One of the most challenging aspects of my job as a public accountant and auditor is explaining to clients why I’d like to do what I need to do. Frequently you’ll find in your position as the auditor that client employees will enjoy seeing you twist in the wind and will find the most effective way […]
Entries from March 2008 ↓
Explaining the virtues of testing
March 28th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Category: Auditing
Tags: assertion, audit, client, test
Financial statements using Flash
March 27th, 2008 · 7 Comments
Are there any companies out there presenting their financial statements, or information derived from financial statement data, using Flash? I haven’t seen any, but if they’re out there, I’d like to. If you know of any, please let me know! I think it’d be a pretty engaging medium to use to communicate financial data to stakeholders. […]
Category: Asides
Tags: financial, Flash, statement
CA">Today I am a CA
March 27th, 2008 · 8 Comments
Got the email from the ICAO this afternoon at about 4:30. I was accepted as a member (i.e. a Chartered Accountant) on the March 24 committee meeting! So, with that, my blog has no purpose. It all began shortly after I passed the CKE in early 2006, and you’ve been following my journey down the […]
Category: Profession
Mid-busy season update, part deux
March 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments
The silence from this blog lately has been deafening. Time to pick the low-hanging fruit and churn out something, anything, to let my readers know I’m not dead yet. First of all, my buddy Krupo’s been cranking out quality, entertaining posts every other day it seems. In this latest post on unions, he lays the smack […]
Category: Profession
Tags: audit, Bear Stearns, interim, KPMG, Krupo, outsourcing, union

