by admin | Nov 27, 2013 | Features, People/Leaders
Vancouver-based Bench, touted as a model for the future for accounting, had been set up as a virtual accounting department for small business, an outsourced service with the latest technology and automation, plus real-life accountants and bookkeepers. Menashy, a...
by admin | Nov 27, 2013 | Features, People/Leaders
Kevin Jarvis, a director at recruitment firm Robert Half International (NSW), sees a sweet spot for hiring in the mid-market qualified accountant level, particularly in the analytical areas – financial analysis, business analysis, management accountant. Here,...
by admin | Nov 26, 2013 | Driving change, Features
In the most enduring and effective professional relationships, the provider understands what keeps his clients awake at night. Now, cloud technology is rearranging this symbiosis by allowing interaction with clients in real time, rather than quarterly. That lets...
by admin | Nov 26, 2013 | Driving change, Features
All are familiar stories – and all point to the increasingly obvious problems of the management planning process we call budgeting. Malcolm Simister, a principal of specialist financial consultancy Finacc Solutions, sums up the problem. “The world is changing so fast...
by admin | Nov 26, 2013 | Features, Technology
We all understand the problems manual workers have faced as farms have mechanised and much production-line work has moved to Asia. But as 2014 beckons, professionals are giving ground to online apps and offshore workers. From real estate sales to journalism to legal...
