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The Relationship Between a Fractional CFO and Your Public Accounting Firm

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How to Divide Responsibilities and Prioritize Communication The relationship between a fractional or outsourced Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and your company’s public accounting firm should be collaborative, clear, and well-defined. This ensures your company’s financial and accounting needs are met effectively.

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How Accountants' AR Builds A Better Client Experience

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Manual accounts receivable (AR) processes are a headache for any administrative professional. In the accounting profession, manually having to determine the fiscal value of services provided, and creating physical documents to bill clients, is a significant use of valuable time that could otherwise be spent on driving revenue for the firm.

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Aprio Integrates Jirav Data Analytics For SMB Accounting

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Aprio Cloud and Jirav are teaming up to develop small business accounting solutions aimed at providing real-time data visibility to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and their advisors. “As accountants and advisors, we can’t just show clients where they’ve been. Phillips in a statement.

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Small Businesses At The Center Of Bots Vs Accountants

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In a 2017 report from job hunting site Indeed , researchers found that “small business accountant” was nowhere to be found in the top-10 job positions sought after by most small business employers. “Bookkeeping is the low-value work performed by accounting firms,” he said.

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SMB Software Firm Zetran Jumps Into Accounting

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Small business software provider Zetran is adding an accounting solution to its suite of services, the company said on Sunday (June 17). In a press release , Zetran said it saw a gap in the market for affordable automation software for small and medium-sized business accounting firms.

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How Accountants-Turned-Advisors Can Manage The FinTech Deluge

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Technology may be enabling automation in small business (SMB) accounting and financial management, but rather than cutting out the need for human accountants in the field, this tech disruption is supporting a change in the profession. Recently, several technology firms have done just that.

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Accountants Begin To Heed Advice For Added Advisory Services

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Accounting software that boosts automation isn’t taking jobs away from human accountants. But it is altering the profession, with more small businesses seeking advisory services from their accountants and bookkeepers. Accountants are starting to pay attention to upcoming disruption too. 61 percent of U.S.