One trait of good leaders is they instinctively teach and train people so that eventually they’re ready to take positions of leadership themselves. While you probably aren’t trying to groom your successor, you might have someone in mind for a supervisor position, project leader or managerial position for some aspect of finance such as Payroll, […]
In 2022 about a dozen states put law changes – some at the constitutional level – directly into the hands of the voters on Election Day. Here are some of the major measures that passed that may require you to adjust your payroll practices or rewrite your organization’s policies. Employment law changes In Washington DC, […]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is proposing to ban noncompete clauses in employment contracts, long used by companies to prevent highly-valued employees from quitting and joining a competing firm. Bottom line: While it’s great news for talented professionals with options and experience in fields like finance, the reg poses a daunting challenge for businesses looking […]
CEOs, CFOs and departmental managers all get used to fielding “urgent” email and text message requests. If you’re like most finance pros, your inbox is at its fullest on Mondays with flagged and exclamation-marked messages needing your attention. (And the folks who are really desperate to jump the queue text you for an answer instead!) […]
A modern tech stack that gives you the power to analyze your enterprise data in real time may no longer be something on the nice-to-have list. Perhaps you’ve read our reports on the Fed possibly hiking the target interest rate above 5% or inaccurate job numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. As the economic […]
Now that you have a feel for what positions at your firm should be hybrid, you might be considering giving employees the ultimate work schedule flexibility – the ability to autonomously choose the days and hours that they work. Many of your peers have discovered that it’s an easy fringe benefit to add, and that […]
Your A/P staffers have seen their share of outrageous business expense reimbursement requests from employees. But how do they compare to the “Craziest Expenses” for 2022 compiled by global expense management company Emburse? See if you can guess which business expenses were green-lighted and which were declined, then share this list with your team for […]
More than half of employees say they’d like to receive a financial reward of some kind as the Christmas and New Year’s holidays near. The reality is, many won’t be seeing a bonus of any kind as employers tighten their belts and layoffs loom on the horizon. Challenger, Gray & Christmas surveys businesses every year […]
With business travel volume expected to return to 96% of pre-pandemic levels in 2023, now’s a good time to review your firm’s business travel liability risk. In a ResourcefulFinancePro webinar, Dr. Jim Castagnera, an attorney affiliated with the Washington International Business Counsel and arbitrator for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, […]
