May 2017 - Journal of Accountancy

Retention expert Chason Hecht says employee retention requires tapping into employees’ need for connectedness, challenge, and fulfillment.

This special issue is the result of our continuing efforts to deliver content that is useful and enjoyable. For this issue, we enlisted the help of four guest editors who are young CPAs.

Completely virtual workplaces. Flat hierarchies. Employees who set their own hours. Vacation stipends. Silicon Valley? Not quite. Meet seven employers that have radically rethought the ways they relate to their CPAs and are reinventing the accounting workplace.

At first glance, you might take Rock Hill, S.C.-based CPA firm BNA for a tech startup.

Forty hours may be a standard work-week—but there’s no such thing as a “standard” CPA.

Would you like $1,000 to go on vacation this year? It’s yours at High Rock Accounting, but there’s a catch.

At California firm Frank, Rimerman and Co., coaching permeates the entire culture.

Transparency and ownership are the bywords at Denver-area firm ClearPath Accountants.

CEO and founder Gabrielle Luoma, CPA, CGMA, cross-trains her staff so they understand both their own and their co-workers’ roles.

Weekly staff meetings and town hall-style meetings allow employees in the corporate office in New York City to ask honest questions and get a response.

Generational expert Jason Dorsey recommends ways employers can recruit (and keep) members of the often-misunderstood Millennial generation.

Accountants, auditors, and finance professionals can use strategies to tackle productivity challenges and reduce stress.

Business and leadership books recommended by this issue’s guest editors can inform and inspire their fellow CPAs.

Here are seven steps small and medium-size companies can take to prevent fraud in the procurement-to-pay process.

Some profitable firms have found that employee stock ownership plans have helped them preserve their culture and provide stability.

The AICPA revises its Guiding Principles of Good Tax Policy to respond to challenges in tax reform, economic efficiency, global reach, and securing taxpayers’ information.

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