Staffing June 1, 2026
Professionals on the Move – June 2026
Professionals on the Move is a periodic collection of recent promotions, staffing changes, awards, and other personnel announcements from around the accounting profession.
March 11, 2021
Lockstep Adds Customer Success and Finance Officers to Team
Lockstep, an accounting cloud developer, has announced the expansion of their leadership team with the new hires of Rosalyn Curato and Preethi Pragash. The news comes just weeks after the Seattle-based accounting platform closed its $10 million ...
March 9, 2021
Finance Employment Trends in the COVID-19 Era
There’s no question that the COVID-19 pandemic has redefined how we work and caused accounting and finance managers to rethink their recruitment, staffing and retention strategies. The changes may have been sudden, but many of them are ultimately ...
March 4, 2021
Sal Visca Joins Vertex as Chief Technology Officer
Sal Visca has joined Vertex, Inc. as chief technology officer (CTO) effective immediately. He is responsible for leading the company’s technology strategy, software engineering and innovation roadmap to accelerate growth.Vertex is a global provider of tax technology solutions. Visca brings 30 years of technology and executive management expertise transforming and operating large-scale cloud software businesses....…
March 3, 2021
Should Firms Require Staff to Get the Covid Vaccine?
CPA firms can handle the COVID-19 vaccine in a few different ways – from issuing a mandate for employees to get vaccinated to simply encouraging or incentivizing it. While there are benefits to a firm supporting the vaccination, there are also risks ...
March 3, 2021
The Covid-19 Pandemic and Worker Mental Illness
Employers must show empathy and make available professional support and resources for employees suffering from mental health issues. The goal is to help them address their condition and hopefully resume contributing to their own success and...
March 3, 2021
Venture Capital Firms Focus on Greater Diversity and Equity
Amid heightened efforts to promote increasingly diverse, equitable and inclusive workforces over the past year, venture capital (VC) firms are taking note of their social and corporate responsibility in achieving greater gender, racial and ethnic ...
March 1, 2021
Lowenstein Sandler Expands Tax Practice
The new group has extensive experience representing funds, corporations, and family offices and high net worth individuals with investments and philanthropic initiatives around the world. They advise on tax issues and controversies involving fund ...
February 25, 2021
Baker Newman Noyes Names Two New Principals
Baker Newman Noyes (BNN), a nationally recognized, top 100 tax, assurance, and advisory firm, has announced the promotions of Denis Houle and Josh Lapierre to principal. Houle has been promoted in the firm’s healthcare advisory group and ...
February 25, 2021
Get Off the Hackers’ Hit List: Evolving Competencies for Finance Firms Today
Almost from the outset of the pandemic, financial services organizations found themselves near the top of hackers' hit lists. And, at least in a few crucial respects, it's not so hard to see why. Reams of personal and financial data.
February 19, 2021
Black CPA Centennial Celebrates First Black CPA
2021 is the 100th anniversary of the first Black CPA. This article is the first in a series to celebrate the centennial through profiles about some of the initial 100 Black CPAs as well as others who have blazed the trail and paved the way for future ...
May 16, 2018
How to Really Thank Your Team After Tax Season
Many firms have a bonus structure in place to financially reward employees, but that’s not enough. More than a nice gesture, going above and beyond — much as your workers have done since at least January — when showing appreciation is a must to keep ...
December 18, 2017
December 2017 Accounting Channel
Young finance professionals at small and medium-size practices are a mobile group who seek out professional development and are well-equipped to deal with changes being driven by globalization and technology, finds a new report by ACCA.