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Is your firm overpaying for external hires?

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How a Controller Can Strengthen Your Financial Reporting

Accounting Department

Reliable financial reporting forms the foundation for sustainable growth in any small to medium-sized business. Inadequate financial oversight exposes organizations to regulatory noncompliance, cash flow challenges, and missed avenues for strategic advancement. The expertise of a controller is indispensable in addressing these critical areas.

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Xero to acquire Melio: A payments game-changer for small businesses across the US

Xero

For small businesses, we know that efficient, accurate, and seamless workflows are non-negotiable — especially when it comes to making payments. After all, paying bills and managing cash flow are two crucial tasks, and when managed effectively hand-in-hand, small businesses thrive. But these tasks shouldn’t be a manual headache. We also know that more than 70% of US SMBs place a high importance on having their accounting and accounts payable software tightly integrated, but only a small mi

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How Client Account Services Are Evolving in 2025

Accounting Department

As we move into the summer of 2025, personalized client accounting services are becoming increasingly critical. Clients are no longer satisfied with one-size-fits-all solutions. They demand tailored services that address their specific needs and financial scenarios.

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Why Tech-Forward Tax and Accounting Firms Have the Inside Track to the Future

Speaker: Joe Wroblewski, Sales Engineer Manager

Automating time-consuming manual tasks can save your firm hundreds of hours–and thousands of dollars. But it can also have longer-lasting benefits, like helping you attract and retain the next generation of CPAs, and we don’t need to tell you how important that is amid the current generational staffing crisis in the tax and accounting profession. You'll want to save your seat for this new webinar with industry expert Joe Wroblewski, where we'll explore how to: Maximize ROI with Cost-Effective Te

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How to Scale AP Without Scaling Headcount: Lessons From Real Ascend Customers

Ascend Software blog

As companies expand, finance teams are often asked to process more transactions without a proportional increase in staff or resources. For accounts payable (AP) departments, this challenge presents a critical question: how can volume grow without compromising timeliness, accuracy, or oversight?

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What Finance Leaders in U.S. Non-profits Need to Know

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If you’re working in non-profit finance, be it as CFO, CEO, VP, or in procurement, you’re witnessing first-hand how 2025 has brought a wave of mounting demand and dwindling resources. So how do non-profits plan for tomorrow when today is so uncertain? The Crunch Is Real The Non-profit Finance Fund’s (NFF) 2025 State of the Non-profit Sector Survey , which polled 2,206 organizations , paints a stark picture: 85% expect increased service demand in 2025. 36% ended 2024 in the red—the

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Digits Launches AI Agents for its Autonomous General Ledger

Insightful Accountant

Digits AI-native accounting platform has launched Digits Accounting Agents, embedding AI agents to run entire accounting workflows for firms on its Autonomous General Ledger® (AGL).

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How to Lead Accounts Payable Teams in the Age of Accelerated Technology

Ascend Software blog

The Leadership Challenge Behind AP Automation While the market frequently focuses on the capabilities of AP automation platforms, far less attention is given to the realities of managing the people expected to use them. The 2025 Accounts Payable Leadership Priorities Report underscores a persistent concern among financial leaders: teaching teams how to adapt to new tools often proves more difficult than selecting the tools themselves.

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Empowering Resilience: How Charity Leaders Foster Financial Strength

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Watch: Smarter Spending & Budget Control with Advanced AP Automation for Charities Fill in the form to access the on-demand recording of our webinar session looking specifically at how UK Charities are saving time and money with smarter AP automation. Name Work Email Address Job Title Watch the video Watch: Smarter Spending & Budget Control with Advanced AP Automation for Charities The post Empowering Resilience: How Charity Leaders Foster Financial Strength first appeared on Compleat So

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10 strategies for accounting success

Accounting Today

In honor of the end of Ed Mendlowitz's "The Art of Accounting," here are a double-handful of his most impactful columns.

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Live Demo - Supercharge your Month End Close

Automation generally supercharges any process and brings its value to the forefront. See how infusing automation such as ART (our month-end close solution), into your close can get you to the next level of closing. We will share a live demo of SkyStem's solution, ART and share the key elements of month-end close automation. Through ART, we'll take a look at: What month-end close automation entails Which process steps can and should be automated Benefits of achieving process automation, and Why i

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Get ready for a reimagined Xero

Xero

Today, I’m excited to share the beta launch of our new navigation and homepage (previously called the dashboard) experience. This goes beyond a fresh new look and a change in name, it’s the new home of all your business key insights and actions. Built for you, with you, this beta is the next step towards a more intuitive and insights-rich Xero. Our goal is simple: empower you to see your business’s true performance at a glance and tackle the most important tasks, quicker.

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Caution Reigns: Treasury Teams Double Down on Safety as Cash Accumulation Slows

Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

According to the 2025 Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) Liquidity Survey , 61% of organizations identified safety as their foremost objective for short-term investments, significantly outpacing liquidity (35%) and yield (5%) as priorities. Even so, the emphasis on liquidity increased by five percentage points from the previous year, while the focus on yield remained stable.

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What is Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)?

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Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) is a crucial financial metric that evaluates how effectively a company collects cash from its credit sales. Simply put, DSO measures the average number of days it takes for a business to collect payment from its customers after a sale has been made. For CFOs and financial managers, understanding and optimizing DSO is essential to maintaining healthy cash flow, minimizing liquidity risks, and ensuring the company’s operational efficiency.

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Financial Resilience for Charities in Uncertain Times

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This Small Charity Week , we’re shining a light on the heart of our communities: small charities doing extraordinary work, often under extraordinary pressure. They may not always make headlines, but they’re there every day, quietly changing lives in ways that truly matter. Small Charity Week (23–28 June 2025) is a national celebration of the UK’s small-but-mighty charities.

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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IRS Criminal Investigation reduced tax preparer probes

Accounting Today

The Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigation unit has been experiencing ups and downs in recent years due to budget boosts and cuts from Congress.

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Better systems, better care: How automation is transforming the future of healthcare

Xero

When you work in healthcare, your time is best spent where it matters most: caring for people. But for many healthcare practices, that mission is being held back by outdated systems, manual admin, and time-consuming compliance tasks. Thankfully, automation is changing that. From managing patient bookings and rostering staff to invoicing and reconciling payments, smart digital tools and software are giving healthcare providers the freedom to focus on delivering high-quality care while staying fin

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Higher Limits Power B2B Real-Time Payment Volumes

Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

The Clearing House raised the real-time payments (RTP) transaction limit from $1 million to $10 million in February 2025. Since the increase, Bank of America (BofA) reports that transactions over $1 million now account for more than half the total value of U.S. real-time payments processed for corporate clients. Rival network FedNow raised its own limit from $500,000 to $1 million on June 24, 2025.

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Top 6 Benefits of Outsourcing Accounting Services for Your Business in 2025

Analytix Finance & Accounting

Let’s face it: managing accounting of your small-to-medium business in-house can be a challenge. You’re juggling endless spreadsheets. Tracking expenses. Meeting tax deadlines. All while trying to actually run your business. But here’s the thing… Outsourcing your accounting isn’t just a convenience anymore — it’s becoming a competitive advantage in 2025.

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Your Accounting Expertise Will Only Get You So Far: What Really Matters

Speaker: Victor C. Barnes, CPA, MBA

In the climb from contributor to leader, the rules quietly change. If you’re aiming for the summit, the air gets thinner—and what got you here won’t be enough to get you to the top (a concept first popularized by Marshall Goldsmith in his book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There ). What made you successful early in your finance career—technical accuracy, sharp analysis, flawless execution—won’t be what carries you to the next level.

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5 Essential Steps To Building Your Business Continuity Plan

The Successful Bookkeeper

Running a solo bookkeeping or accounting practice is rewarding but comes with unique challenges, especially when it comes to managing unexpected disruptions. Unlike larger firms that have teams to fall back on, solo bookkeepers bear the full weight of their business and client responsibilities. This means that if you face a sudden medical emergency, family crisis, or any unforeseen event, your clients’ financial operations—and your income—could be at risk.

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Passion, vision and hard work: Inside Jeff Weiner's success

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2025 Trends for the CFO: Navigating the Future of Finance

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The role of the CFO has expanded dramatically in recent years, and with it, the expectations for financial leadership. The ability to thrive amidst volatility is a key trait for modern CFOs. In a time of unpredictable global events, a clear and adaptable financial strategy is essential for navigating challenges head-on. CFOs who stay agile can lead their organizations to new opportunities, driving business results through innovation and collaboration.

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USDC Stablecoin Integrated into Core Banking by Matera and Circle

Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

From a Press Release dated June 11, 2025, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Matera , a leading financial technology provider, has partnered with Circle , the global issuer of the USDC stablecoin, to integrate stablecoins as a mainstream payment method within core banking systems. This marks the first time a banking technology provider in the region has natively integrated USDC, aiming to bridge digital currencies and traditional financial systems.

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How To Overcome Change Fatigue In Finance With Neuroscience-Backed Strategies

Speaker: Kim Beynon, CPA, CGMA, PMP

The most overlooked, yet most critical, element of transformation is preparing people for change. Automation and AI aren't just technical upgrades, they’re cultural shifts which can challenge identities. That’s why change management isn’t a side project—it’s the foundation. In finance, where precision and process rule, navigating change can feel especially disruptive.

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A Clear & Simple Accounting or Bookkeeping Engagement Letter [Template]

Jetpack Workflow

Starting a new business relationship is much like entering a romantic relationship. You have boundless optimism, a sense the relationship will go on forever, and feelings of the same vision for the future. What could possibly go wrong? If you enter into a relationship (professional or otherwise) with mismatched expectations between you and the other party, it’s a recipe for disaster.

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Senate Democrats Deploy Final Tactics to Challenge GOP Tax Package

Insightful Accountant

Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch effort to reshape the Republican tax reconciliation bill using the remaining procedural tools at their disposal as the legislation heads toward a potential floor vote the week of June 23.

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PCAOB fines Deloitte, PwC, EY member firms for exam misconduct

Accounting Today

The Board fined Deloitte Netherlands, PwC Netherlands and EY Netherlands a total of $8.5 million after finding widespread exam misconduct on internal training tests.

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Why Historical Cost Accounting Is Broken (And What Could Fix It)

Blake Oliver

What if the very foundation of accounting is broken? In my latest Earmark Podcast episode, I explore this thought-provoking question with Tom Selling, an expert on SEC compliance, GAAP, IFRS, and more. Tom argues that historical cost accounting creates a "truth in labeling problem" that enables management to manipulate the system while overlooking economic reality.

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Doing More With Less: The Modern Finance Miracle

Speaker: Mark Gilham, FCCA, CPP

Finance used to be the function that counted, now it's the one that’s counted on. 📊 For accounting firms, controllers, and finance leaders, expectations are rising faster than headcount. Businesses want agile forecasts, granular analysis, seamless reporting, and smart automation—often without added resources while demanding uncompromised accuracy and compliance.

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Spayce Partners with ThetaRay to Tackle Financial Crime with Advanced AI

Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

From a Press Release dated June 3, 2025, New York, New York ThetaRay , a global leader in cognitive AI compliance for financial crime, and Spayce , a next-generation cross-border payments platform, have announced a strategic partnership to address evolving financial crime threats and enhance the security of international payments. The collaboration was unveiled at Money 20/20 and comes at a time when financial crime is becoming more sophisticated, with criminal networks operating with the comple

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Remote vs. Onsite Accounting Jobs: Why Flexibility Wins

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If you’re leading a firm right now, you’ve likely felt the tension: you want your people in the office. But the talent you’re trying to hire? They still want flexibility. This clash between remote vs onsite accounting jobs has become one of the most challenging issues in today’s hiring landscape. At Accountingfly, this tug-of-war shows up in nearly every client conversation.

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CAS Panel: How to Scale Your CAS Department

Jetpack Workflow

Summary In this engaging episode, the panelists Kane, Christine, and Matthew come together for an interactive discussion that prioritizes audience participation. The host emphasizes the value of live questions, encouraging listeners to ask their most pressing inquiries to gain actionable insights. Each panelist introduces themselves, setting the stage for a dynamic exchange of ideas.

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Inside GASB's far-reaching agenda

Accounting Today

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8 Pillars of Leadership Development

Great leadership development is the key to sustainable business growth. Are you ready to design an effective program? HR can use Paycor’s framework to: Set achievable goals. Align employee and company needs. Support different learning styles. Empower the next generation of leaders. Invest in your company’s future with a strong leadership development program.