Firm Management

Rita Keller President & CEOKeller Advisors, LLCDayton, OH www.RitaKeller.com Education: BS in Business Administration, Magna Cum Laude – St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana. ———————— Click here to see the other honorees of the 2014 “Most Powerful Women in Accounting” awards. ———————— What advice would you give to female college students about the opportunities for […]

Porte Brown has announced a merger with Brown, Kaplan + Liss (BKL). The Evanston-based public accounting firm is notably one of the largest such firms along the north suburban Lake Michigan shoreline.

Payroll practitioners spend the end of the year helping their clients prepare for year-end and the upcoming year. But year-end planning isn’t just for the clients they serve. It’s equally as important that they spend time prepping their own businesses as well. There are a few items that you will want to ensure makes your […]

Who are the most influential leaders in professional accounting? Increasingly, they are female professionals who are engaged in public practice, consultants or developing the technologies that help all accounting pros be more efficient and productive.

The UC “Accounting is our LIFO” team competed against 5,000 students from 95 colleges and universities around the country.

It’s a sign of the sad state of accounting firm web sites that in 18 years of competition, none have ever won a Webby award for site design. Some financial and banking sites have won, and even the Arizona Society of CPAs was an honoree in 2006.

Expectations from business owners and clients have changed. This is particularly true with accounting software and the impact on traditional write-up services.

I go to a lot of accounting conferences. Frequently I'm a speaker, talking as one practicing accountant to other accountants about improving communication with their clients and colleagues. Over the years, I've noticed a few problems with these conferences that I would like to rectify.