client accounting services

include provision for a 90-day reset.

by hitendra patil
client accounting services: the definitive success guide

“people think of us (accountants) as the compliance agents – the necessary evil.”

this sentence haunts me even today, after hearing it nearly 15 years ago from a multi-award-winning, highly experienced cpa.

perception!

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has the accounting profession’s brand been (predominantly) perceived as “compliance” only?

“we deal with the past. we do audits. and we deal with the present. we do taxes and books. future – is not our business.”
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structure your insights with the what-why-what formula.

by hitendra patil
client accounting services: the definitive success guide

we know the outcomes that are important from the client perspective can, and should, define your firm’s cas processes.

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but how do you create your firm’s cas-specific processes? where should you begin? how would you know what to change and what to add to your processes?
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traditional reports stop short. here’s the difference.

by hitendra patil
client accounting services: the definitive success guide

if you are wondering whether cas needs a different set of reports, you are in the right place. at the same time, it may be confusing how you can produce reports that are different than those your software provides out of the box.

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cas is about the outcomes of your work, from the clients’ perspective. cas outcomes are useful, insightful, and advise clients in ways that routine, traditional reports cannot deliver. the outcomes you provide from your cas offering need to relentlessly focus on the relevance, usability and importance from your clients’ point of view. one of my ex-clients, an experienced and expert cpa from san diego – who had mostly high-net-worth individuals with multiple businesses as his clients – told me, “after 19 years in practice, i realized that small to medium business entrepreneurs are not really concerned with managing their balance sheets. it is the job of the accountant.”
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how to help your client run their business better.

by hitendra patil
client accounting services: the definitive success guide

let us focus on cas-specific processes that can give you competitive advantages. this is not about the technicalities of accounting processes. as a professional accountant, you already know the accounting fundamentals required to create your processes for each of the segments of the services you provide.

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are cas processes different than what you have been doing till now? yes, and no.
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do your processes lead where you want your firm to go?

by hitendra patil
client accounting services: the definitive success guide

if you were to define how your firm is different in three sentences, what would those three sentences be?

write them down. read those the next day and judge for yourself if your competitors can say the same three sentences to differentiate their firms. if yes, you will see why this is a significant challenge for your firm’s growth aspirations.

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the classic equation of “people, process, and technology” defining differentiation from the competition is somewhat flawed in accounting. by its very nature, accounting is about doing exceptionally well-defined work that follows clear laws and regulations. most firms have employees certified in similar lines of education and specialization. technology solutions for accountants are highly mature now.
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plus the three categories of risk.

by hitendra patil
client accounting services: the definitive success guide

when you are the key person to make things happen at your firm, you want to invest as much time in “business development” (not just marketing and sales) as humanly possible. your firm’s growth will make you feel that producing and delivering your services is an essential core business function for you, but some of it is not. freeing up yourself to spend more time focusing on the things that add value to your practice, and help set it apart from the competition is an essential differentiating growth strategy you will ever deploy. the same principle applies to your experienced, talented staff.

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you will build your cas practice on newer, cloud, collaborative technologies. it will help you automate many routine functions and optimize your operating costs. but you still need competent people to manage, nurture and strengthen your client services and advisory functions.
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