Technology & Process
Budgeting Software Features for Those Who Love Excel
CFOs and accountants will rightfully admit that Excel has its limitations. Consider the time involved in complex calculations, manual report generation, and meticulous data input due to the inability to download data directly from the bank. Still, despite its limitations, what keeps users loyal to Excel is the joy in working with spreadsheets. But business […]
Unlocking Automation Success: Building a Robust Case for RPA Through a Strategic Rubric
Consider how many business processes require little to no critical thought. Think high volume manual data entry, paper forms processing, patient registration, website scraping, policy administration or servicing, benefits administration, data cleansing, and system or application testing. Not only do these tasks detract from creative and strategic innovation, facetime, and critical analysis but the monotony […]
How to Right-Size Cybersecurity to Fit the Small Nonprofit
Organizations rely on technology for communicating, managing our work, assisting us in making accurate and timely decisions, assisting customers, and staying in the know wherever we go. But along with this comes a mounting risk of data breach. Particularly susceptible are small nonprofit organizations with fewer technical safeguards, outdated security protocols, and modest IT budgets. […]
AI Risks: Establishing Workplace Guidelines
AI is rapidly changing the way we work, with AI-powered tools now in use by employees and contractors to manage tasks, retrieve data, brainstorm, and identify fraud. They have been adopted by HR to recruit and screen talent, by sales to provide customer support, by finance to analyze volumes of data and forecast future performance, […]
October Designated National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
October kicks off National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM), which is dedicated to raising public awareness on the importance of cybersecurity. Launched in 2004 by the U.S. federal government, NCSAM aims to encourage businesses and individuals to investigate potential risk along with strategies to improve the security of critical infrastructure. Where To Start The threat landscape […]
FQHCs Prepare for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
FQHCs are faced with an ever-shifting cybersecurity landscape due to emerging technologies and shifting internal and cloud vulnerabilities. Adding to this are regulations designed to keep pace as well as the data (health and personally identifiable) that live through their systems. The U.S. federal government has designated October as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM). AAFCPAs […]
Best and Worst Practices in Nonprofit Finance
During AAFCPAs’ recent Nonprofit Educational Seminar (April 2023), leaders in our Managed Accounting & Advisory Solutions practice provided more than 400 attendees with a behind the scenes glimpse into some of the best and worst practices in nonprofit financial operations. The session included insight, thoughts, and recommendations from Joyce Ripianzi, CPA, Lauren M. Duplin, CPA, […]
Have you outgrown your general ledger system?
Making the switch from a general ledger to a customized enterprise solution can notably advance operations by offering improved efficiencies and accuracy along with the freedom in being untethered from complicated third-party software integrations. This holds especially true when less sophisticated financial reporting, forecasting, and analysis solutions begin to hold you back from optimal growth. […]
Is tech sprawl hurting your business?
Technology is designed to make our lives easier with real-time insights, analytics, and collaboration and communication tools. This is instrumental in managing on-site teams as well as today’s remote and hybrid workforce. But how much is too much? In an attempt to support various preferences, many companies have become weighed down with too many SaaS […]