Consulting

Most CPAs these days consider themselves the trusted advisor, yet few are clearly separating themselves from their competitors. iLumen chief executive Rob Ganjon explains how practitioners can look to current tools to help make that distinction.

More than half the business professionals polled in a recent survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers said “eco-efficiency” is a high or growing priority for their business.

Being entrepreneurial doesn’t end at starting a business; it means constantly striving to perfect your business model and quickly and continually adapting to change.

Paul Dunn, chairman of the business giving organization Buy1GIVE1 and founder of Results Accountants' Systems, discusses with Accounting Today senior Danielle Lee how firms can motivate their leaders and set a mission that inspires them and their clients.

The National Association of Professional Employer Organizations has grown in membership, revenue and clout since its inception in 1984 .

John Napolitano, chairman and CEO of U.S. Wealth Management, sat down with managing editor Tamika Cody to discuss the mistakes CPAs make when they head into the world of financial planning.

John Napolitano, chairman and CEO of U.S. Wealth Management, sat down with managing editor Tamika Cody to discuss what market trends CPA financial planners should be paying attention to, and the mistakes that firms make when they venture into financial planning.

Legal matters, mega alliances, and yet another cloud bookkeeping product on the market were the big items on tap this week and I'm here to tell you what I think about it all.

Oracle, NetSuite and Deloitte have formed a strategic alliance focused on plans to deliver integrated human capital management(HCM) and ERP cloud services for midsized customers.

Epicor Software Corporation is seeing some advancement in its lawsuit against Alternative Technology Solutions as the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered a nationwide injunction against Alternative.

New products, channel exec hires, VAR program additions, and insights from our top consulting experts. Who keeps track of it all? That would be me and here's my take on it for this week.

SAP has signed the first financial services-focused reseller to its Master VAR Program with the inclusion of Sita Corp., which primarily represents SAP products for the financial services and banking industry.

VAR veteran Terry Petrzelka, now a valued advisor and consultant to vendors and resellers discusses the top concerns for accounting technology consultants in this monthly Q&A series

BCG Systems president Mark Goodson explains how firms considering partnering with a cloud vendor need to zero in on the operational challenges that are sure to come.

New York State has suspended Deloitte Financial Advisory Services from consulting work on financial institutions regulated by the state’s Department of Financial Services, and the firm has agreed to make a $10 million payment to the state as a result of problems with Deloitte FAS’s consulting work for Standard Chartered bank.

Members of Generation X are having the most difficulty meeting their household expenses and dealing with other financial obligations, according to a new study by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Competition is mounting for accountants from similar service providers that are cannibalizing key clients.

A modest array of product announcements and partnerships came through last week yet did little to overshadow the larger, tech-related themes of interest to accounting and consulting professionals coming out of the 2013 AICPA Practitioners Symposium and TECH+ Conference.

For anyone evaluating the principles of the new service organization controls (SOC), particularly SOC 2, BrightLine CPAs & Associates principal and SOC reporting practice leader Greg Miller describes the five key principles and how to select the right one.

CohnReznick LLP is teaming up with enterprise-class financial close software maker BlackLine Systems to help Fortune 1000 clients automate and optimize traditionally manual, spreadsheet-driven financial close processes.