More than Financial Numbers Today’s business leaders are no longer satisfied with pure numbers....

What makes a person genuinely good at what they do? What are those essential traits they possess to help them raise the bar in their profession? We all possess different characteristics and talents that make us unique.

Effective communication between an accountant and their client is the key to a successful partnership. Without it, all the numbers and data are useless. 

There have been far too many times in my own life when I would go into work at 4:00 am to go home at 10:00 pm and go into my home office to work some more, only to do it all again in 3 more hours. I was not checking to make sure my business and life books were balanced, and I began resenting every day and becoming a person people avoided.

The faux pas of discussing money and salaries is out the door for this article.  Whether we like it or not, money, and in turn salaries, are a BIG deciding factor in what career we study for, where we live, what jobs we accept, and how we live each day. 

Financial reporting is SO much more than raw data in a spreadsheet. It is the story of your client’s business. A well-constructed financial report gives your client all the relevant information they need to make prudent financial decisions in a digestible, easy-to-understand form. 

Before you get into accounting, or even if you are already years into your career, you may want to consider adding any of these six degrees to your accounting degree to give you the edge.

There can be a lot of soul-sucking repetition in accounting. However, there can also be intrigue and passion, and you don’t have to be a mafia accountant to experience it.

Every company, big or small, in any industry can benefit from financial accounting. However, the...

As a financial advisor, part of your job is teaching your clients. You are more than a report generator, number-puncher-inner, and tax preparer. Educating clients not only helps them but helps you as well. They become more versed in how the finances of a business run, which in turn can make their chances of success skyrocket. And you get a grateful client for life. 

You can help your clients ask the right questions about the data you provide by presenting it as information. Data turns into information with context. By doing this, you will increase your value while improving your client’s decision-making for their business. When your clients don’t understand their data, they may miss opportunities to propel their business forward. 

Now more than ever, clients are expecting clear communication from financial professionals. When a firm is lacking in its communication skills, that firm is missing out on revenue. The better a firm understands the value of good communication, the more likely it will implement and improve communication practices and policies.

Are you familiar with the DIKW pyramid? No, it is not one of the Great Pyramids of Giza. No, you did not learn it in elementary school, akin to the food pyramid. It’s ok. Most people are unfamiliar with this pyramid.

One of the most confusing aspects of a financial report is when accountants provide data without context. A 5% increase in revenue from last month sounds impressive but is it? Is the growth taking in the 10% increase in the cost of goods or the additional employees? Though there was a 5% increase in revenue, is your client realizing they dropped 8% in net profit?

Today we’re going to talk about dashboards and financial statements. So this is a chance that some of our CPAs made over the last year. I would venture to guess this is probably one of the most impactful changes we’ve made.

Most accountants feel a solid GAAP financial statement is what their clients need but they need more to take advantage of the fair or foul winds of their financials.

If you don’t kiss your clients every time you meet you should. Here are a few tips on how to kiss your clients to help them understand how you feel.

Think of your chart of accounts like a filing cabinet. Each drawer represents an account. Each file is an accounting transaction. The better organized and structured your filing cabinet is, the more granular your reports can be. 

The causes of stress can be different for each of us and different based on industry. Some pressures come from within ourselves, and some come from outside sources. 

Accurate and proactive reporting makes a huge difference in analytics and financial performance. By increasing the perceived value of financial reporting, most companies help their decision-makers understand the importance of these powerful tools to help them grow, innovate and compete effectively.

Learn tips on providing visualized financial data with insight that business owners are demanding so they to be more agile, more innovative, and more profitable than their industry peers. 

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Discovering and finding the most crucial data insights for your clients is only the first part of your job as their accountant and financial advisor.  Transforming those insights into understandable financial stories is the second, and I believe, the most critical part. 

The pandemic has not only brought about health and economic concerns, but it has also...