talent & career development

accounting profession growing, but slowly

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more employees are working fewer hours. but not in payroll.

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by beth bellor
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

with cpa firms expanding an annualized rate of 2 percent, the tax and accounting profession may be growing, but in fits and starts rather than leaps.

more on jobs: accounting employment creeps back up | regional cpa firms go head-to-head with big four in talent wars | global talent wars hit home for local firms | tax & accounting industry shows signs of slowdown | global tax talent shortage mounting into ‘perfect storm’ | accountants without borders: tight talent pool drives salary increases nationwide | cpa firms post 5% growth rate | how to set your firm apart to recruits
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high points – and by “high” we just mean increases of 3.5 percent or more, so not stunning – include staff and women at cpa firms, as well as overall tax preparation services and payroll services employment, all year-over-year increases.

in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 highlights:

  • current hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax and cpa segments of the industry.
  • average hourly wages for key segments
  • typical hours worked per week
  • trends concerning women in the accounting workforce

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regional cpa firms go head-to-head with big four in talent wars

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highly rated for ‘quality of life:’ moss adams, plante moran, friedman, bpm.

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deloitte, kpmg and moss adams are gaining ground in the recruiting wars, according to a new survey of more than 8,000 accountants.

while pwc maintains its hold as the best brand in the business, second-ranked deloitte is closing the gap, and kpmg jumped one spot to fourth place, in the latest vault accounting 50, a ranking of the best accounting firms to work for.

even though the big 4 firms rank highly in the formal training category, mid-sized firms are big winners in quality of life rankings.

  • michigan-based plante moran ranks no. 1 in 11 categories, including culture, overall satisfaction, informal training, business outlook, and firm leadership.
  • new york city-based friedman ranks no. 1 in hours, work/life balance, and relationships with supervisors. and,
  • san francisco-based bpm ranks no. 1 in overall diversity, minority diversity, and lgbt diversity.

meanwhile, chicago-based grant thornton got knocked back to fifth and west coast firm moss adams leaped three spots to no. 8, moving back into the top 10.

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analysis: global tax talent shortage mounting into ‘perfect storm’

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good for talent; tough for employers: retirements, turnover, and outsourcing.

by rick telberg
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间

“change is coming to the tax profession potentially as a ‘perfect storm’ in 2017,” according to some leading executive recruiters, explaining the upcoming tax reform is still unknown but will likely result in tax professionals needing to quickly change and adapt to new rules and regulations.

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“additionally,” they say, “u.s. corporate tax departments will potentially explore outsourcing arrangements. citing the arrangement between pwc and ge, they ask, “is this a one-off situation or a transformational trend?” in the pwc/ge deal, ge hived off its tax department to pwc, which then assumed the ge tax department’s activities as an outsourcing engagement.

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accountants without borders: tight talent pool drives salary increases nationwide

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in the war for talent, “local” cpa firms face new threats from distant, bigger rivals.

by rick telberg
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间

the traditional business model of the so-called “local” cpa firm is being challenged anew by the emergence of a single, unified coast-to-coast talent market that’s undermining the pay differences between big-city and small-town firms.

more on jobs: where the jobs are (and what you need to get them)  |  cpa firms post 5% growth rate | how to set your firm apart to recruits
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that’s bad news for traditional firms trying to control staffing costs. but great news for a new generation of top talent.

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when the inmates are running the asylum

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crazy doesn’t get better by adding more crazy.

by dom cingoranelli

“we can’t really enforce this because we don’t want to risk having him (or her) quit.”

i can’t tell you how many times we hear something to this effect when we talk with cpas. we hear this at small firms and we hear it at large firms. we hear it from partners, from directors, and from managers. it doesn’t matter what size firm they’re in, nor does it matter what level or position they hold.

it’s always the same line. it reminds me of the old adage, “the inmates are running the asylum.” and, it raises the question of who actually is running the firm. who’s in charge?

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are you an ostrich or a giraffe?

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ostrich and giraffeare you an ostrich or a giraffe?

by lee eisenstaedt
leading with courage academy

there are leaders of cpa firms who think everything is right with the world, from their client relationships to their people.

how do they know for sure? well, they don’t. there’s been no study or feedback or hard data to go on.  based on their years of experience, they just know…somehow.   it’s the rare ones who have conducted a client survey to uncover festering problems they are unaware of. however, many choose to close themselves off from the truth and continue to operate in the same fashion as if nothing were happening.

then there are those firm leaders who have a clear view of what is working well and what is in dire need of improvement. this type of leader understands that if left unaddressed the urgent problems will remain and, in all likelihood, result in operational breakdowns.  this may involve serious costs to the firm.

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your firm’s biggest assets walk out the door every day

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businessman and the cloud computing conceptharness, share, and expand your firm’s collective wisdom.
by steven e. sacks

there are nearly 80 million baby boomers today, and this cohort of 65 and older is projected by the us census bureau to reach 83.7 million in the year 2050.

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by 2030, more than 20 percent of u.s. residents are projected to be aged 65 and over, compared with 13 percent in 2010 and 9.8 percent in 1970. a large part of this growth is due to the aging of baby boomers (individuals born in the united states between mid-1946 and mid-1964), who began turning 65 in 2011 and are now driving growth at the older ages of the population. every day, 10,000 people turn 65. there are more than personal financial issues at stake here.

what does this mean for the cpa profession?

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so much to do and so little time: achieving success in the c-suite

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 how to learn and teach leadership skills.

by steven e. sacks
the new fundamentals

there is no one right way that leadership can be defined.

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a high-level title is not a definition. neither is the continuous delegation of work without context nor unilateral decision making.

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four tools for a millionaire mindset     

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choosing just one could make a big difference.

by sandi leyva
as a business owner, i need tools to help me stay in a mindset that will help me serve more people and be more successful in my business.
here are four that have helped me play bigger throughout the years.

survey: next gen leaders getting restless

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angry anger frustration staff worker businessmanhow do you keep them?

by jennifer wilson
the rosenberg map survey

growth is up for many firms. but so is staff turnover.

more from the survey: mergers keep racing forward  | do you have a firm or a co-op? | accountability, equity, compensation are concerns | map survey top 10 findings | cpa firm revenues rise a hefty 8%
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in firms with solid marketing engines, people – including firm leaders – are stretched thin trying to

  • land prospects,
  • serve clients,
  • recruit and onboard people and maybe even
  • integrate a merger.

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