is the assistant bookkeeper.

He holds a bachelor's degree from Southern New Hampshire University and started VBookkeeping, a branch aimed at online content creators such as VTubers. Del Jones, who holds a computer science degree from the University of New Mexico, handles administrative work. Client testimonials on the site mention fast turnaround, responsiveness to questions, and help getting through an IRS audit.

One reviewer noted moving to the firm after a poor experience with a larger provider.