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Adapting to the Future of Accounting

Accounting is at a defining moment. With businesses looking for more than just end-of-month statements, IT has stepped up their AI efforts, while accountants are improving their deliverables and communications.
Who will succeed?

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How Accountants are Getting More Clients

As Director of Technology, I implement and create best practices for tech delivery to our clients. I was instrumental in getting the structure and templates set up within Reach Reporting to support our team with financial dashboards and reports they provide their clients.

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How Accounts Balance Work & Life

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.

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How to Calculate Net Profit Margin

Net profit margin (NPM)is defined as the percentage of revenue left over once all expenses (this includes but is not limited to operating expenses, interest, taxes, and specific stock dividends) are deducted from a company’s total revenue. 

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How Much Do Accountants Make?

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. 

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