Modern Accounting
Modern Accounting: Adjusting Journal Entries
This is a guest post from David Brightman at our partner BlackLine, explaining why it’s necessary to adjust journal entries. What Are Adjusting Journal Entries? Adjusting journal entries are used to adjust a company’s financial statements and bring them into compliance with…
December 8, 2022
Modern Accounting: Highlights from Beyond the Black 2022
Beyond the Black 2022, the premier event for Finance and Accounting leaders and innovators, took place last week in Las Vegas. The conference featured many sessions on hot topics for Finance and Accounting. These included Winning the War for Talent, 2023 Predictions…
November 17, 2022
Modern Accounting: Does Your Accounting Team Have SMART Goals?
This is a guest post from our partner BlackLine, explaining SMART goals and how they can help accounting managers. One of the most widely used—and effective—approaches to goal setting is called SMART, which stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-Bound. This…
November 3, 2022
Modern Accounting: Streamlining the Month-End Close
This is a guest post from our partner BlackLine, explaining how to streamline and optimize the month-end close procedss. What Is the Month-End Close Process? The month-end close process is the series of activities accounting teams must monitor, perform, and review, on…
October 13, 2022
Modern Accounting: The Impact of Investing in Accounts Receivable
This is a guest blog post from our partner BlackLine, explaining how to gain confidence cash flow. Historically, accounts receivable (AR) has been the victim of a lack of investment from a technological perspective. Primarily, this lack of investment in AR is…
September 29, 2022
Modern Accounting: Driving Sustainability
As part of our series on ESG reporting, we are featuring guest blog posts from our partners. This post from BlackLine explains how the finance team can take the driver’s seat when it comes to sustainability. Consumers are increasingly looking to do…
September 15, 2022
Modern Accounting: Why Does Intercompany Accounting Crash Your Close?
This is a guest blog post from our partner BlackLine, explaining why intercompany accounting is killing your close. It’s a fact of life that if you can’t reconcile your intercompany accounts, you can’t close your books. The goal of intercompany accounting is netting to…
August 11, 2022
Modern Accounting: Four Key Ways AR Automations Propel Financial Operations
This is a guest blog post from our partner BlackLine, explaining four ways AR automation moves financial operations forward. Due to challenges in recent years, there’s been a shift in the way companies approach people retention—with varying outcomes. Many organizations now offer…
July 28, 2022
Modern Accounting: 6 Essential Qualities for Surviving the Robot Uprising in Accounting
This is a guest blog post from our partner BlackLine, explaining how you could be more productive with fewer resources, less overtime, and also easily improve the quality of your work. As accounting and finance professionals, you do so much more than…