Jenny Groberg

Jenny Groberg

CEO/Founder, BookSmarts Accounting & Bookkeeping

Salt Lake City, Utah

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Speaker levelExperienced Speaker

Primary sectorsFinancial services & banking

Utah focusYes

About

Jenny Groberg is a wife, mother, champion of flexible work, and the visionary CEO and Founder of BookSmarts Accounting and Bookkeeping. She has brought together a dynamic, women-led team offering a fully customizable suite of services that give clients full confidence in their financial data. Jenny’s work has been recognized across the country––with four Stevie Awards, as one of Utah’s Top 100 Companies Dedicated to Championing Women, Utah Business CEO of the Year, the Salt Lake Chamber Pathfinder Award, and as part of the INC Female Founders 500. Jenny’s financial expertise has been cited in Inc., Forbes, Accounting Today, Nasdaq, Yahoo Finance, Entrepreneur, CNBC, U.S. News World Report and more. Jenny holds a degree in finance from the University of Utah.

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Jenny Groberg is a wife, mother, champion of flexible work, and the visionary CEO and Founder of BookSmarts Accounting and Bookkeeping, a nationally recognized, women-led firm known for delivering customizable, confidence-building financial services to businesses of all sizes. Jenny launched BookSmarts in 2008 with a husband in medical school, young children at home, and no workable path forward through traditional employment. So she created her own.

Under Jenny’s leadership, BookSmarts has grown into a powerhouse distinguished by award-winning service, innovative systems, and a culture designed around real life. Her work has been recognized with four international Stevie Awards, Utah Business CEO of the Year, the Salt Lake Chamber’s Pathfinder Award, and inclusion on the Inc. Female Founders 500 list. Her financial expertise has been featured in Inc., Forbes, Entrepreneur, Accounting Today, Nasdaq, CNBC, U.S. News & World Report, and more. She holds a finance degree from the University of Utah.

In 2018, a traumatic brain injury abruptly halted Jenny’s ability to work. For three years she navigated treatment and recovery, relying on the systems and talented team she had built around her. BookSmarts not only survived, it grew stronger. When she returned, her comeback fueled explosive growth. That first year back, BookSmarts grew its workforce by 20%, and revenue by more than a third. Jenny transformed her personal setback into a powerful mission: to redefine what work can look like, and to build a world where opportunity adapts to life, instead of the other way around. And she is just getting started.

Learn more at booksmartspro.com.

Speaking formats

Experience level

Experienced Speaker

Occasional / experienced speaker (5–10 speaking engagements in the last 2–3 years)

Topics & expertise

Culture/HR & Talent

  • Hybrid work, flexibility & future of work

Entrepreneurship & Startups

  • Exit strategies (acquisition, IPO, succession)
  • Family-owned / closely held businesses
  • Funding & capital (VC, angels, bootstrapping)
  • Scaling a startup / growth stage
  • Social entrepreneurship & mission-driven ventures
  • Starting a business
  • Women founders & access to capital

Functional Expertise

  • Accounting & compliance
  • Finance, budgeting & financial literacy
  • Sales & business development

Gender & Equity

  • Motherhood, caregiving & careers
  • Return-to-work / re-entry after career breaks

Industry Expertise

  • Financial services & banking

Leadership & Management

  • Leading remote & hybrid teams
  • Vision, strategy & execution

Strategy/Innovation & Change

  • Risk management & scenario planning

Utah & Regional Issues

  • Faith, culture & work in Utah
  • Utah business & economic landscape
  • Women’s leadership in Utah

Wellbeing & Personal Growth

  • Burnout prevention & recovery
  • Habit building & personal productivity
  • Mental health at work
  • Resilience & navigating change
  • Values-based career design
  • Work–life integration

Selected engagements

  • BookSmarts and Ice Cream: How Jenny Groberg Built an All-Female Powerhouse CompanyWomen’s Leadership Institute · Utah · April · 2025
  • Silicon Slopes Conversations: Jenny Groberg, BookSmartsSilicon Slopes · Utah · October · 2024
  • Various Topics (Recurring Guest)KUTV ARC · KUTV Studio · Salt Lake City, Utah · Bimonthly · 2023-2025
  • Mastering the Art of the InterviewThe Elavare Summit · Adobe · Lehi, Utah · September · 2025
  • New Beginnings and Goal SettingCEO Woman · The Atrium @ The South Kiln · Lehi, Utah · January · 2025

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