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Financial accounting & reporting

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Financial professionals are facing unprecedented changes in financial accounting and reporting. Economic, regulatory, and global forces are demanding higher-quality reporting while standards are in continual flux. These learning resources are designed to help you understand the knowledge and skills needed in the areas of financial accounting and reporting to appropriately serve their employers or clients.

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Millennial talent strategy for CFOs

This article shares thoughts from experts about how to work with millennials for your benefit and theirs.

Article Team building Advanced

Find a mentor, land a new job

This article takes us on a journey through a mentoring relationship.

Article Coaching & mentoring Intermediate

Strategies for promoting diversity and inclusion

This article shares a few general guidelines to follow when trying to make your business more diverse and inclusive.

Article Team building Intermediate

How to sponsor diversity in the leadership ranks

This article discusses sponsorship programs as an effective approach to developing leadership.

Article Coaching & mentoring Advanced

Calculating a mentor's effect on salary and retention

This article discusses how a methodical approach to analysing personnel data could help organisations retain employees and save money.

Article Coaching & mentoring Advanced

Text Me Not: Hidden Perils of Modern Communication for CPAs

Responding to text messages from clients could have legal, privacy and security implications. This blog post suggests some guidelines to consider.

Article Communication Foundational

4 Critical Reasons Startups and Smaller Organizations Need Internal Control

This blog post outlines a few of the many significant benefits of a strong internal control system.

Article Internal control Foundational

Exploring mentorship: A graceful exit

This articles explores how at one midsize Illinois firm, staff members who want to leave the firm receive mentoring assistance as they pursue their career’s next chapter.

Article Coaching & mentoring Advanced

4 tips to persuade talented people to stay

This article provides information on the value of "stay" interviews and provides pointers to keep these interviews on track so your organisation can retain valued...

Article Team building Advanced

Why CPAs Should Learn about Integrated Reporting

This blog post provides an overview of integrated reporting <IR>, its importance to the CPA profession, and additional resources for additional information.

Article Integrated reporting Foundational

How to get—and keep—the best administrative staff

This article presents tips on finding and hiring excellent administrative personnel and keeping them happy once hired.

Article Team building Advanced

3 Steps to Maintain Independence When Preparing Financial Statements

​This blog post discusses three steps to take to maintain independence in a nonattest engagement when you believe attest services will be needed in the future.

Article Ethics, integrity & professionalism