October, 2021

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How to motivate yourself to do your bookkeeping (secrets from a bookkeeper)

The Savvy Bookkeeping Blog

You lean over and turn off your computer after a full day of work. You feel relieved that another day is done. Your mind turns to what you’re going to have for tea and whether you’re going to need anything from the supermarket.

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8 Key Findings from the First Annual FinOps Tech Stack Efficiency Survey Results

Sage Intacct

Companies are continually striving to improve their performance and it is important to know how you stack up to your peers. As FinOps takes a bigger role in charting the growth of a SaaS company, what are the benchmarks for what to do, and when? Sage Intacct, The SaaS CFO, and RevOps Squared conducted research throughout Summer 2021 to benchmark how recurring revenue companies managed the financial reporting process.

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The 15 Best Container Monitoring Tools For Kubernetes And Docker

CloudZero

There are many tangible benefits to using containers for your computing needs. Containers help break large applications into smaller packages that are more agile, scalable on-demand, resilient, cost-effective, and less resource-hungry than monolithic apps or workloads running on traditional virtual machines (VMs) or bare metal servers.

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Matching Bank Feeds in QuickBooks

SMB Accounting and Consulting

In QuickBooks Online and Desktop, the Bank Feed is a nifty tool for importing transactions directly from your bank. Each transaction that the bank processes will show up in QuickBooks for you to categorize into the proper Income, Expense, or Balance Sheet account. What happens when a transaction in your Bank Feed has already been recorded directly through QuickBooks, like invoices you added to Accounts Receivable or a bill you wanted to show in Accounts Payable?

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Elevating Accounting Practices: The Power of Outsourcing and Automation in the Digital Age

Speaker: Nancy Wu, Head of Sales and Customer Success at SkyStem

Join us for an enlightening webinar as we delve into the transformative realm of modern accounting practices. In today's digital age, the convergence of outsourcing and automation has revolutionized how businesses manage their financial operations. In this webinar we will explore the synergistic potential of these two strategies to streamline processes, enhance accuracy, save cost and drive strategic decision-making.

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Attributes of a High-Performance Supplier Payments Function

IPS

Businesses are demanding more from finance professionals. CFOs, treasurers and AP leaders are expected to help guide the business through these tough times.

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OnPay

Bookkeeping Side Hustle

Resource Rundown with OnPay Create your free Accountant Partner Account with OnPay* I encourage you to think of these two trainings in tandem. The first one will tell you how to take on that first payroll project for one of your clients (no matter what software the client uses). The second session will be a deep dive into OnPay as a Full Service Payroll Provider who can be your right hand as you serve your clients and their employees.

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Is Digital Transformation Dead? Our Thoughts One Year Later

Oversight

The Reality of Automating Technology Digital transformation has been a buzzphrase for organizations in recent years. In reality, the term has been around since the 2010s with the need for cross-departmental efforts to streamline organizational programs. In the technology sector, adopting artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automated tools is the norm.

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Cloud Architecture: 10 Best Practices To Developing In The Cloud

CloudZero

Moving to the cloud offers many advantages vs. on-premise environments — scalability, flexibility, and the prospect of cost-efficiency are among the top reasons companies migrate.

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How Cloud 9 Strategic Boosted Productivity by 20% with Dext Precision

Dext

About Cloud 9 Strategic From the get-go, Cloud 9 Strategic Bookkeeping Services are clear about their work’s value and what really matters to their clients. The clue is in the name, and strategy sits at the heart of how they differentiate themselves in a highly competitive and price-sensitive sector.

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4 Things CFOs Love About Paying Suppliers Electronically

IPS

Paying more suppliers electronically has moved up on the accounts payable department’s agenda.

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Predictions You Can Rely On: How Data Drives Successful Financial Forecasting

Speaker: Robbie Bhathal, Founder & CEO, and Matthew Acalin, Head of Credit Intelligence

In today's volatile financial environment, how confident are you in your company’s financial forecasting? To get the most accurate cash predictions that will lead to long-term financial survival, real-time data is critical. Innovative cash management strategies can lead to better credit opportunities, more sustainable growth, and long-term financial prosperity.

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QUIZ: Can You Avoid These 10 Financial Forecasting Mistakes?

AvidXchange

You would be hard-pressed to identify any time over the past 20 (or more) years when financial forecasting has been more challenging, important and intriguing. You know why, of course. The economy we used to know is transforming briskly into a new business world that has yet to be fully shaped. In this transition period, it’s tough to forecast just about anything about business, especially how much money your company expects to generate over the next several months and years.

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How to work virtually with bookkeeping clients

5 Minute Bookkeeping

Many businesses are switching to virtual offices, which opens up new challenges and exciting opportunities for accountants and bookkeepers. There are a few essentials you will need to know if you are ready to successfully make the switch to working virtually. Whether you’re just starting out as a bookkeeper, or you’ve been doing bookkeeping for a long time, I want to share my insights and experience on how to work virtually with bookkeeping clients.

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Accounts Payables Insights in 2021: A 4th Quarter Review

Oversight

This time last year we talked about the significant shift in the world of Accounts Payable, as the department moves from a processing department to an essential financial analysis team. In 2020, accounts payable’s (AP's) value to enterprise rose 5% higher; to 60% of all businesses rate it’s functions as "exceptionally" important to organizational operations, according to Ardent Partners' study, Accounts Payable Metrics that Matter in 2021.

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10 CTO Tools Every Tech Leader Should Be Using (Updated 2021)

CloudZero

Managing technology isn't your only responsibility as a CTO. You could be the CIO, Digital Enabler, Data Officer, and Engineering Leader all rolled up into one, whether you work at a startup, scaleup, or enterprise. Your role as a C-suite executive for engineering requires you to research and implement the newest, most efficient technologies.

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The Definitive Guide to Spend Management

The status quo for AP in small and mid-market companies is broken. It consists of messy tech stacks of siloed solutions that give rise to manual work, a lack of control, wasted spend, and unnecessary risks. The benefits of shifting to spend management are tangible, measurable, and are felt across the whole organization. Spend management is a different way of thinking and an innovation whose time has come.

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Making Tax Digital Guide

Dext

The UK government’s plan to expand Making Tax Digital (MTD) legislation will mean all VAT registered businesses will need to keep digital records from April 2022. This will apply to roughly 1.1 million VAT registered businesses with taxable turnover below the VAT threshold.

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The Best Time Ever to Find a Remote Tax Job?

accountingfly

It sure looks that way. Accountingfly has specialized in filling remote tax jobs for a decade and we’ve never seen a more candidate-friendly market for tax professionals. So this might be the best opportunity that you’ll ever have to find the right fit and achieve your career goals. Read on for insight on the current market for tax professionals, check out our list of currently available remote tax jobs , or submit a current resume , and we’ll consider you for multiple remote positions.

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Customized Accounting Solutions by Industry Experts

Billah and Associates

What are the benefits of customized accounting solutions? Today, both large-scale enterprises and small businesses search for outside help as their most favoured arrangement for their mundane, day-to-day activities, particularly for accounting. Indeed, numerous entrepreneurs have understood that taking outside sources can give them a superior chance to procure a high-quality accounting firm in Brampton with experienced experts without paying the expense of hiring an in-house accountant.

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5 Tips to Improve Your Financial Storytelling Skills

AvidXchange

An important message is being communicated around the finance industry: Become effective at financial storytelling and you’ll accelerate your career. Here we’re going to explain why this skill is in such high demand and offer valuable tips on how to deliver compelling, effective stories that help your business grow. The importance of financial storytelling It’s understandable if AP managers, controllers and CFOs are at least a bit skeptical that storytelling is really the key to successful commu

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Navigating Financial Storms: Strategies for Building Resilient Balance Sheets

Speaker: Carolina Aponte - Owner and CEO, Caja Holdings LLC

In today's rapidly changing business environment, building a resilient balance sheet is crucial to the survival of any business. A resilient balance sheet allows a company to withstand financial shocks and adapt to changing market conditions. To achieve this, companies need to focus on key strategies such as maintaining adequate liquidity, managing debt levels, diversifying revenue streams, and prioritizing profitability over growth.

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How AI and Machine Learning Can Increase Insights to Overall Spend

Oversight

The power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) is a fascinating, yet controversial topic in today’s world.

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Tiered Pricing: How To Figure Out Your SaaS Pricing Tiers

CloudZero

Pricing matters. Charge too little and you won't earn enough revenue to stay afloat. Charge too much and you could lose thousands in potential business. Yet, you don’t want to price out some customers or cause others to feel you can’t meet their needs.

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Six Steps to Finding the Right Accounting Tech

Dext

Now is the perfect time to invest in accounting technology. As it continually evolves, newer iterations of software are more efficient, reliable and more productive. Download our Accounting Technology Buyer’s Guide to see the six steps you need to navigate the process of adding new software to your accounting tech stack.

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NetSuite's Never Ending Mission

Cloud Accounting Podcast

Sponsors Rippling: [link] BaCo Tech: [link] Client Hub: [link] Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: [link] Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: [link] Show Notes 1:25 – The Scoop on SuiteWorld 2021 [link] 3:17 – Sneak Peek at our talk with Evan Goldberg, founder of NetSuite. You can hear the whole interview here: [link] 15:00 – NetSuite Announces SuiteBanking, the First Cloud ERP to Integrate Fintech into a Unified Suite [link] 24:00 – We’re talking abou

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Putting the ‘Tech’ in Spend Management Techniques

Speaker: Wayne Spivak, President and CFO of SBA * Consulting Ltd., Industry Writer, Public Speaker

If you’re lost in the world of spend management needs and your GAP analysis is lacking perspective on the future state of your business performance, listen up! With the advancement of technology, the implementation of spend management best practices and concrete GAP analyses is more streamlined and accessible than ever before. And while this may sound like great news for you and your clients, it won’t be worthwhile unless you have the latest techniques to back up your ambitions!

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Being Intentional In Your Modern Firm

Earmark Accounting Podcast

Sponsor Thank you to our sponsor, FreshBooks! Learn more at [link] Guests Kristen Keats, CPA: [link] Owner, Sherwood Tax & Accounting, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Breakaway Bookkeeping & Advising Twyla Verhelst, CPA: [link] Head of FreshBooks Accountant Channel & Leader of the Accounting Partner Program | Creator of the Women in Accounting Mentorship Program Twyla Verhelst, CPA, and Kristen Keats, CPA, join the show to discuss what it means to be "intentional" in your firm

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BONUS | Global Ethics Day 2021

IMA's Count Me

Contact Russ Porter: [link] Contact Margaret Michaels: [link] IMA ® (Institute of Management Accountants): [link] IMA's Ethics Center: [link] Members of IMA shall behave ethically. A commitment to ethical professional practice includes overarching principles that express our values and standards that guide member conduct. IMA’s overarching ethical principles include: Honesty, Fairness, Objectivity, and Responsibility.

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G7 Finds Common Ground with Digital Trade and Data Sharing

NACM

During a meeting between the Group of Seven wealthy nations (G7) on Friday, a consensus was reached on a set of principles to govern cross-border data use and digital trade. The deal is considered to be a breakthrough as it could free up hundreds of billions of dollars of international commerce. "The deal sets out a middle ground between highly reg.

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4 Signs Your Cloud Cost Strategy Isn’t Working (And How To Fix It)

CloudZero

Flexibility is one of the cloud’s biggest benefits, but also one of its biggest challenges. When you have different teams using resources in the cloud and deploying instances at the click of a button, your cloud environment could easily become chaotic. Without a definitive plan governing your cloud operations, your costs will inevitably spiral out of control.

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Your New & Improved Month-End Close Process Is Not So Far Out of Reach!

All accounting teams know what it is like to dread the inevitable month-end scaries. If there was a way to feel less burdened and maybe even a little enthusiastic to work on your month-end close and reconciliation process, would you do it? No, don't answer that, of course you would! Automate your month-end close process by up to 40% with SkyStem's ART and see how much more alive you feel!

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Cutting Edge Accounting Practices and the Supporting Tech

Dext

We interviewed accountants in Australia, Canada, South Africa, the USA, and the UK to hear about the cutting edge accounting practices they follow and find out which technology supports them.

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Using Data To Fuel Growth With NetSuite Founder Evan Goldberg

Cloud Accounting Podcast

Our Guest Evan Goldberg: [link] Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: [link] Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: [link] Get in Touch Thanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, please do us a favor and write a review on iTunes , or Podchaser.

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CPA Versus CMA With IMA President Jeff Thomson

Earmark Accounting Podcast

Sign up to get free CPE for listening to this podcast: [link] Connect with Jeff Thomson, President and CEO @ IMA: [link] Learn more about the Institute of Management Accountants: [link] Connect with Blake Oliver, CPA Linkedin: [link] Twitter: [link] Blake sits down with Jeff Thomson at the Institute of Management Accountants Texas Council Conference to talk about the Certified Management Accountant (CMA) designation and how it compares to the CPA license.

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Ep. 145: Claire Chandler - Calculating Business Value

IMA's Count Me

Contact Claire Chandler: [link] Claire's Website: [link] Talent Boost: [link] FULL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Mitch: (00:05) Welcome back to Count Me In, IMA's podcast about all things affecting the accounting and finance world. This is your host Mitch Roshong and I would like to say thank you for coming back and listening to another episode of our series.

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Book of Secrets for the Month-End Close

Developing a consistent month-end close doesn’t need to be a mystery. We’re sharing our top 10 secrets (plus one bonus!) for streamlining your close.