Xero
FEBRUARY 12, 2023
The retirement of old reports is now only a little over five months away. If you’re like many small business owners and advisors, you’re probably starting to seriously think about how this will impact your day-to-day work. We’ve answered some of your most common questions, so you can feel confident about switching to new reports before 31 July 2023.
Accounting Department
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
It’s common for business owners to feel stretched to the limit with the services they have. A common misconception is that implementing anything else will drain resources and strain current practices. Yet this isn’t necessarily the case — particularly regarding client accounting services (CAS). But why are these services so important? And why is 2023 the year businesses should consider implementing CAS into their strategy?
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ProsperOps
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
The promise of elastic cloud infrastructure is the ability to quickly spin compute up and down and only pay for what you use. Workloads have different requirements and, depending on customer maturity level, take advantage of this capability to varying degrees. This ultimately leads to a wide variety of workload patterns from consistently stable to highly volatile.
FinOps in Practice
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
The use of cloud services opens up enormous opportunities for IT companies. It significantly lowers the barrier to entry for those organizations that would otherwise never enter the market should they use the traditional approach to building infrastructure. However, it is important to use the capabilities of cloud services correctly because, over time, costs can increase and grow to significant sizes if not properly managed.
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.
Fidesic blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
We are pretty pumped to be starting a streaming series on LinkedIn in the next few weeks. We are lining up guests from the Microsoft Dynamics Community to discuss “The Road to Directions”.
Insightful Accountant
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
The new tier will enable accountants to get all their QuickBooks transaction questions resolved from their clients quickly and easily—and the subscription is free.
Financial Ops World brings together the best financial operations content from the widest variety of thought leaders.
Accounting Department
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Over the last few years, the rapid acceleration of accounting technology has redefined the way businesses go about their bookkeeping, operations, and more. This ramp-up in technology has caused a rise in the need for professional outsourced services and automation opportunities, however, business owners are still facing some challenges that can be avoided in 2023.
ProsperOps
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
The promise of elastic cloud infrastructure is the ability to quickly spin compute up and down and only pay for what you use. Workloads have different requirements and, depending on customer maturity level, take advantage of this capability to varying degrees. This ultimately leads to a wide variety of workload patterns from consistently stable to highly volatile.
Plooto
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
As technology has gotten more advanced and accessible, digital marketing for accounting firms has become one of the best ways to reach and service potential clients. From social media to podcasting, online marketing offers an effective way for accounting firms to build brand awareness and increase their visibility across multiple channels.
Fidesic blog
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
In this article we will discuss Microsoft Dynamics GP AP workflow capabilities, when to use them, how to use them and alternatives for best results.
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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!
Insightful Accountant
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Murph brings you up to date on the vision that is the QuickBooks Business Network. While it's not fully capable yet, it's getting there, and appears to be heading in the right direction.
Xero
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Over recent years, the world of advisory has experienced a seismic shift. In the face of immense obstacles and equally great learnings, the profession is evolving. Why? Because, more than ever, accountants and bookkeepers are embracing change – and it’s propelling the industry forward. So what led us here? The past few years have seen small businesses lean heavily on their advisors to survive the pandemic’s ripple effects.
Accounting Department
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Notorious for being time-consuming, manual processes consume a lot of time for businesses. This is caused by relying on spreadsheets to handle core accounting functions that could otherwise be completed in seconds or minutes, rather than hours or days. Not to mention every manual process is prone to human error, which could lead to additional costs, delays, and issues.
ProsperOps
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
CASE STUDY Cloud Software: Drift Learn how CloudZero and ProsperOps help Drift make cost-informed engineering decisions, reduce resource usage, and automate the management of their discount commitments, reducing overall cloud costs and returning millions in savings to their AWS budget. Challenge Prior to working with CloudZero and ProsperOps, Drift’s finance and engineering teams were using their own methods for tracking, understanding, and managing their AWS bill and cost optimization per
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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.
Plooto
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
For businesses of all sizes, managing an organization’s cash flow is an essential ingredient for success. For a business to successfully manage its cash flow , it must first understand its current cash flow standing and consequently project how cash flow will look in the future.
Fidesic blog
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Microsoft implemented another gate to keep people on most client versions of Windows 10 from running Internet Explorer 11 on Feb 14.
Insightful Accountant
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Our readers are always asking for software comparisons, so Murph conducted a review of 10 Password Managers; tossed two out, but ranked the remaining eight for your consideration.
Xero
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
In honour of National Apprenticeship Week , we spoke with Anna Morrison, the founder of Amazing Apprenticeships , a leading organisation in the education sector, working with schools, colleges and businesses of all sizes to tackle misconceptions and promote the benefits of apprenticeships. Starting out Bucking a family tradition of attending university, Anna leapt into the world of work with a temp job as a college receptionist, before rising through the ranks to take charge of employer-facing
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.
Accounting Department
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Rare Disease Day is the globally-coordinated movement on rare diseases, working towards equity in social opportunity, healthcare, and access to diagnosis and therapies for people living with rare diseases.
ProsperOps
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
We recently announced an investment led by H.I.G. Growth Partners and a few other strategic investors. There’s no better time to expand our reach and deepen our capabilities, given the nascent maturity of FinOps as a discipline, not to mention the recession in tech. Most companies are leaving money on the table The FinOps Foundation’s 2023 State of FinOps report lays out the thesis for ProsperOps in 2023 and beyond.
Plooto
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
Finding and retaining top accounting talent continues to be a challenge for CPA firms, especially after the pandemic has fundamentally changed how we work. However, with the right strategies, accounting firms can position themselves as employers of choice in order to attract the best and brightest candidates.
Fidesic blog
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Originally Published by Joseph Markovich at JCMAinc.
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!
Insightful Accountant
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
A recent Deloitte Center for Controllership poll shows that 48.8% of C-suite and other executives are preparing for cyber events targeting their organizations’ accounting and financial data.
Xero
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Technology advancements are continuously reshaping not only the way we work, but fundamentally how we operate across nearly every industry. With new innovations unlocked almost daily — each with a unique promise to transform how we do business — how do busy small businesses and their advisors separate the fad from the fancy? We’ve been doing a lot of thinking about this recently, and it’s a priority for us this year to help demystify some of these trends and shine a light on those which could be
Accounting Department
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
For new and growing businesses, accounting may not be the most exciting topic for owners, however, it's good accounting that will keep a business alive and prepared for what is around the corner.
ProsperOps
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
CASE STUDY Global Media Company Discover how ProsperOps helped a global media company's FinOps team increase their Effective Savings Rate by over 50% within six months of adoption. Challenge Despite a mature cost optimization program, use of Reserved Instances (RIs), and support from a third-party RI commitment broker, the company was only achieving a 26% ESR (85th percentile) for its $17 million per month AWS compute spend.
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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.
Sage Intacct
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
When the market goes south, you need to have your forecasting and reporting capabilities dialed in more strongly than ever. In-depth and accurate reporting will enable you to keep your board and team up to date and confident that you can ensure continued profitability. Forecasting will help you analyze the impact of different plans and decisions before you commit to them.
Plooto
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Managing cash flow is one of the most critical challenges facing small businesses today. Intuit's study, The State of Small Business Cash Flow , reported that "61% of small businesses around the world struggle with cash flow. Because of cash flow issues , nearly one-third of those surveyed cannot pay vendors, loans, themselves or their employees." Data from Guidant Financial shows that the No. 1 challenge for 32% of small business owners is lack of capital/cash flow.
Insightful Accountant
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Xero is continually updating and upgrading its accounting platform to provide an enhanced look and feel, improved accessibility and faster features. Here are some of its recent and in-progress enhancements.
Xero
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Xero’s commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging has driven our inclusion in the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for the fourth consecutive year. Like last year, Xero is the one and only company headquartered in New Zealand to be included in the index, which is made up of 484 companies across 45 countries and regions. Our scores have improved each of the four years we’ve been included in the index, and we’re pleased to see our progress demonstrated in such a tangible way.
Speaker: Nancy Wu, Head of Sales and Customer Success at SkyStem
Whether you’re on a 1-day close or a 10-day close, there are some fundamental commonalities that all strong accounting departments share when it comes to the month-end close. Please join us for an informative webinar where we share best practices that your team can implement today to ace your close! 1 CPE credit will be provided for qualifying participants.
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