Sageworks Blog

May10

What are your firm’s priorities? Jessica Ballard [email] Director of Marketing

May 10, 2013 14:51

If your CPA firm is like most, its biggest assets are the staff and clients. Knowing more about these assets and gaining greater and more timely insights into the roles they play in the firm’s success will enable you to better manage your firm. But it will also allow you to develop and execute meaningful strategies for making the most of your firm’s assets so that you can exceed expectations of your clients and your partners. [More]

Apr10

Adding more value to the role of Chief Audit Executive Jessica Ballard [email] Director of Marketing

Apr 10, 2013 17:13

Chief audit executives (CAEs) face countless challenges with the various regulations they must meet and with ensuring that investors have faith in the company’s numbers.

Many CAEs have focused most, if not all, of their time on regulatory compliance. That focus is now shifting over to value-added services intended to help improve processes and strategies, according to a recent article on AccountingWEB. Internal auditors have a wealth of knowledge about their organization, but struggle with the perception that their part in the company is for compliance-related reasons only and are not seen as leader to point out strategic risks. This is only one of many challenges they’re finding themselves up against. [More]

Oct 10, 2012 13:44

Wouldn’t it be great if you knew what other firm and practice managers were thinking … what they believe are the most important priorities to move their practices and firms forward? Sageworks’ Advisory Service team recently polled hundreds of our subscribers, asking what they consider to be the most important challenges facing them and their firms. [More]

May10

Concerns cause private companies to delay hiring Mary Ellen Biery [email] Research Specialist

May 10, 2012 09:22

Private companies are too nervous about the future to ramp up hiring, according to a new Sageworks Inc. survey of accountants, bankers and other financial professionals who work closely with these firms. About 32 percent of financial professionals in the survey said their clients aren’t hiring because they are concerned about the economy in general, while another 22 percent said private companies have become more risk averse because of lingering anxiety from the last recession. [More]

Jan04

What hiring will 2012 bring? Mary Ellen Biery [email] Research Specialist

Jan 04, 2012 15:48

The key to improved hiring will be businesses’ attitudes about adding workers, and financial information company Sageworks recently found some encouraging data. [More]