monitors, monitors, monitors. by roman kepczyk adding additional monitors is the easiest place to see an immediate return on your it investment. your monitors are your windows into all digitally stored information and are the foundation for improving every aspect … continued
number 1: “everybody wants to be able to work from anywhere, all the time.” we’ve been asking leading experts in the profession: what do you see as the top tech trends for accounting firms? byron patrick, a leading edge cpa.citp, … continued
can no longer be passive.
joel c. font, cisa, author of today’s audit journal, comments on the scary new outlook for internal audit:
my view is that the role of internal audit will evolve away from the passivity that now characterizes it. not because the internal auditors are leading the charge, but because the politicians in washington and the crooks in wall street will force it on those who hire us. the politicians with their simple minded populism, and the crooks with the audacity of their schemes, which can not be hidden anymore in today’s hyper media environment.
it’s the first step in developing a smart marketing budget. [youtube]8-di0jlyk5g[/youtube] randy johnston, executive vice president of the hutchinson, kan.-based network management group inc., says “think about your branding.” and it doesn’t need to be expensive. if you’re on facebook … continued
four top experts lay out action plans.
by rick telberg
accountants and finance executives are finding a newly complex and competitive landscape that requires new strategies and determination, according to a sampling of leading experts.
james c. bourke, cpa.citp, partner at withumsmith+brown, tells me that “keeping competitive and profitable at the same time” is one of the three key challenges he sees facing accountants today.
in addition, he says, accounting and finance managers are struggling to keep “staff busy” and stay “on top of client confidentiality rules and regulations.” some 47 states have now passed privacy security rules that cpas need to understand, bourke says.
to be sure, the opportunities for accountants are just as broad as the challenges.
bourke sees potential leverage at firms that can: read more →