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The University of Kentucky announced on Thursday that the school will host the Accounting Career Awareness Program on its campus this summer, July 29 through August 2. The program is designed to introduce high school students to learn more about the profession and its career paths from professionals, university faculty and students. The program will […]
Social media is a powerful business tool that accounting firms are often quick to dismiss as an extra. We’ll do it when we have more room in the budget and more staff, say firm leaders. Secretly, many still harbor doubts about its value and may even consider it an unseemly dive into pop culture that’s […]
The National Association of Black Accountants has announced its 2018 national and regional award winners. The winners will receive their awards at NABA’s upcoming national convention this month in Orlando. Receiving the Frank Ross National Outstanding Member of the Year award will be Herschel Frierson, a senior manager at Crowe Horwath LLP. The Rising Star […]
The Rainmaker Companies recognized a number of accountants and accounting firms for excellence at their annual SuperConference, held in Indianapolis May 31-June 2. Worthington, Ohio-based Whalen Co. CPAs received the Best 5-Star Client Service Initiative Award, while its co-managing partner, Lisa Shuneson, was separately named Enterprise Worldwide Member of the Year. Greg Wank, of New […]
When one thinks of finance professionals, the traditional images that come to mind are often related to the numerous day-to-day tasks they undertake to keep the books in order. For example, CFOs are seen as the C-level executives with their heads down, huddled over desks late at night closing the books, while CEOs, CTOs and […]
The accounting profession faces so much change so quickly that it needs to start rethinking some of its oldest traditions, according to industry thought leader Michael Platt. Speaking in the opening keynote at the Rainmaker Companies’ 2018 SuperConference, held this week in Indianapolis, Platt said, “The sacred cows of the accounting profession need to be […]
Business executives who are also CPAs are becoming more cautious in their view of the U.S. economy and their own business’s growth prospects, according to a new survey. The dampened perspective comes after two consecutive quarters of exuberant optimism, according to the second-quarter AICPA Economic Outlook Survey, which polls CEOs, CFOs, controllers and other CPAs […]
San Francisco-based accounting firm Hood Strong LLP has elected Susan N. Malone as managing partner, the first woman to lead the firm in its 101-year history. Starting Friday, Malone will be succeeding Robert J. Raffo, who has led the firm for more than a decade. Malone will be the eighth managing partner at the firm, […]
Private sector employers added 178,000 jobs in May, according to payroll giant ADP, as the economy continued to grow in the wake of the new tax law. Small businesses added 38,000 jobs in May, including 15,000 at companies with between one and 19 employees, and 23,000 at businesses with between 20 and 49 employees. Midsized […]
Workiva has signed an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with SAP, allowing its enterprise cloud platform for data collaboration, reporting and compliance, Wdesk, to be bundled into SAP’s enterprise management platform. Through this agreement, Workiva will provide a first-party integration with the Wdesk platform using the SAP Cloud Platform Integration service. The bundled solutions are […]
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