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KPMG Introduces Month-End Close AI Assistant

Technology April 23, 2026 

KPMG Introduces Month-End Close AI Assistant

Powered by Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise and integrated with the Workday platform, the Financial Close Companion automates repetitive, routine accounting tasks; interprets financial data; identifies discrepancies; and helps mitigate potential issues, KPMG says.

Jason Bramwell

 Avalara Partners with PEO Provider PayPlus

September 8, 2014 

Avalara Partners with PEO Provider PayPlus

Cloud sales tax and compliance systems provider Avalara has formed a strategic alliance with PayPlus Software, Inc., (www.payplus.com), a payroll and employee management software company serving the Professional Employer Organization (PEO) industry.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

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September 8, 2014 

Jim Boomer – 2014 40 Under 40 Honoree

Jim Boomer, CPA.CITP, CGMA, MBA – 38 CIO/SHareholder, Boomer Consulting, Inc.Manhattan KS   What are the key areas of your firm that have seen the greatest change/challenge in workflow over the past few years? (Or, what are the key challenges you see firms facing?) We have made major strides over the last few years in...…

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September 8, 2014 

Adam Burnett – 2014 40 Under 40 Honoree

Adam Burnett – 34 Manager, Traininng and Consulting, CCHMinneapolis, MN   What are the key areas of your firm that have seen the greatest change/challenge in workflow over the past few years? (Or, what are the key challenges you see firms facing?) The biggest workflow challenges I see firms facing are addressing customer demands for...…

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September 8, 2014 

Roy Keely, 2014 40 Under 40 Honoree

Roy Keely – 33 VP of Market Strategy, XcentricAlpharetta, GA   To what extent have you and your practice/company embraced cloud computing? We have completely embraced the cloud! So much so, we have staked our whole company on it. We are a cloud provider to the accounting profession, and a majority of our revenue comes...…

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September 8, 2014 

Kim Hogan – 2014 40 Under 40 Honoree

Kim Hogan – 31 ECMp, CAPTUREp, Certified QuickBooks Cloud ProAdvisor Business Development Manager – Strategic AccountsIntuit, Inc. What are the key areas of your firm that have seen the greatest change/challenge in workflow over the past few years? (Or, what are the key challenges you see firms facing?) One I see everyday based on the...…

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September 8, 2014 

Elizabeth Pittelkow – 2014 40 Under 40 Honoree

Elizabeth Pittelkow, CPA, CITP, CGMA, DTM – 32 Senior Accounting ManagerArrowStream, Inc.Chicago, IL   What are the key areas of your firm that have seen the greatest change/challenge in workflow over the past few years? (Or, what are the key challenges you see firms facing?) Our accounting close process recently moved to paperless approvals and...…

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September 8, 2014 

Christopher M. DeMayo – 2014 40 Under 40

Christopher M. DeMayo, CPA, MBA – 33 Partner/Team LeaderWithumSmith+Brown, PCMorristown, NJ   What are the key areas of your firm that have seen the greatest change/challenge in workflow over the past few years?I think one of the biggest challenges I see, not only in my own firm but firms across the country, is succession to...…

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September 8, 2014 

Louie Calvin – 2014 40 Under 40 Honoree

Louie Calvin – 38 Product Manager – Accounting & PayrollThomson Reuters Tax & AccountingDexter, MI What are the key challenges you see firms facing? I hear the greatest challenge facing firms is leading employees and clients though rapid technological change. Embracing new cloud-based and mobile technology is not easy and there is too much to...…

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September 8, 2014 

Danielle Supkis Cheek – 2014 40 Under 40 Honoree

Danielle Supkis Cheek, CPA, CFE, CVA – 30 President, D. Supkis Cheek, PLLCHouston, TX   What are the key areas of your firm that have seen the greatest change/challenge in workflow over the past few years? (Or, what are the key challenges you see firms facing?) I have been very fortunate to be a Native...…

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September 8, 2014 

Brian Tully – 2014 40 Under 40 Honoree

Brian Tully – 39 V.P. & Head, ONESOURCE Transfer PricingThomson ReutersNew York   What are the key areas of your firm that have seen the greatest change/challenge in workflow over the past few years? (Or, what are the key challenges you see firms facing?) In today’s iPhone world, software needs to be intuitive and solve...…

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September 8, 2014 

Jonyce J. Bullock – 2014 40 Under 40 Honoree

Jonyce J. Bullock, CPA, CGMA – 36 PartnerSquire & Company, PCOrem, UT   What are the key areas of your firm that have seen the greatest change/challenge in workflow over the past few years? (Or, what are the key challenges you see firms facing?) The challenges I have seen in workflow are not in finding...…

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September 8, 2014 

Shayna B. Chapman – 2014 40 Under 40 Honoree

Shayna B. Chapman, CPA.CITP, CGMA – 39 Owner MemberShaynaCo, LLCGallipolis, OH   What are the key areas of your firm that have seen the greatest change/challenge in workflow over the past few years? (Or, what are the key challenges you see firms facing?) The greatest change in workflow over the last few years has been...…