Hello fellow ACCA members, As a candidate for ACCA's 2023 Global Council Elections I'd be honoured if you vote for Heather Smith. Here's why... Why Vote for Heather Smith? Experience: A fellow and member since 1995, I've run a management accounting practice since 2007. Advocacy: As Chair of ACCA’s Global Forum for SMEs, and [...]
"Do what you can with what you have. Maximise and leverage what you have really well, before you then start thinking about stepping up". – Jun Yan, Director at Ravit Insights "Engage with those operations people upfront and understand those pain points that they have and how it relates to collecting revenue or improving [...]
As the panel moderator I’d like you to think of our panel as a relaxed, open conversation and that everyone's thoughts, experiences and insights are valid. I'll pose questions to spark a robust conversation, I'll subtly steer the dialogue to keep it engaging and on point. Focus on your fellow panellists; I'll incorporate audience questions [...]
"There's an oversaturation of average content out there at the moment. But what we want to read is human-led content. Because it will be authentic and it will resonate. It can be short. It can be long. It's that human-led raw, authentic content that will connect you with your brand and with your community." [...]
This is a living place for me to keep notes about how I'm using ChatGPT ChatGPT sits open on my side screen all day and I interact with it multiple times a day, on various topics. It's like having an expert co-worker in the office who's knowledgeable and always ready to chat. Many [...]
"We have a user voice and all clients have access to it. It allows you to be able to come in and vote on features or put forward enhancements and development requests. Then our team monitors that. We are looking at the product roadmap, what are the core features and functions that people have [...]
Hello there! We’re back to it with the most-clicked articles from the Accounting Apps newsletter during this August: A Guide to an Efficient Month-End Close | (MinuteDock) Sometimes, we need to take a step back and ask ourselves, "Is my month-end close process as efficient as it could be?" Time is always a precious commodity [...]
What’ve you been up to? We've been preparing the most-clicked articles from the Accounting Apps newsletter during this July ‘23. Here they are: Is That Really a Contractor, or Should It Be an Employee?| (XBert) Businesses, particularly those in sectors such as construction, often rely on the flexibility offered by hiring contractors. However, the line [...]
"We're defining e-Invoicing as a new way of sending business documents, invoices, but also purchase orders and other things between accounting systems using a secure International Network. That's giving you a higher level of security and lowering the risk". – Simon Foster, GM Product - eInvoicing at Xero. "You will never eliminate risk, what [...]
"I think the more important thing is just for businesses and professionals to be experimenting and learning and just staying abreast of what's happening across the space." – Damon Hauenstein, Chief Financial Officer at Weel "AI is a tool that extends us. I don't think that, in the short term, I'm going to be [...]
