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Steve Saah

Steve Saah is the executive director of the finance and accounting permanent placement practice at Robert Half, the world’s first and largest specialized financial talent solutions service. The company has more than 300 locations worldwide. He is responsible for leading U.S. operations, based in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. He was named executive director in 2017, previously serving as director of permanent placement services. Saah has been with the company since 1998, where he started as a recruiting manager, following a career as an internal auditor and assistant controller. He is a noted expert, author and presenter on career, management and hiring trends, particularly those affecting the accounting and finance fields. Saah earned a finance degree from Virginia Tech.

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Firm Management

Investing Now in Tomorrow: Why CPA Firms Should Prioritize Succession Planning

Make sure that your firm’s leadership team is fully committed to the succession planning process. This includes allocating the necessary resources and prioritizing succession planning as a strategic initiative.

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Firm Management

How CPA Firms Can Maximize the Potential of a Multigenerational Workforce

Harnessing the strengths of each group, from the Silent Generation to Generation Z, can create significant upside for your business — and help position your firm for future success.

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Firm Management

A Scalable Talent Model Can Be Much More Than a Safety Net for CPA Firms in Need of Skilled Talent

As a feature of your overall talent management strategy, this model can help ensure that you always have access to a pipeline of skilled professionals you can tap when needed. It will also allow your core team members to deliver their best work, and perhaps even more work, while under less pressure.

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Firm Management

How Firms Can Maximize the Potential of a Multigenerational Workforce

Harnessing the strengths of each group, from the Silent Generation to Generation Z, can create significant upside for your business — and help position your firm for future success.

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Firm Management

A Scalable Talent Model is More Than a Safety Net for Firms in Need of Skilled Talent

Your firm, like many, may already be encountering challenges in upskilling your workforce and bridging skills gaps between traditional accounting practices and emerging technologies.

Technology

More Than a Tech Upgrade: How AI Investments Can Sharpen a CPA Firm’s Competitive Edge

Here are some ways that AI tools can help your CPA firm be more effective and competitive today by allowing you to make the best use of your people and their skills.

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Firm Management

It's Time to Rethink Current Practices for CPA Firm Talent Management

The tips outlined in this article can help you modernize your talent management strategies so that your CPA firm can stand out as an employer of choice and become more strategic and proactive with its hiring and staffing practices.

Firm Management

4 Staffing Tips for Firms to Strengthen Their Future Positioning

CPA firm leaders can take four critical steps this year that will help them shoulder through issues like the current talent shortage, while positioning for what’s next.

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Payroll

3 Strategies to Help CPA Firms Retain In-Demand Talent

That may not sound like a significant percentage. But could you afford to lose more than one-quarter of the best players on your team, especially during tax season?

Artificial Intelligence

4 Ways Finance and Accounting Pros Can Adapt Now to Working With Generative AI

AI-powered tools for finance and accounting organizations have been around for years, helping to automate data entry and bookkeeping, invoice processing, budgeting, and many other processes. But generative AI is different.

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Firm Management

How CPA Firms Can Compete for Top Talent in the Year Ahead

Here are four dynamics to be aware of in the U.S. hiring landscape for the near term, and likely, for the year ahead.

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Many Finance and Accounting Workers Are Optimistic About the Job Market — Here’s How CPA Firms Can Respond

The inability to find professionals who meet critical job requirements is likely to become more problematic for firms that want to expand their teams in the months ahead.