Understand, Learn, Adapt, and Grow: How is the Controller Role Changing?
2020 has presented everyone in the field with challenges. Keeping staff in a recession, setting up teams for remote work, and trying to preemptively navigate the impact of the election all have left controllers across the United States looking for answers. A Wave in a...
The CPE Challenge: Affording Your Continued Education and Focusing on What Matters
It’s likely that by now, you’ve heard of the accounting talent skills gap and the efforts to fix it. But naturally, it’s not just the Millennials and Generation Z kids who are to blame. Too often, current professionals get stuck in a rut as well—a deadly proposition...
What Does the 2021 Hiring Market Look for Accounting Professionals?
Despite the pandemic, lockdowns, and recession environment, accountants have kept on with their livelihoods. Known as a career path with a weak talent pipeline and a skills gap, Accounting Today reports that the unemployment rate for accounting and finance positions...
Five Tips for a Safe Return to Work
Whether you are looking at a tempered, rotation-based return, a jump back to work starting sometime in 2021, or are slowly bringing a few back at a time, at some point, you’re going to start seeing your office fill up in the coming months. But… before that happens,...
The Robots Are Coming: How Accounting Robots Will Automate the Finance Back Office
As the finance and accounting world has evolved, so have the expectations of stakeholders both internal and external. Faster reports, better information, and deeper analysis all have been among the top priorities for the accounting and finance leader as we approach...
More Changes Coming to Lease Accounting? FASB Proposes 3 Changes
The lease rules are complicated. With public companies still working to clarify everything, private companies were given some recourse—a delay in adoption. But with the delay due in part to needed clarification, some of the changes were proposed in a recent letter...
Is a Work from Home Dress Code on the Horizon?
It’s likely that during the lockdowns has been—a bit more casual than your traditional office. Whether your workforce consists of people wearing button down shirts and pajama pants, the people who will dress up for Zoom calls, or the people who haven’t shown their...
Incorporating Sustainability Reporting into Your Business
Over the past few months, we’ve looked at the coming changes to the accounting profession. We’ve also looked at the changes to sustainability reporting. But for accounting professionals need to be ready for the new landscape, education needs to focus on the...
Different Approaches to the Future of Accountancy
Whether driven by technology, regulatory shifts, or business needs, many have been calling for changes to the accountancy profession. In this, aspiring and current accountants are going to need new skills built for the next era of business, and thought leaders are...
Breaking down Barriers: Building a Culture of Belonging
Companies have talked a lot about diversity. From priding themselves on being an organization filled with people of all backgrounds and creeds to working on improved hiring practices, these initiatives have brought in new voices and perspectives. But is diversity...
Should AP Automation be on Your Investment Radar?
As you move from recovery to rebound, the pitfalls will still be steep and the cash will still be tight. Though there are many ways to approach improvement, finding out how to take control over your accounts payable processes can help you spend smarter as you ramp up...
Is AI Becoming Mainstream in Finance?
Artificial intelligence. Something that’s been discussed by pundits, science fiction authors, and technology futurists, AI has been finding increased use in the business world as companies work to bring on technology that improves decisions without causing additional...
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