February 2015 Article Archives - Page 2
BDO Alliance USA Announces Leadership Changes
BDO USA LLP's CEO, Wayne Berson recently announced that the future leadership of the BDO Alliance USA is transitioning from retiring partner and Alliance Executive Director Mike O’Hare to Alliance Team Partner Michael Horwitz. Michael will assume the title of Executive Director of the BDO Alliance USA on July 1, and will focus especially in the areas of Alliance program innovation, as well as Alliance Firm recruitment and retention.
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Flexibility is Key in Retaining High Performing Employees
KWC faces the same challenge as many firms in the accounting industry today: recruiting and then retaining quality employees. Younger employees have changing expectations with regards to workplace flexibility including the ability to maintain a work/life balance and sometimes even the ability to work remotely. Several years ago the principals of KWC realized that the best way to keep high caliber employees was to provide a more flexible ...
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Fraudulent Transfer Scams Plaguing CPAs & Advisors
Be very wary of emails requesting transfers of funds from hacked accounts. We've recently seen two phishing scams that have resulted in fraudulent client fund transfers. While the amounts are typically not large (under $50,000), in both cases there were multiple transfers. The losses are different but the claims are essentially identical. Each of our insureds received an email requesting transfer of funds, and in both cases the email ...
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Apparently there was a mix up with the National Practice Management Conference brochures and many of our AAA members may have received the Association for Accounting Marketers version of the conference brochure in error. We have been notified by the AICPA that they are aware of this issue and will be mailing the AAA membership the AAA brochure immediately. As a result, the early early bird registration deadline has been extended ...
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