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Decarbonisation: What’s in it for accountants and bookkeepers?

Xero

When Xero was founded in 2006, we were just at the beginning of what was to become the new era of accounting, in the cloud. As financial professionals, your skills in data collection, verification, assurance and audit can be applied to the carbon certification space. What are others already doing in this space?

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Survey Says 80% of CPAs Support Alternatives to 150 Hours

Cloud Accounting Podcast

They also examine the UK Post Office scandal that led to hundreds of criminal convictions of postmasters, as well as Deloitte's recent massive audit failures, and the impacts of the talent shortage illustrated by delayed government audits in Wyoming. All this and more, right here, right now! All this and more, right here, right now!

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How the Accountant Shortage is Impacting Businesses: What You Need to Know

Outsourced Bookeeping

The talent pipeline is also drying up as the number of students taking the CPA exam continuously drops yearly, the 2024 numbers being the lowest since 2006. A company that previously invested in internal controls and audits will no longer be able to keep them in check effectively. According to Bloomberg, the U.S.

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BONUS | Linda Devonish-Mills - IMA's Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

IMA's Count Me

But when I first started my career here in may of 2006, the audience at our conference is much different than it is today. And back then I would say the best way to describe it is that it was a predominantly white males that were coming to our conference.

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Controller's Code: The Secret Formula to a Successful Career in Finance

Cloud Accounting Podcast

Then, it was all hands on deck for a lot of other processes, like financial reporting, or FP&A, or audit prep, or what have you. [00:07:35] The challenges we had was, as we scaled, we added more, and more people to the team. It was all file cabinets, and that's exactly how you get to the audit room in the back. This is nuts.