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CFOs souring on economy, but not their companies
14+ hour, 15+ min ago (265+ words) Chief financial officers are going negative on the economy, but more upbeat about their own businesses' prospects, according to a quarterly survey released Wednesday by Deloitte. On the other hand, company-level optimism is holding up, with nine out of 10 CFOs…...
CIMA names new president
16+ hour, 40+ min ago (360+ words) The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants today named Alfred Ramosedi as its next president and as co-chair of the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants." Ramosedi, based in Johannesburg, South Africa, previously served as CIMA deputy president and is currently…...
Rethink job interviews and embrace transparency
18+ hour, 8+ min ago (724+ words) The shortage of accounting talent has never been greater, but you don't want to rush your hiring decisions. CVs and traditional interviews are not the best way to screen candidates or reliable predictors of who will most likely succeed once…...
Armanino, CBIZ and others win AI awards
20+ hour, 58+ min ago (219+ words) The AI Native Accounting Foundation gave out its first-ever AI Native Accounting Awards last week, with the winners including Top 100 Firms CBIZ, Armanino and others. The winners, who were highlighted last week at the Scaling New Heights Conference in Orland,…...
Wendy's stock soars as meme traders target another turnaround play
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (207+ words) Wendy's shares surged in premarket trading Wednesday, fueled by a burst of retail investor enthusiasm that appears disconnected from the fast-food chain's latest executive appointment. The stock climbed more than 16% before the opening bell on heavy volume after Wendy's disclosed…...
Intuit CEO to accountants: "You are the customer, not a channel"
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (754+ words) Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi declared today that, going forward, accountants are the customer not the channel and consequently they will be serving them as the customer." "We are here to be your partner. Not compete with you," he said." This…...
Whitman launches firm valuation tool
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (313+ words) "Leaders need more than a simple valuation, they require a strategic roadmap," Philip Whitman, CEO and president of Whitman Advisory, said in a statement. "We designed this platform to quickly turn raw financial data into the objective confidence executives need…...
Hourly billing very rare in tax prep
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (844+ words) Firms that rely on the old-fashioned billable hour are in the minority compared to fixed-fee billing, value-based pricing and other models." Recent polling from revenue and billing platform Ignition has found that, among tax prep, tax advisory, bookkeeping and outsourced…...
Eide Bailly gets PE investment
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (316+ words) Top 20 Firm Eide Bailly will receive a significant investment from private equity firm Reverence Capital " continuing the wave of private equity infusion in the accounting profession. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of this year. Upon…...
From AI excitement to AI value
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (466+ words) It's easy to get caught up in the headline excitement about artificial intelligence. For the past few years, AI technology has brought a sense of magic and excitement that has generated a flurry of activity, learning and discovery in most…...