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Automated and Data Driven Financial Planning Hasn’t Reached its Full Potential

The Finance Weekly

As automation has shown, everyone is better off when manual tasks are left to machines and more time is used for analyzing and planning. FP&A departments are spending too much time performing manual tasks, such as preparing budgets and account reconciliations, and not enough time analyzing the data.

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Aussie Accountants Brace For Industry Disruption

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Further, industry trends have led the traditional accountant model to become “obsolete,” reports said, meaning accountants have to embrace the more strategic role of advisor. “By However, in order for accountants to remain relevant in an intensely competitive market, a new paradigm and mindset is needed.”.

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Xero Cuts Losses For FY18, Thanks To Amazon Web Services

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According to data released on Thursday (May 10) by small business accounting firm Xero , the company has reduced its losses for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 compared with last year. During this FY, Xero noted that revenues from its core accounting product increased 37 percent, while revenues from other platform offerings nearly doubled.

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How Advisors Can Offer Tax Planning And Stay In Compliance

CFO News Room

Taxes are a central component of financial planning. Almost every financial planning issue – whether it is retirement, investments, cash flow, insurance, or estate planning – has tax considerations, and advisors provide a great deal of value in helping clients minimize their overall tax burden. Authors: Ben Henry-Moreland.

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CreDec Adds Real-Time Payments To Xero

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Payment service provider CreDec is integrating real-time payments capabilities that will allow small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and their accountants to bypass bank portals and initiate payments from directly within their accounting platforms. The company said in a press release Thursday (Nov. 14) that the U.K.

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Case Study: Financial Clarity with Modern Nonprofit Accounting Software

The Charity CFO

Instead of slow, paper-driven, backward-looking accounting, these organizations are moving quickly through digital integrations allowing them to focus on their core responsibilities. About The Charity CFO The Charity CFO is an accounting firm specializing in serving nonprofits through outsourced accounting and fractional CFO services.

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