November, 2022

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Xero announces CEO succession, Sukhinder Singh Cassidy appointed

Xero

I’m pleased to let you know t hat today we announced the appointment of Sukhinder Singh Cassidy as Xero’s new CEO, on 1 February 2023. Sukhinder will succeed Steve Vamos who after serving almost five years as CEO, is retiring from the role and plans t o return to his previous portfolio in business coaching and leadership development as an advisor, director and investor.

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Happy Thanksgiving From AccountingDepartment.com!

Accounting Department

This year we're especially thankful for our clients and our team - it is their collective energy, positivity, and dedication to success that has made this such a great year.

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Artificial intelligence needs more intelligence

Accounting Today

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How SaaS CFOs Use Financial Data to Boost Profits

Sage Intacct

For many people, finance could be mistakenly viewed as playing a passive, historical role in the company. A common misconception thinks it is about number-crunching and accurately reporting past transactions and financial events.

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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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Accountant Networking: The Best Places + 9 Tips

Future Firm

Accountant networking is a tried, tested, and true method to build connections, grow your business, and advance your career. In this article, you’ll find out why accountant networking is so important, where you can network plus 9 of the best tips to succeed. Let’s go! Table of Contents. What is Networking in Accounting? Why is Networking Important for Accountants?

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Building the Modern, Automated Accounting Firm

Plooto

It is a brave new world for accounting firms. New technology , pent-up client demand for advisory services, and ever-increasing compliance and regulatory oversight have created a new “business” mindset among accounting organizations — identifying clients’ needs and building the infrastructure to meet those needs.

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Looking to Improve Productivity and Efficiency? Automate.

Accounting Department

For many businesses, sudden bursts of growth may sometimes come at times that business owners least expect. Companies can go from small offices to corporate buildings and small commercial buildings to giant warehouses, but being prepared to do so is what makes the difference between growing and growing pains.

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Accountants aid clients struggling with inflation

Accounting Today

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Cloud Costs From A Cloud Product Manager’s Perspective

CloudZero

As a cloud product manager, much of our jobs center around creating KPIs (or OKRs, if you prefer) such as sales revenue, freemium conversions, or customer stickiness, and encouraging development teams to hit product performance goals.

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SSI Wins Oracle Cerner 2022 Collaboration Award

SSI Healthcare Rev Cycle Solutions

SSI Wins Oracle Cerner 2022 Collaboration Award. November 9, 2022. Every year, Oracle Cerner honors its most innovative and meaningful partnerships, which are chosen based on superior performance and the impact the partner has on their clients. This year, the SSI Group, LLC (SSI) is pleased to announce that we were named the 2022 Collaboration Award Winner at the recent Oracle Cerner Health Conference.

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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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How to onboard your accounting firm and clients to Plooto

Plooto

Thank you for choosing Plooto for your AP/AR automation needs. Plooto’s payment processing features have helped many accounting firms like yours automate their payment processing , cut costs, and save time for themselves and their clients.

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Changes are coming to auto super in Xero Payroll: What you need to know

Xero

From late November 2022, we’re introducing a new safety measure for automatic superannuation (auto super) payments within Xero Payroll. This requirement will see new and existing customers connect an active bank feed to their registered auto super account. . Why? With this added layer of protection, we’re working to provide a safer way for you to process these payments to your employees.

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Free Yourself From Business Accounting by Outsourcing

Accounting Department

As the holidays approach, no business owner wants to be bogged down with accounting tasks, budgeting next year, or trying to prepare to close the books for 2022. Owning a business has many upsides to it, but one of the drawbacks for many is trying to keep track of the business's finances.

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FTX users can't count on help from the IRS

Accounting Today

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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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The Quest For Sunken Treasure: Top-Down Vs. Bottom-Up Cloud Cost Allocation

CloudZero

High-quality cloud cost allocation has become an existential issue for businesses. In order to get as much out of their ( mounting ) cloud investments as possible, business leaders need to know how much they’re spending in the cloud, what/who they’re spending it on, and whether there’s a good reason for it.

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How to Increase Forecast Accuracy with Automated Forecasting

Sage Intacct

Forecasting accurately across long periods is an indispensable skill for SaaS finance and RevOps departments. The further you can reliably forecast, the clearer your picture of your company's financial health will be.

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What’s the Best AP Software for Your Business? 5 Top Vendors Compared

Plooto

There’s the adage, “Life is expensive when you don’t know accounting.” An accounts payable software solution that’s not right for your business can also cost you dearly: inefficient workflows, high monthly fees, too advanced or too few features, to name a few.

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Hubdoc can now detect credit notes automatically

Xero

Hubdoc is one of our most advanced tools to capture bills and receipts, get the data into Xero and easily reconcile the transaction. We’re always looking for ways to automate this process, to help you become more efficient in your business or practice. Recently, we announced a new feature that automatically matches the contact in Hubdoc with the contact in Xero or QuickBooks Online, so you don’t need to fill in the details.

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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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Accrued Expenses: Explained

Accounting Department

Accrued expenses, also known as accrued liabilities, refer to expenses that are recognized on the books before they have been paid. The expense is recorded during the period in which it is incurred, rather than when it is paid.

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What the IRS's $80 billion in funding means for your tax return

Accounting Today

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The Unit Economics Journey: Cost Considerations At Each Venture Stage

CloudZero

Just as there are a handful of stages to describe the financial journey from startup to established company — pre-seed and seed funding, followed by series A, B, and C funding — there are also stages to the process of achieving a healthy understanding of your costs. We at CloudZero like to call these cost intelligence maturity stages “crawl,” “walk,” and “run.”.

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B2B Sales & Marketing Tips to End the Year Strong

Enterprise Recovery

While we typically write about the end-of-the-year processes for accounts receivable , year-end brings about its own stress for the sales and marketing teams. With quotas to meet and budgets to assess, the challenges can weigh on even the most seasoned professional. Here are four tips for B2B sales and marketing professionals to end the year strong.

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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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Top Tips to Automate Collections on Sage Intacct

Gaviti

Receivables collection is one of the most critical functions of any business, but it can also become one of the most stressful. Companies can reduce many overwhelming and monotonous aspects of collections via automation. Sage Intacct streamlines collections tasks but automation alone is not enough. How companies implement automation also makes a difference.

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Xero establishes a technology base in India

Xero

I’m excited to share that we’re establishing a Xero base in India, where there is deep technical talent, to enhance our existing hiring and development programs for technology roles. . Through a strategic partnership with Infosys , a global digital services and consulting company, we’re setting up a Xero-managed centre of technical talent at an Infosys campus in India. .

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Remember These Tips When Outsourcing

Accounting Department

Outsourcing your accounting to a third-party service provider is a great idea for any business owner. However, when searching for the right fit for your company, consider these points so that you choose the best option for you.

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Audit partners expect to see inflation ease in 2023

Accounting Today

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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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How Finance Can Instill An ROI Mindset In Engineering

CloudZero

Conventional wisdom states that SaaS engineers don’t care about costs. They care about building an optimal product, regardless of the dollar signs associated with it.

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What to Say When Collecting Past Due Invoices

Enterprise Recovery

When it's your job to collect past-due invoices, what you say matters. And what you say will depend on your state of mind when you type the email or get on the phone. How you come across to your clients, especially when they're long-term business-to-business relationships, will determine how they react to you, your demands, or any negotiation tactics.

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Changing the face of public accounting

Blake Oliver

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Helping UK small businesses to reach net-zero with Ecologi

Xero

We’re excited to welcome Bristol-based climate tech start-up, Ecologi , to the Xero App Store to support service-based small businesses in the UK to track and reduce their impact on the environment. . It’s more important than ever for the business community to play its part in protecting our planet. During the recently concluded COP27, there was an increased call during the summit for stronger action on net-zero.

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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.