Category: Senior Management
How do you maintain consistency between one office and another?
Nowadays, accountancy firms can be stretched across multiple locations, especially since Covid and the rise of work from home. Often, this can arise from mergers or acquisitions where your firm takes control of another in a different city or town. On the one hand, this is a good thing! You can serve a wide array […]
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Five organisation hacks for your accounting firm
Running an accounting firm is no easy feat. Between managing clients, meeting deadlines, and keeping on top of regulatory changes, it’s easy for things to fall through the cracks if you’re not properly organised. But being organised is more than just keeping things tidy – it’s about creating systems that ensure consistency, efficiency, and, most […]
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Upskilling your team taking too long?
In the accounting profession, staying current in terms of training your team is, of course, essential. As regulations change and client expectations rise, you need your team to be skilled and efficient. Upskilling (teaching your staff to learn and use new skills) seems like the logical step to ensure your staff is equipped to handle […]
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AI is great, but it’s not as good as you!
Let’s be honest: while artificial intelligence (AI) is a powerful tool, it does have some limitations, especially in the accountancy profession. One of these is that AI just doesn’t understand maths the way humans do. Certainly, it can crunch numbers and give results pretty well, but it doesn’t truly understand the concepts behind the calculations. […]
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The great digital hunt: Tracking and capturing elusive data
Picture the scene… An accountant, armed with a cup of coffee, sits down to tackle the morning’s emails. This has become part of her routine by now, but little does she know that the perfect storm is brewing. On average, replying to emails may take up to an hour in the morning, a task that sets the […]
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