Accounting Today

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

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Xero

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Last week, we held our fifth Responsible Data Use Advisory Council meeting. These meetings, held quarterly, are an opportunity to discuss emerging trends around responsible data use for small businesses. . As we move into our second year, the council is evolving too. . Samuel Burmeister of Tall Books has regretfully stepped back from the council to focus his efforts on his growing business.

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The Savvy Bookkeeping Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Using Facebook ads is a popular way to market your business. Being relatively new to creating paid Facebook ads, I do find that a lot of my time and energy is spent on coming up with the marketing material and then navigating my way around Facebook Ads Manager (Arghh, so many decisions.

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FinOps in Practice

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Cloud cost optimization is a topic keeping many cloud users up at night. Who wouldn’t want to take advice and recommendations from experts then? The same is true for today’s cloud users. Companies investing and utilizing the cloud should be turning to machine generated recommendations for their virtual machine (VM) instances. Those who do are both cutting cloud costs and optimizing the way they use the cloud across their companies and teams.

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Speaker: Victor C. Barnes, CPA, MBA

In the climb from contributor to leader, the rules quietly change. But 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. 🗻 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. The higher you go, the more your effectiveness depends on how you connect, adapt, and communicate.

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AP Association

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Accounts payable is an essential component of any small business's accounting processes. Your business's accounts payable department maintains a record of all the money you owe to suppliers and other creditors. A well-functioning accounts payable department will help you ensure that you pay any money you owe to other individuals or businesses as promptly as possible and in line with any payment arrangements you might have with individual creditors.

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Sage Intacct

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Surviving and thriving in business regardless of external financial conditions might sound too good to be true. SaaS is a highly competitive industry, and even the top players in the market can have their good fortune reversed if they aren’t constantly vigilant.

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Xero

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Over the last few years, our lives – and businesses across the world – have moved online at a rapid pace. Unfortunately, cybercriminals have followed and are using new, digital methods to target Australians. At Xero, we are custodians of your data and do all we can to protect the information held in your account. One of the ways we do this is through multi-factor authentication (MFA), a process designed to secure how you log in to Xero and verify it’s really you.

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CloudZero

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Over the past few years, Kubernetes (K8s) has become the preferred method of orchestrating containers and microservices. Its self-healing, high scalability, and open-source nature make it appealing to a wide range of users.

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FinOps in Practice

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

While no one will be surprised by today’s growth in the cloud and the investment and the costs businesses are putting toward cloud usage, the statistics are telling. A newly released report , “Cloud Computing Market Research Report by Workload, Service Model, Infrastructure, Solution, Organization Size, Industry, Deployment model, Region” conducted a global forecast through to 2027, keeping the impact of COVID-19 in mind.

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AP Association

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Cash flow is particularly important to small businesses and startups. An accurate and reliable system of monitoring accounts payable gives you a clear picture of your income and expenditure, enabling better business decisions to be made. Accounts payable includes all of your company's expenses, except for the payroll. This is why it's important for SMEs to handle this vital component of your business's finances efficiently.

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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.

Sage Intacct

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

For SaaS CFOs, one set of letters eclipses almost all others in importance: FP&A. Financial planning and analysis is the bread and butter of any successful SaaS company. It's vital at all times, but it becomes even more so during a market correction like the one we're currently experiencing.

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Accounting Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

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Xero

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

If you’re self-employed, chances are you look forward to organising and fulfilling your tax obligations as much as you would a particularly upsetting root canal. While it may be vital to your ongoing wellbeing, that doesn’t make it any less painful. . Given the ins-and-outs of the process can feel a little opaque, we’ve provided a guide that covers some of the key facets of the tax process for the self-employed – from understanding obligations and thresholds, to calculating your payments. .

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The Savvy Bookkeeping Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

If you’ve been doing trust account reconciliations long enough, the chances are high that you will come across one that just doesn’t work. You think you’ve done everything right – the way you you’ve always done it – but this time lady luck isn’t on your side.

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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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FinOps in Practice

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The use of cloud services opens up huge opportunities for IT companies and 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, we will never get tired of repeating that you need to use the capabilities of cloud services correctly, because over time, costs that are more than reasonable at first, tend to increase over time and grow to tangible sizes, especially if

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SMB Accounting and Consulting

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

As a new business owner one of your first priorities is to get the word out about your company. Grassroots marketing can be a low-cost but effective way to gain a large amount of exposure to locally owned businesses or other specific audiences. Grassroots marketing involves narrowing the type of customer and making your business known to those customers you’re hoping to attain.

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Sage Intacct

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

CFOs should use metrics to intelligently shape and inform their strategies regardless of their industry. But when your industry moves at breakneck speeds as it does for SaaS companies, the metrics, and your visibility around them, become more than helpful. They become indispensable to creating a shared consciousness on the direction of the business.

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Accounting Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

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Advertiser: Paycor

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.

Xero

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

One of the greatest challenges for small businesses is accessing capital when they need it most. My experience has shown this is a complex problem to solve and one I believe businesses, accountants and lenders must all solve together. So I was excited to host a panel discussion at Xerocon London with three experts to understand how small businesses can feel supported on their finance journey. .

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CloudZero

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The age of growth-at-all-costs is over. Profitability matters — and it matters now.

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Dext

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The Emergency Mini Budget, termed as ‘the Growth Plan’, was announced on 23rd September 2022 and it included many important updates. The announcements touched upon several areas including Business taxes and schemes, Personal taxes, Investment zones, SDLT and much more.

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SMB Accounting and Consulting

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

by Chris Poponak – SMB Government Compliance Analyst. According to Samson Haileyesus (smallbiztrends.com,) women entrepreneurs own nearly half of all business enterprises in the United States. These same businesswomen employ almost nine-and-a-half million workers, and they generate nearly two trillion dollars in revenue across all industries. Also, according to Haileyesus, “most women-owned firms are small businesses with the top employment industries being health care; accommodation and food se

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Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

Sage Intacct

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Reliably securing funding is an indispensable component of any SaaS CFO's job. And now that the SaaS market has begun to follow suit with the broader economic trouble brewing at the moment, this is more true than ever.

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Accounting Today

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

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Xero

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

As we scale our small business platform, we are always looking at ways we can work with like-minded partners to deliver best-in-class cloud tools to our customers. This is all part of the work we are doing to build out the Xero platform, catering to the industry specific needs of our customers. Speaking of building, I’m proud to announce our new partnership with Procore , connecting their industry leading construction platform into Xero. .

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CloudZero

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Microsoft Azure is the most popular cloud computing platform after Amazon Web Services (AWS). With over 200 services and resources available, there are plenty of ways to use Azure. This means the Azure public cloud allows for hundreds, if not thousands, of unique configurations.

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Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

FundThrough

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Fintech payment companies provide services such as credit card payments, e-commerce checkout, mobile wallets, and other financial transactions. They also offer merchant accounts and other tools to help businesses accept payments. As the global economy continues to evolve, fintech payment companies are becoming increasingly vital to the success of businesses of all stripes and sizes. […].

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AvidXchange

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Companies that pay suppliers abroad can leverage accounts payable (AP) automation to complete both domestic and cross-border payments in one place, decreasing the time and money spent on payment processing. In this blog, you will learn about cross-border payments including its history, definition and the benefits it can provide organizations. What are cross-border payments?

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Sage Intacct

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Can you guess three of the most essential words in any SaaS Controller's vocabulary? If you guessed "monthly close cycle," you were right on track. Staying on top of your monthly close is one of the most important aspects of keeping your department running like a well-oiled machine.

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Accounting Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

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Speaker: Cheryl J. Muldrew-McMurtry

Distributed finance teams are rewriting how the back-office runs, and attackers are taking notes. Disconnected workflows, process blind spots, and rising cyber threats are more than just growing pains—they’re liabilities. The challenge isn’t just going remote. It’s building resilient systems that protect accuracy, control, and speed across every transaction and touchpoint.