34. Work to live, or live to work?

Accountants Chat Australia

Welcome to edition 34 of the Accountants Chat Australia newsletter.

The newsletter is back after a short break while I’ve been super busy finishing off a project and spending time with my 6-month-old child.

Let’s take a look at what has been happening in the Accounting industry:

• ‘Bloated’ CA ANZ blasted over $90m payroll bill. Two long-time CA ANZ members are taking the body to task over its financial accounts and have pointed a finger at a $90 million wage bill from a staff count of 1,300 as members gather virtually for this year’s AGM. Read more.

• 6 top things accountants need to know about Power BI. Power BI software is used to find insights within data. For accountants, it can help to draw out the story within the data, so that it can be shared with stakeholders as visual business intelligence. Here are six tips on Power BI for accountants. Read more. 

• Work to live, or live to work? A culture of working long hours is entrenched in some corners of the accounting profession, a challenge exacerbated by a tight labour market that’s left some firms short-staffed. So, how do we talk about unreasonable hours when there are deadlines to meet? Read more.

• 4 accounting specialisations – with salary guides. Specialist accountants have the potential to add great value to a client or business and can command higher salaries. Read more.

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Here are some recent discussions:

Templates for a new accounting practice.

The CA vs CPA discussion.

Remote accounting job.

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