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People Behind the Numbers

Meet Patrick Monaghan

At CFO Selections, we may work in numbers… but we’re in the business of people. Because behind every financial report is a person making hard…

Kevin Briscoe
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Business Finance

Should You Trade Up Your Bookkeeper or Accountant?

There is a common misconception that early-stage startups and low-growth companies don’t really need executive financial leadership… not yet anyways. This misconception holds that hiring…

CFO Selections Team
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People & Culture

How Will You Ensure Employee Accountability across Accounting and Finance?

With ethical challenges on the rise employee accountability is more important than ever before! And while employers understand that holding employees accountable for their actions…

CFO Selections Team
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Fraud & Controls

Ethical Challenges are Increasing in Accounting Today

When it comes to ethics in accounting the data is in and the numbers aren’t pretty! According to a global study on ethics by the…

CFO Selections Team
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Business Finance

Staying Ahead of Changes in Accounting

Executive Summary: Changes happen. Sometimes they come quickly and abundantly. Business executives rely on their Finance Teams to be in front of changes, especially when…

Scott Fowle
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Business Finance

What is The Difference Between COGS and SG&A?

As fractional CFOs (Chief Financial Officers) we get a lot of questions about COGS (Cost of Goods Sold) and SG&A expenses from our clients. They…

CFO Selections Team
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Workforce & Hiring

Accounting Turnover: Why is it Happening and How do we Stop It?

Having a hard time finding talented accountants for your business? That’s no surprise. I see news headlines every day that indicate many businesses are struggling…

Jeff Dunn
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Fraud & Controls

Don’t Trust Your Accountant!

What would we do without our accountants? We rely on them for accuracy, reporting, transaction processing, analysis, and financial advice. For non-accountants, the discipline can…

Nancy Smith
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Business Finance

Faster or Better? How to Truly Improve your Accounting Processes

The last decade has seen an unparalleled push for greater efficiency. Increased automation across all business sectors has ushered in a focus on “faster” and…

CFO Selections Team
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Workforce & Hiring

The Convergence of Accounting and HR

Companies that understand how finance and HR overlap and foster a relationship between the two are better poised for long-term growth than their less informed…

CFO Selections Team