One secret to female CPAs’ success: Frontline managers
This article discusses what frontline managers can do to help women build skills and bolster aspiration and confidence.
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How Industry 4.0 will change accounting
This column discusses the financial impact of the fourth industrial revolution and why CPAs need to prepare for changes.
The value of finance skills big and small
Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority CFO Scott Adair, CPA, CGMA, describes how he covers skills gaps in the public transportation sector.
The countries most likely to be affected by automation
Automation is inevitable, but its impact won’t be felt evenly across the globe.
Updated COSO ERM framework ties in risk with strategy
The update of the 2004 framework highlights the importance of enterprise-wide risk management in strategic planning.
How accounting employers can recruit and keep good people
Here’s what employers need to do to hire and retain good employees, and what candidates need to do to land a position in a competitive talent market.
A new discipline for tax
The emerging discipline of tax information and operations management could change the role of tax professionals from one focused on compliance to one essential to creating value.
Success with volunteers
Not-for-profits can follow these tips to help volunteers give them a boost.
Hiring on the minds of optimistic U.S. finance execs
More U.S. organizations want to hire, and almost half have begun to offer higher pay or other financial incentives to bring candidates on board.
Blockchain opens new era for cross-border payments
Blockchain could streamline how money moves between nations.
7 tips for managing sideways
CPAs need to focus more on connecting with and influencing their management peers, not just the people above and below them.
CFOs and sustainability—a growing relationship
There are powerful reasons why corporate finance teams should be key participants in their business’s sustainability journeys.
Managing the risks associated with models
Accountants in all industries can play a meaningful role in the mitigation of model risk at their organizations.
Building a more effective board
Corporate boards’ scope of responsibilities continues to broaden, and directors’ confidence that they have what it takes to tackle the challenges is lagging.
What CEOs and CFOs need to ask about tax
Lauren Kovar, CPA/CITP, CGMA, director of Client Advisory & Strategy for Thomson Reuters, says executives have an opportunity to recognize their tax function not as a cost center but as a real driver of economic return and business value.
AICPA issues TQAs on internal control
Questions about AU-C Section 315 are addressed.
How family businesses can plan for the future
Family-owned companies struggle with strategic planning and succession planning. CPAs—as employees or outside advisers—can help.
What is blockchain?
Here's a primer on the potentially transformative digital ledger technology.
Real talk about artificial intelligence and blockchain
Artificial intelligence and blockchain are among the technologies being touted as potentially disruptive and transformational for the accounting profession. How and when will new technologies reshape the accounting profession?
Strategies for helping volunteers boost a not-for-profit
Understanding what motivates volunteers is the first step toward helping them have a great experience assisting a not-for-profit.
