Management accountants with top financial and leadership skills are in hot demand across the nation. In this SmartPros Special Report, corporate financial managers can tune-in to the top issues they face in their organizations and in their careers -- and the role that obtaining a Certifed Managment Accountant credential can play in achieving success.

 

 

 

The ABCs of ASPs -- Application Service Providers
You can rent cars, houses, furniture, golf clubs, and yachts. Now, in the business world, you can rent software applications too. As a matter of fact, ASPs, or application service providers, are tripping over each other in this crowded marketplace to rent software to your business.

 

Coaching Employees to Better Productivity
As your company grows, more demand is placed on your employees. Productivity is key to the continued success of your business, so how do you improve productivity? Try coaching your employees.

 

All About M & A Insurance
During the excitement and mayhem of a merger, acquisition, sale or spin-off, the management team is required to consider myriad issues, many critical to the deal, while still running day to day business operations. What are the insurance related issues that can be crucial to the success of the transaction?

 

Spreadsheets fascinate you. Calculations stimulate your brain. So why can't everyone in the organization easily see the value of your month-end closing numbers? "Having accurate and timely financial information is an important ingredient to an organization's success. However, just producing the information isn't enough. You need to use it to implement and respond to change."

 

ABC Concepts for the Small Firm
Activity Based Costing is a concept used by many industry giants and large global firms to identify what the costs of their daily minutia is and how these expenses apply to the products or services they produce for profit. ABC concepts are used in small firms, too, but do not require the expensive, highly complex software that is being advertised throughout the global community. 

 

 

 

How to Get Started as a New Manager
When new on the job, the ability to achieve your career goals is largely dependent on how well you perform on each new project assigned. But, like Paul, as you begin to progress in your firm, it is almost inevitable that career success will also depend on your ability to manage other people. 
 
How to Successfully Negotiate a Raise
It ranks right up there with root canals and traffic court: no one likes asking for a raise. But with proper research, good timing and a little luck, this holiday season you will likely be able to stuff the stockings and trim the tree, with a little extra jingle in your pocketbook to boot. 
 
If You're Afraid of Public Presentations ...
Why is public speaking the number one fear of humans? Because one of the things that sets us humans apart from animals is that we really care about how others view us and we feel very exposed and vulnerable when giving a speech. Relax. There are techniques to putting public speaking into perspective and turning fear into excitement.
 
High Profile Women in Accounting (Two-Part Series)
In a world where women are now competing at the highest levels of business, it is easy to forget that just a few decades ago, many women had to forge a trail into uncharted, male-dominated territory, including the accounting profession. 
 
CPAs and the Changing Demographic
If you are reading this, you are probably white: Ninety-four percent of CPAs working for public accounting firms are, according to a 1997 AICPA survey of 6,000 American CPA firms. That means only six percent are African American, Asian or Latino. Do you ever wonder what it must be like to be one of them?

 

What You Need to Know About the CMA
 
Accountants with the CMA certification earn competitive salaries to those with the CPA certification, but according to the Institute of Management Accountants 1999 Salary Guide, compensation is greater for those who are dual holders of the CMA and CPA. Find out more about the CMA designation, including tips on how to pass the CMA exam.