{"id":91330,"date":"2021-12-05t10:00:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-05t15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/?p=91330"},"modified":"2023-10-05t09:12:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05t13:12:37","slug":"your-firms-cas-team-who-and-how-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2021\/12\/05\/your-firms-cas-team-who-and-how-many\/","title":{"rendered":"your firm\u2019s cas team: who and how many"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>you may need to boost their human skillsets.<\/strong><\/p>\n

by hitendra patil<\/i>
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accountaneur: the entrepreneurial accountant<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cwe do not have the staffing for client accounting services.\u201d<\/p>\n

non-cas firms cite this as the topmost reason for not being able to offer cas. nothing could be further from the truth.<\/p>\n

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experience of firms that offer cas, including that of small firms with fewer than five staff members, proves beyond doubt that you do not need more staff to start offering cas. even solo practitioners provide cas. the only thing you need to begin your cas journey is to be ruthless, relentless and fearless to leverage newer and cloud technologies. automation, integration and even artificial intelligence make it easier, faster and cheaper to perform some repetitive, time-consuming work of accounting firms.
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\ntechnology can perform tasks like write-up that traditionally you or your staff did manually. such automation can save you 75 percent to 95 percent of the time taken for such work. in my experience of interacting with several firms, just in write-up work, if you automate the work of 75 percent of your existing clients, your cost of producing such work can go down by about 60 to 65 percent, and the gross profit from such work can go up by 50 to 55 percent.<\/p>\n

in other words, within the same productive hours your firm has now, you can produce similar work for four to 10 times more number of clients. imagine the impact on your firm\u2019s profitability! and this is just one such example of how technology can provide you with efficiency and productivity gains. you can automate many of your routine processes to varying degrees. it is, of course, essential that you optimize your firm\u2019s technology stack and processes.<\/p>\n

given this understanding that you do not<\/strong> need more staff to start offering cas, let us now examine how to create your firm\u2019s cas team.<\/p>\n

cas \u2013 different expectations<\/h3>\n

cas is more interactive than traditional transactional services. it means clients start expecting different results, processes and how you treat them. these different expectations require your entire firm to adjust the mindset, skillsets and toolsets. to deliver on the different expectations, you want to ensure that you and your team are on board with the adjustments required. some examples of how the different expectations manifest in your day-to-day work are:<\/p>\n