June, 2019

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6 Tips for Accounts Payable Interview Success

AP Association

If you’ve recently lost your job , or are looking for a new role, and you have finally been able to get an interview at a great company, in the accounts payable department, and now it is time to prepare yourself. Preparation really is the key to success, especially when it comes to interviews. If you have some pre-thought out answers up your sleeve, you won’t feel put on-the-spot when a difficult question comes up.

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5 Tips on ASC 606 From a Fast-growth SaaS Peer

Sage Intacct

I recently led a best practices webinar on ASC 606. Our panel of ASC 606 experts shared fantastic insights that would benefit growing subscription and SaaS companies who haven’t yet tackled or are still struggling to comply with the accounting, financial reporting, and revenue recognition from ASC 606. Let me introduce the panelists and share a few of the fantastic insights from the discussion.

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What’s New In Receipt Bank: May 2019

Dext

Ready for what’s new in Receipt Bank? This month, we brought the full power of Match and Missing Paperwork for Sage users, released Bank Accounts and made the look and feel of line items just that little bit better.

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Advantages of Using Bookkeeping Service for Your Business

Billah and Associates

Should you Hire a Bookkeeper or Accountant? Owning a huge enterprise and running it smoothly are two completely different concepts. Even if you are lucky enough to have a huge amount of capital and plenty of loyal customers, you would not be able to take it forward without efficient bookkeeping skills. 5 Top Advantages of Using Bookkeeping Service for Business Bookkeeping is an inseparable part of a business and every entrepreneur should be aware of it.

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From Start to Scale: Driving Growth Through Seamless Payments Implementation

Speaker: Michael Veatch, Senior Director, Implementations & Ella Aguirre, Director of Solution Consulting

Embedding payments can be a transformative step for software companies looking to enhance their platform capabilities, boost customer satisfaction, and drive long-term growth. However, the success of payments hinges on a single thing: implementation. Drawing on real-world insights and experiences, payments implementation experts Michael Veatch and Ella Aguirre will explore actionable strategies that can lead to a transparent, friction-free launch and mitigate potential challenges like technical

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[Slide Share]: There's no GPS to help your patients on their financial journey through healthcare

MediRevv

Imagine if your patients were armed with all the tools and resources they needed to make informed decisions on their healthcare choices and billing options. The focus on surprise medical bills and patient loyalty has been in the news recently, along with how high-deductible health policies are linked to delayed diagnosis and treatment.

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SNH19: Rich Preece of Intuit talks QuickBooks Live and how customer demand is driving industry transformation

Cloud Accounting Podcast

Sponsors Halon Tax: [link] TOA Global: [link] LivePlan: [link] Show Notes Coming Soon! Get in Touch Thanks for listening! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, do us a favor and write a review on iTunes. Interested in sponsoring the Cloud Accounting Podcast? For details, read the prospectus.

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Ep. 4: Daniel Smith - Opportunities Created by Data and Technology

IMA's Count Me

Contact Dan Smith: [link] [link] Dan's Work: [link] Visit Dan Smith's work on Github: [link] #datapossible FULL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Adam : (00:03) Hey everybody! Welcome to Count Me In, IMA's podcast about all things affecting the accounting and finance world. I'm Adam Larson here with Mitch Roshong. And this week we covered the topic of data analytics and emerging technologies in accounting and finance.

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4 Ways to Reinvest Found Money from Your Cloud Bill

CloudZero

These days, a major part of most IT budgets is the cloud bill. But unlike server-bound infrastructure budgeting, cloud bills can be unpredictable and highly variable from month to month. However, if organizations embrace cloud cost optimization to regulate cloud bills and avoid surprises, they’ll find themselves with considerable found money that can be reinvested into other areas.

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5 Ways to Make the Most of Scaling New Heights 2019

Dext

Next month, Scaling New Heights (SNH) is set to arrive in Salt Lake City, Utah. This four-day conference is the best in the business for accountants and bookkeepers wanting to sharpen up their skills and get more from their life and practice. This year’s theme is the Transformative Advisor.

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#Xerocon San Diego: Xero and Stripe Join Forces

Cloud Accounting Podcast

Sponsors Halon Tax: [link] TOA Global: [link] LivePlan: [link] Show Notes 00:58 - Welcome to the Cloud Accounting Podcast! 01:40 - David observes folks are starting to get upset with “fetching” because it’s becoming an uncontrolled process … “it’s easier to build a stable process to get paper bank statements then manually scan them” 04:25 - Blake fills in David on Day 1 of Xerocon 06:18 - Xero announces smarter tools to help accountants and bookkeepers manage their digital practice — Including T

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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SNH19: Right Networks Challenges QuickBooks Online

Cloud Accounting Podcast

Sponsors Halon Tax: [link] TOA Global: [link] LivePlan: [link] Show Notes 00:58 - Welcome to the Cloud Accounting Podcast! 02:08 - Woodard Network is rebranded to Woodard Alliance 02:55 - Right Networks turns QuickBooks Desktop to 'Always On' | Accounting Today 06:45 - David's observation at SNH19: The vast majority of accountants/bookkeepers are turning away business 08:18 - David's observation at SNH19: Many ProAdvisors have not yet heard about QuickBooks Live 09:24 - QBO keynote highlights: B

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How to Decode Your AWS Bill (and What's within DevOps' Control)

CloudZero

The typical AWS bill, otherwise known as the AWS Cost and Usage Report , includes line items that are useful to both finance and DevOps. However, many of the metrics that are within engineers’ and cloud architects’ control aren’t so simple to discover. To make cost a first-class operational metric for DevOps, teams need visibility into the data that’s relevant to engineering activity.

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Ep. 3: Andy Burrows - Strategic Business Innovation

IMA's Count Me

Andy's Finance Training Website: [link] Contact Andy Burrows: [link] FULL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Adam: (00:03) Welcome back for another episode of count me in Adam Larson here along with my cohost Mitch Roshong. As we look to cover all things affecting the accounting and finance world, our topic for today is highly relevant. We had a great speaker, join us from the K and talk to you, Mitch, about strategic business innovation.

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Is the CPA Worth it in 2019, 2020, 2021…? Also, H&R Block Acquires Wave and Xero Appoints Jamie McDonald to Lead Accounting & Global Services

Cloud Accounting Podcast

Sponsor Xero: [link] Show Notes 3:36 — AICPA to Oversee New Internet Domain for CPAs | AICPA 7:36 — Given the change in the profession, what's the value of the CPA license in 2019 and beyond? 8:42 — A listener asks if the CPA is worth it. Blake responds. 11:36 — CPA numbers have stagnated according to NASBA data 12:56 — How much is the CPA Exam worth in 2019?

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Avoiding Lease Accounting Pitfalls in 2025: Lessons Learned from Spreadsheet Errors

Speaker: Abdi Ali, Sr. Lease Accounting Consultant

Join this insightful webinar with industry expert Abdi Ali, who will discuss the challenges that can arise from managing lease accounting with spreadsheets! He will share real-world examples of errors, compliance issues, and risks that may be present within your spreadsheets. Learn how these tools, while useful, can sometimes lead to inefficiencies that affect your time, resources, and peace of mind.

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Interview and Demo of CORE with BQE Software CEO Shafat Qazi on Facebook Live

Cloud Accounting Podcast

Sponsor BQE Software: [link] Show Notes Click here to download the slides from the Facebook Live event. 00:58 - Welcome to the Cloud Accounting Podcast! 02:04 - Background on Shafat Qazi and BQE Software 13:11 - Background on BQE Core 25:25 - Live demo of BQE Core 34:31 - Demo of BQE Business Intelligence 44:23 - Demo of Core Intelligence 56:21 - Visit BQE and see Core Intelligence in action at Booth 64 at Scaling New Heights 57:48 - Learn more about BQE Core at bqe.com Connect with Shafat Twitt

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AICPA ENGAGE: Megan Lewczyk, CPA & Ryan Lazanis, CPA, CA

Cloud Accounting Podcast

Sponsor FloQast: [link] Show Notes This episode is sponsored by FloQast. Closing the books is a manual, error-prone, and time-consuming process. There has to be a better way than Outlook emails, Excel checklists, and endless status update meetings. FloQast was built by accountants for accountants to help them close faster and more accurately. The bottom line: Teams relying on FloQast on average close three days faster.

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Accounting Salon Interviews: Clint Bowers of Smart Business Concepts

Cloud Accounting Podcast

Sponsor Elefant: [link] Show Notes 00:24 - About Clint's firm Smart Business Concepts 01:50 - What's your tech stack? 04:16 - On premises versus cloud for manufacturing 05:45 - What were you doing before owning your own firm? 06:20 - Do your employees work remotely? 07:35 - Clint is hiring! 08:23 - What was your big takeaway from last year's Accounting Salon?

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Why Your Cloud Costs Might Be so High?—and What to Do About It

CloudZero

Recent headlines surrounding big-name IPOs, such as that of Slack and Lyft , have highlighted the very real costs of operating in the cloud. Companies like these are on the hook to pay AWS and other public cloud vendors tens or hundreds of millions of dollars every year, just to run their services.

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Back to Basics with Reconciliations

Join us in this webinar, where we share best practices on how to think about the reconciliation work each month, when best to do reconciliations, how they should be prepared, and some common pitfalls to avoid. Learning Objectives: This course objective is to understand how to properly prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and its impact on the financial statements.

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Another AI Startup Aims to Eliminate Accountants

Cloud Accounting Podcast

Sponsor Xero: [link] Show Notes 00:34 -- Welcome to the Cloud Accounting Podcast, and our guest, Lorilyn Wilson, CPA ! 02:29 -- We got another review! Click here to leave a review on iTunes. 03:25 -- Canopy releases professional tax prep software | Accounting Today — Practice management software developer Canopy announced general availability Tuesday of Tax Prep, its professional tax preparation software. 08:10 -- Poll: What Percentage of your Firm’s Revenue Comes From Advisory Services?

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It’s a Bot! Live Interview and Demo of Gappify Alan with Founder & CEO Jotham Ty

Cloud Accounting Podcast

Sponsor CPA.com: [link] Show Notes 00:16 - Welcome to the Cloud Accounting Podcast! 01:02 - Correction: Gappify is true automation (not fake bots) 03:09 - Jotham's background in the Big Four and then SOX compliance consulting 04:06 - What is Gappify Alan and what does it do? 07:13 - How does Alan work behind the scenes? 11:00 - The value proposition of Gappify for a midsize company 13:16 - About Gappify, including their participation in the AICPA startup accelerator 16:48 - Live demo of Gappify

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Ep. 2: Dr. Sean Stein Smith - Types of Blockchain

IMA's Count Me

Contact Dr. Sean Stein Smith: [link] FULL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Adam : (00:00) Welcome back Count Me In. I'm your host, Adam Larson joined as always by my cohost Mitch Roshong. Today we have another episode about the captivating topic of blockchain and who better to listen to about this topic than Dr. Sean Stein Smith. Mitch, you talked to Sean. How did the conversation go?

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Accounting Salon Interviews: Amanda Aguillard of Elefant Training

Cloud Accounting Podcast

Sponsor Elefant: [link] Show Notes 00:48 - Why start your own accounting conference? 01:47 - What is an "Accounting Salon"? 02:47 - What makes the Accounting Salon different 04:08 - Agenda for 2019 06:04 - How to nominate yourself (or another) to be invited next year 07:01 - Thank you to this year's sponsors! 07:38 - Visit AccountingSalon.com for more information Get in Touch Thanks for listening!

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Usage-Based Monetization Musts: A Roadmap for Sustainable Revenue Growth

Speaker: David Warren and Kevin O’Neill Stoll

Transitioning to a usage-based business model offers powerful growth opportunities but comes with unique challenges. How do you validate strategies, reduce risks, and ensure alignment with customer value? Join us for a deep dive into designing effective pilots that test the waters and drive success in usage-based revenue. Discover how to develop a pilot that captures real customer feedback, aligns internal teams with usage metrics, and rethinks sales incentives to prioritize lasting customer eng

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QuickBooks Live Could be a Top 100 Firm by 2020, Fake Bots from Google, Roger Raises $7.35M to Automate Accounting with AI, and Why the NSA Might be to Blame for the CCH Malware Attack

Cloud Accounting Podcast

Sponsor Xero: [link] Show Notes 02:34 -- Blake crunches the numbers and figures that if Intuit meets its publicly stated goals, QuickBooks Live will likely be a $60 million per year accounting firm by 2020, putting it at 73 on Accounting Today’s Top 100 Accounting Firms list. 06:56 -- Sholto Macpherson asks, is QuickBooks Live a "Watershed moment or BAU?

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How to Empower DevOps to Make Better Cloud Cost Decisions

CloudZero

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Ep. 1: Pierce Kohls - The Deceptive Allure of Emerging Technologies

IMA's Count Me

FULL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Mitch : (00:03) Welcome to Count Me In, IMA's podcast about all things affecting the accounting and finance world. I am Mitch Roshong and with me, as always is my cohost Adam Larson. The topic of this week's episode is the deceptive allure of emerging technologies. Adam, can you tell us a little bit more about this? Adam : (00:17) Sure can Mitch!

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#Xerocon: Tony Ward, President of the Americas at Xero

Cloud Accounting Podcast

Sponsors Halon Tax: [link] TOA Global: [link] LivePlan: [link] Show Notes 00:53 - Welcome to the Cloud Accounting Podcast! 01:49 - What made you want to join Xero? 02:38 - Tony's background in software 02:55 - How do you respond to the observation that another non-American is taking over for Xero Americas? 03:31 - You think you have a long commute? Try Sydney to Denver!

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Solve Your Firm's Automation Complexities Once and For All

Speaker: Mark Stovel

When it comes to automating, many firms focus on finding the latest tech, believing that efficiency is something achieved through new tools. Yet true efficiency is achieved by delivering real value to clients, not merely by upgraded systems. Without a clear approach, no level of automation can overcome the complexities of serving every client’s needs.