A balance sheet is a financial statement that provides an overview of the company’s assets, liabilities, and equity at a specific point in time. It is important to know what each one means in order to understand how well you’re doing. It can be difficult to understand all the information on this document, but there…
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You may think reconciling your books is a tedious process, but it doesn’t have to be. In this blog post we’ll go over the steps needed to prepare a reconciliation and how you can streamline the process so that it’s as painless as possible. What is a general ledger account reconciliation? A reconciliation is…
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If you’re a business owner or been thinking about opening up a new venture, the thought of improving its performance must have crossed your mind. And that’s where financial forecasting comes into play. It’s simply the process of looking into the future of your business based on historical data and trends. In this post, you’re…
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A key aspect and skill in managing a company is the ability to understand financial statements. Because we operate in a competitive business environment, it is important to be able to identify a company’s financial position/health, business trends and risks at an early stage. The ability to analyze your company’s financial statements forms a key…
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Protea Financial was founded in 2014 to provide high quality out-sourced accounting at an affordable price. Given Protea’s flexible work environment, the Company especially appealed to accountants who wanted to re-enter the work force after taking time off to start a family. This allowed Protea to attract extremely talented individuals who were overlooked. Over 80%…
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In my first 19 years of recruiting Accounting and Finance Talent, the number 1 job benefit Professionals wanted was the flexibility to work from home- at least partially. This was always desired more than it was available. Employers cited security, teamwork, synergy, oversight, systems limitations, and a whole host of reasons for resisting the coveted…
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