Accounting October 6, 2026
The 2026 AI Finance Stack
73 tools worth knowing, how I would put them together, and the trends behind why finance teams are picking them.
June 14, 2018
New CCH Axcess Data Insights Helps Firms Turn Data into Visual Business Intelligence
The health of a firm is often monitored through static reports that are periodically generated. In addition to being time consuming, static reports quickly become out of date, are inflexible and can be difficult to use.
June 14, 2018
AICPA Honors Young Personal Financial Planning Pros
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has honored 17 CPAs under the age of 40 for their contributions to personal financial planning with the Personal Financial Planning (PFP) Standing Ovation. These CPA financial planners were honored at the AICPA’s ...
June 13, 2018
The Ideal Hire? Sometimes it’s Not an Accountant
As I’ve written about previously, many firms are expanding into technology consulting, either by buying an existing technology consulting firm or building it from scratch. So it’s no surprise that one of the major skillsets for non-accountant hires is ...
June 13, 2018
Jennifer Elder, CPA, CSP, CMA, CIA, CFF, CGMA, MS – 2018 Most Powerful Women in Accounting
Jennifer Elder, CPA, CSP, CMA, CIA, CFF, CGMA, MS 2018 Most Powerful Women in Accounting Consultant and Keynote Speaker What advice would you give to female college students about the opportunities for women in the accounting profession? (so many thoughts!) Be fierce and fearless! Push yourself outside of your comfort zone. Take advantage of...…
June 13, 2018
Amy Vetter, CPA – 2018 Most Powerful Women in Accounting
Amy Vetter, CPA 2018 Most Powerful Women in Accounting Author and Consultant What advice would you give to female college students about the opportunities for women in the accounting profession? It’s never been a better time to be a woman in the profession. Seek out mentors who can help guide you on your path...…
June 13, 2018
Kacee Johnson – 2018 Most Powerful Women in Accounting
Kacee Johnson 2018 Most Powerful Women Founder/CEO, Blue Ocean Principles Strategic Advisor to the CEO, CPA.com What advice would you give to female college students about the opportunities for women in the accounting profession? Look outside the general accountancy roles for opportunities in technology as well as business development. 19% of new hires in firms...…
June 13, 2018
Sandra Wiley, SPHR – 2018 Most Powerful Women in Accounting
Sandra Wiley, SPHR 2018 Most Powerful Women in Accounting President – Boomer Consulting, Inc. What advice would you give to female college students about the opportunities for women in the accounting profession? As our profession continues to morph into the advisory and consulting world, there is a tremendous amount of opportunity for women to...…
June 13, 2018
Karen Abramson – 2018 Most Powerful Women in Accounting
Karen Abramson 2018 Most Powerful Women in Accounting CEO, Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting What advice would you give to female college students about the opportunities for women in the accounting profession? There has never been a better time to enter the accounting profession. Accountants have become a critical part of business continuity and...…
June 13, 2018
Cathy Engelbert, CPA – 2018 Most Powerful Women in Accounting
Cathy Engelbert, CPA.CITP 2018 Most Powerful Women in Accounting CEO, Deloitte What advice would you give to female college students about the opportunities for women in the accounting profession? Do what hasn’t been done! It’s the same advice I shared with graduates during a recent commencement address and it’s very much true here too....…
June 13, 2018
Julie Gustavsson, CPA.CITP – 2018 Most Powerful Women in Accounting
Julie Gustavsson, CPA.CITP 2018 Most Powerful Women in Accounting Partner & COO – Keiter CPAs What advice would you give to female college students about the opportunities for women in the accounting profession? It’s important to look beyond what’s in your course curriculum at college. Consider what you like to do. For instance, I didn’t know exactly what career path...…
June 13, 2018
Elizabeth Pittelkow Kittner, CPA.CITP, CGMA, DTM – 2018 Most Powerful Women in Accounting
Elizabeth Pittelkow, CPA.CITP, CGMA, DTM 2018 Most Powerful Women in Accounting Controller, Litera Microsystems What advice would you give to female college students about the opportunities for women in the accounting profession? The accounting profession has wonderful opportunities for women, and we need to create more. As a female leader, you can ascend into...…
June 13, 2018
Kathy Watts, CPA, CHC – 2018 Most Powerful Women in Accounting
Kathy Watts, CPA, CHC 2018 Most Powerful Women in Accounting Partner – Horne, LLP What advice would you give to female college students about the opportunities for women in the accounting profession? The accounting profession offers so many avenues for success in industry and in public accounting. The sky is the limit; give it...…