Practice structure

Just as drone swarms beat ships through independent action, firms that let teams experiment freely 'above the waterline' while keeping standards rigid 'below the waterline' win.

Nick Steiner is planning to build on the firm's Bay Area and Silicon Valley roots, while offering AI consulting for clients.

Most seasoned accounting professionals know what ownership means in day-to-day work at their firms, but putting it into words can be difficult.

Piece by piece, parliamentary hearings into KPMG Australia laid bare the tensions at the heart of the nation's audit industry.

Here's why a pirate ship is still a ship.

The 'one-times-revenue' era is over. Today's buyers are paying for durable, transferable cash flow.

AI essentially shines a light on the structural disparities that have long existed within accounting firms.

Before you jump into the offshoring pool, or if you've recently jumped in, set up benchmarks to track your progress and look for areas to improve.

There are three proven ways a CPA firm can move beyond the revenue level to start pulling the "multiple" lever.

RSM Mexico will join RSM's transatlantic platform with entities already in the U.S., the U.K., Canada and Ireland, as well as teams in India and El Salvador.

The Regional Leader based in Wayne, Pennsylvania, received a strategic growth investment from Madison Dearborn Partners and co-investor Norlantic Capital.

The discourse surrounding the future of accounting has largely centered on automation, AI and digital transformation. Yet many firms face a more immediate issue.

The U.K. arm of the Big Four accountancy firm is merging its consulting and risk divisions, shrinking its offering from five service lines to four.

Accounting firms that are best positioned to capture the growth from advisory services must do more than rethink the services they deliver.

Staffing, career paths and a practical playbook can be applied to the new model.

AI is rewriting the org chart of the modern CPA firm.

Partnerships between CPAs and RIAs are on the rise, but care must be taken to avoid actual or perceived improprieties when considering compensation.

An increase in private equity acquisitions has made odd bedfellows of once-disparate, competing accounting firms.

The institute has proposed a set of revisions to its Code of Professional Conduct regarding the structures set up by firms with private equity investment.

How to prioritize high-impact tasks and avoid burnout