What to Look for When Hiring Accounting Contractors
The grumbling on your team is getting louder. This new initiative is daunting. Tired and overworked, your normally smooth functioning team is starting to struggle.
It’s time to hire. You consider bringing an accounting contractor on board, but you aren’t sure exactly what to look for.
Here are
Why Good Accountants Quit
Why do good accountants exit stage left? While there are a number of reasons, the most important appears to be poor management.
And with top talent generating a disproportionate amount of your bottom line, you can’t afford to lose your strong performers. If your all-stars are punching their ticket
How to Make Your Company Brand Stand Out in a Finance Job Description
Most job descriptions are the equivalent of “I like candlelight dinners and walks on the beach” – predictable and uninspiring.
With most focusing on the same duties and responsibilities, it’s difficult to differentiate one company from another. But we know that emotion engages buying behaviour, even in the most analytical
How to Make Your Professional Brand Stand Out in a Finance Interview
An interview can be a make or break moment. It’s a chance to clearly communicate who you are and how you can add value to an organization.
Part of being successful in an interview is differentiating yourself from your competition through a well-defined professional brand. To make your professional
Top 3 Interview Questions for a Controller
As someone who runs the finance department, your Controller must be a strong and capable leader.
He or she must be able to train and retain a top-performing team, be highly organized and possess an ability to excel in relationship management.
The role of Controller demands a very unique skill
Interviewing an Assistant Controller? Cover These Three Areas
Your assistant controller needs to have strong strategic thinking skills, an eye for detail and natural leadership abilities.
As someone who typically overseas the day-to-day operations of the accounting department, the wrong assistant controller can derail a top performing team.
To help make sure that you are bringing the right
Tips for Accountants: How to Communicate Value in an Interview
Part of acing an interview is the ability to effectively communicate how you can add value to an organization.
You need to create buy-in on the part of your prospective employer without seeming to brag.
Here’s how to say, “I’m fantastic” without actually saying “I’m fantastic.”
Problem
Tips for Accountants: How to Interview a Potential Employer
Look before you leap. Timely advice when you’re in an interview.
As much as your employer is assessing your potential value, you need to determine if the role and company are a fit for who you are and where you want to go.
Here are some areas to explore
Top 3 Interview Questions for a Financial Analyst
Financial analysts need to combine top level analysis skills with an ability to build business partnerships and communicate data.
Great financial analysts have a strong attention to detail, superior Excel skills and a proactive mindset. Here are 3 interview questions you need to ask if you’re hiring a financial analyst.
Making the Right Hire Requires Solid Groundwork
This article originally appeared in the September 2014 issue of The Bottom Line.
By Frank Wdowczyk
In this day and age when everyone does more with less, the role of professional accountants is being pushed to the limit. Now more than ever, accountants are asked to be the gatekeeper of all
Why a Bad Finance Hire Hurts More Than Your Budget
With the average bad hire costing 100% of the candidate’s first year salary, there is no doubt that a poor hiring decision impacts the bottom line.
And while some would argue that a bad finance hire and its attendant repercussions are simply the cost of doing business, it’s clear
3 Ways to Invest in Your Top Finance Talent
We’ve all had it happen, a top performer leaves for a new opportunity, assuring us that the new role fell into their lap and that they weren’t really looking to jump ship.
Maybe.
On the other hand, maybe there was something we could have done to ensure they