Collaboration with your Arizona accounting firm should be a part of your process when making business decisions. Your accounting firm should listen and help you make strategic moves to grow your company. Your firm should have insights into expanding your business and guidance for avoiding obstacles. Only an accounting firm with experience directing other growing companies can help your company.
Signs You Have Outgrown Your Accounting Firm
The following signs may mean you have outgrown your accounting firm:
+ You need more help in many business areas to be better positioned to grow.
+ You feel you can improve efficiency and security.
+ You have problems consolidating information.
+ You have difficulty accessing data from anywhere at any time.
+ You need help getting your systems to talk to each other.
+ You do not mind paying more for knowledge and guidance.
+ You need additional help beyond administrative tasks.
+ You are concerned your current firm is keeping you looking backward, instead of aiding in your company’s growth.
Your accounting firm should identify strategies for achieving your goals and invigorate your desire for success. Does your current firm mention spending the majority of their time managing the sheer volume of paperwork that flows in and out of its practice on a daily basis, such as payables, receivables, and employee payroll? Perhaps, you have heard your accountants refer to themselves as a crossing guard directing traffic, hoping everyone makes it across safe and sound. You see this scenario as a call for help, but what you need is a firm that automates management of running its business so it can spend more time serving your company. You want a partner that focuses on helping your company reach new levels.
What is Your Plan?
Consider the following features a new accounting firm may offer:
+ An integrated approach to working with your company so you can be more efficient.
+ Less reliance on paper billing to balance money coming in and going out.
+ Intuitive platforms that automate processes with payment scheduling.
+ A full line of services to deal with financial complexity.
+ Document management, smart archiving of records, and digitizing forms.
+ Greater security and faster retrieval of documents.
+ Applications that are user-friendly.
Are you ready to create an action plan for your company’s strategy? Contact Jason A. Mattina, CPA today to discuss your next steps.