First Published June 18, 2024 via CFO Magazine https://cfomagazine.com.au/10-minutes-talking-tech-with-a-cfo/ As finance leaders look to accelerate their digital transformation, overhauling the technology ecosystem is often a critical first step. I recently spoke with Andrew Yee, Group CFO at Walkinshaw Group, to gain valuable insights into the company’s journey revamping its finance tech stack and the strategicContinue reading “Ten Minutes Talking Tech with Andrew Yee, Group CFO at Walkinshaw Group”
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Ten Minutes Talking Tech with Darshan Parikh, CFO/CTO at Club Assist
First Published May 28, 2024 via CFO Magazine https://cfomagazine.com.au/ten-minutes-talking-tech-with-a-cfo/ For this edition of ‘Ten Minutes Talking Tech’, I connected with Darshan Parikh, CFO/CTO at Club Assist, to discuss how his organisation is leveraging the latest technology trends, reflections and advice for fellow CFOs, plus his insights on the broader economy and future of finance inContinue reading “Ten Minutes Talking Tech with Darshan Parikh, CFO/CTO at Club Assist”
Ten Minutes Talking Tech with Phil McKay, CFO at ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions – Pacific & Northeast Asia
First Published April 10, 2024 via CFO Magazine https://cfomagazine.com.au/10-minutes-talking-tech/ Having had the privilege to speak with literally hundreds of CFOs over the past five years, I have realised that CFOs love to learn from one another when it comes to technology – The selections and options are vast and time poor CFOs want to avoidContinue reading “Ten Minutes Talking Tech with Phil McKay, CFO at ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions – Pacific & Northeast Asia”
What the next generation of accountants really wants
Read Time: 4m 55s Millennials are often portrayed in the media as entitled, frequent job switchers and interested primarily in monetary gain. But the reality doesn’t quite match up. The next generation of accountants want to be exactly that. Accountants. They studied accounting because it interests them, not because it is a stable career theyContinue reading “What the next generation of accountants really wants”
Did desktop DIY accounting software nearly destroy an industry ?
Read Time: 3m 55s Sometimes you find it’s the simple systems that work the best. Back in the day, manual ledgers were the accounting hero for most SMEs. The retro green ledger book, ruled up and reconciled each period, may have been labour intensive, but it worked, pure and simple. More importantly, the regularity ofContinue reading “Did desktop DIY accounting software nearly destroy an industry ?”
Better SMEs create better accountants: the benefit of working with your clients in the Cloud
Read Time: 3m 30s Back in the day of desktop accounting, both clients and their accountants were somewhat disconnected from the true financial events taking place behind the scenes of their company. SMEs ran their business based on gut feel and measured their success on how much cash was in the bank. But that isContinue reading “Better SMEs create better accountants: the benefit of working with your clients in the Cloud”
Why cloud technology is an accountant’s best sales tool
Read Time: 4m 15s It’s a beautiful thing when an accountant and their client build a working relationship that is efficient, productive and mutually beneficial. But it hasn’t always been that easy to achieve. Prior to the Cloud, accountants spent a prohibitive amount of time managing the flow of client data between desktop programs andContinue reading “Why cloud technology is an accountant’s best sales tool”
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