When are staffers more likely to doctor data?
Trying times have a way of driving staffers to take drastic measures. So, now is the time to watch out for tainted performance metrics. And struggling companies are more likely to be busted for these...
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Can you top these crazy reimbursement claims?
You and your Accounts Payable folks have probably seen some questionable things staffers tried to slip through on reimbursement. Bet they were never as bad as many of these! A major expense reports...
View ArticleNew SBA program offers (some) small businesses relief
For floundering small businesses, June 15th — the day the SBA started handing out the first of 10,000 deferred-payment loans — couldn’t have come soon enough. The American Recovery Capital (ARC)...
View ArticleCommunity lenders: What it takes to get a loan now
During the worst months of the recession, community and regional banks were the only means of credit for many small businesses. But many of these institutions are tightening up their lending practices....
View ArticleCPA audits: The benefits may outweigh the cost
There are some very compelling reasons to have a CPA look over your firm’s books. For one thing, it can give companies the comfort of knowing their financial statements are in order and that they’re in...
View ArticleWhen a spreadsheet’s not the right tool: 3 examples
Even with all the new technology, spreadsheets are still the most relied upon tool in Finance. But there are certain situations where you should use something else. Here are three scenarios where using...
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Better benchmarking: 16 metrics Finance needs now
Finance deals in numbers all day. But how often are you generating numbers to find out how efficient your finance team is? With all Finance has to get done in a given day sometimes it’s hard to find...
View ArticleTrusted Finance worker swindled $10M from firm
Employers entrust their Controller with a myriad of sensitive info — and having all that info right at her fingertips made it that much easier for this former Finance staffer to defraud her boss of a...
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