Future CFO

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Auditing and accounting talent shortage continue to make employers toss and turn, according to a global survey of more than 4,100 accountants and 2,300 auditors. When it comes to talent retention, more than 85% of accountants and 90% of auditors said it is either somewhat or extremely difficult.

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Future CFO

MAY 26, 2022

EY is considering a global audit spinoff amid growing regulatory pressure, according to media reports. EY and other Big Four accounting firms — PwC, Deloitte, and KPMG — have long been slammed for their lack of independence in their auditing of company accounts from which they also generate income with consulting, tax, and advisory services.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

accounting regulators to inspect China-based audits is raising questions about the role of unregistered auditors in the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau, where several U.S.-listed audit watchdog. A recent agreement between Washington and China allowing U.S. listed casino businesses operate. Lead auditors, often the U.S.

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CFO Dive

APRIL 12, 2023

Back in September, the Big Four accounting firm announced plans to split its auditing and consulting arms into two entities. Now, ‘Project Everest’ has been halted.

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CFO Dive

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The PCAOB cracked down against KPMG for several alleged violations in the latest sign of tougher oversight of the accounting firms that audit publicly listed companies.

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Future CFO

JANUARY 22, 2024

Two audit firm solutions of Wolters Kluwer have been pre-approved by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), a statutory board of the Singapore government, said Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting (TAA) Asia Pacific (APAC) recently.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

Ernst & Young ( EY ), the global accounting firm hired to verify Wirecard’s financials, failed to request crucial information from a Singapore bank where the German payment processor claimed it had up to 1 billion euros ($1.1 The big question for me is what on earth did EY do when they signed off the accounts?”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2018

’s Big Four accountancy firms — KPMG , PwC , EY and Deloitte — have escaped a forced breakup from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), The Guardia n reported on Tuesday (Dec. ” “Most people will never read an auditor’s opinion on a company’s accounts,” he said. ”

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2019

s so-called Big Four accountancy firms — KPMG, PwC, EY and Deloitte — have reportedly failed to reach audit quality standards set by the Financial Reporting Council , Reuters reported this week. Only 75 percent of the audits of the U.K.’s s largest 350 public firms met that 90 percent performance threshold.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

The Big Four accounting firms will have to put their United Kingdom auditing and consulting practices in separate business units by 2024, but may keep them within the same parent companies, under regulations announced today by the Financial Reporting Council. The FRC notified the firms of its intent to compel changes in March.

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The Charity CFO

JULY 1, 2024

Choosing the right accounting services is crucial for the financial health of your nonprofit. The right nonprofit accountant helps your organization properly manage its finances, which improves trust and transparency with stakeholders and donors. Technology is one of the most important tools in modern nonprofit accounting.

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CFO Dive

JUNE 22, 2022

The new requirements come as many companies have expanded their operations globally, leading to an increase in audits executed by multiple accounting firms.

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The Charity CFO

APRIL 2, 2024

Managing a nonprofit can be complex, especially when it comes to nonprofit accounting. Finding the right accounting partner for your nonprofit is essential to the financial success of your nonprofit organization. That’s why you need a strong accounting partner who specializes in nonprofits.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2020

s audit regulator, announced plans this week to break up the dominance of the largest four accounting firms, Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC , according to the Financial Times. The regulator issued letters to those firms, known as the Big Four, Thursday. She said the goal was for audits to be “clear and transparent.”.

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CFO News

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The exchanges had sought a clarification from the company after Business Standard reported that the embattled Adani group had appointed accountancy firm Grant Thornton for an independent audit of some of its companies in a bid to come clean of the damning allegations levelled by the US short-seller Hindenburg Research and to assure investors and regulators. (..)

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The Charity CFO

APRIL 25, 2024

For nonprofit organizations, accounting comes with a lot of complexity. Instead of slow, paper-driven, backward-looking accounting, these organizations are moving quickly through digital integrations allowing them to focus on their core responsibilities. What is the actual goal in a nonprofit accounting setup?

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The Charity CFO

JANUARY 21, 2022

And the issue of restricted funds presents unique bookkeeping and accounting challenges for a nonprofit that a for-profit company doesn’t face. This accounting system is called fund accounting. This accounting system is called fund accounting. Who’s Required to Use Fund Accounting? .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Munich prosecutors have launched an investigation into the Ernst & Young ( EY ) audit of Wirecard AG, compounding the firm’s troubles associated with $2.3 EY’s Wirecard fiasco triggered a 90 percent freefall in its share price in June, while critics have come down on the accounting firm for not noticing billions were missing.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

As the fallout from Wirecard ’s troubles unfold, Germany’s deputy finance minister has called for radical solutions to fix how accounting firms are regulated, the Financial Times reported. Its founder and CEO Markus Braun, 51, resigned and was later arrested on charges of misrepresenting Wirecard’s accounts and market manipulation.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

.’s so-called Big Four accounting giants — PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and EY — have reportedly set aside more than $212 million in preparation for potential fines ahead as auditing scrutiny grows. million in fines to the auditing industry, three times the value of fines it had issued in the year prior.

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The Charity CFO

AUGUST 15, 2023

Myths of Nonprofit Accounting and Why They Matter to Job Seekers Unfortunately, many job seekers fall victim to the stereotypes and believe the myths surrounding nonprofit accounting. In this section, we will debunk the three most common nonprofit accounting myths. Ready to dive deep into this exciting realm?

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The Charity CFO

JANUARY 17, 2022

If you’re like most nonprofit leaders, you’re not researching nonprofit accounting basics to satisfy your curiosity. with this overview of nonprofit accounting basics. . What is nonprofit accounting? Investopedia defines accounting as “the process of recording financial transactions pertaining to a business.” .

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CFO Talks

JULY 5, 2022

Join the SAIBA Tour to India as we attend the 21st IFAC World Congress of Accountants. This year’s World Congress of Accountants 2022, will be hosted by the Institute of Charteded Accountants of India in Mumbai, India. Professional Accountancy organization leaders. Theme they will be focusing on: Building trust.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Parliament will commence an inquiry into the nation’s corporate auditing market, which is currently dominated by the Big Four accounting firms Deloitte, PwC, EY and KPMG, adding new pressure on an industry already being probed by other policymakers. Reports in Reuters on Sunday (November 11) said the U.K.

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CFO Thought Leader

OCTOBER 2, 2024

It wasn’t long after Laura LaPeer left public accounting to climb the corporate career ladder that she encountered her first delicate challenge as a controller. The head of finance for the acquired firm struggled to present the information clearly, while the new owners shifted uneasily in their seats.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2020

The German payment processing company’s operating performance in Europe and the Americas was far worse than previously known, according to a report from KPMG, the Netherlands-based global accounting firm, obtained by the newspaper. Wirecard’s filing insolvency two weeks ago has exposed a pair of deposits totaling $2.1

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CFO News

JULY 16, 2023

The size of the contract will require the Big Four accounting firm to call in staff from other countries to work on the audit, two people told the FT. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which has been Credit Suisse's auditor since 2020, will audit the acquired bank's accounts for 2023, according to the newspaper.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2019

may be changing course in its efforts to break up the Big Four accountancy firms after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) decided against such action late last year. audits for large businesses. audits for large businesses. Reports in Bloomberg on Monday (April 1) said a U.K.

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CFO News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Kishore Biyani, founder of the Future Group, has challenged the forensic audit process and report submitted by accounting firm BDO India LLP and its lender, Bank of India, at the Bombay High Court. This development comes after Bank of India asked Future Retail and its promoters to respond to a forensic audit report.

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The Charity CFO

MAY 31, 2024

Luckily, modern accounting software and other bookkeeping technologies can help you keep up with day-to-day bookkeeping, reporting, and accounting tasks more efficiently. Build Trust with Donors and Stakeholders An efficient bookkeeping system improves the financial transparency and accountability of your organization with donors.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

A research firm has discovered that the number of material accounting mistakes made by U.S. Massachusetts-based Audit Analytics looked at disclosures from more than 9,000 U.S.-listed listed companies since 2005, finding firms that had to reissue their financials due to errors. tax law and revenue accounting rules.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

regulators are encouraging an inquiry into whether the market’s Big Four accountancy firms — KPMG, Deloitte, PwC and EY — should be broken up and forced to spin off their auditing arms, reports said. So, it seems to me that we ought to have another look at [the audit market].”. A previous inquiry by the then-U.K.

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Focus CFO

APRIL 7, 2023

Jim has over 30 years of progressive financial and operations leadership beginning with five years of diverse audit experience with Big 4 public accounting firm Arthur Andersen, LLP, including a major fraud investigation. He reated and managed the first internal audit department at a community hospital located in Wheeling, WV.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

It’s common sense that a corporation would want its C-Suite to have some knowledge of accounting practices, and one could assume that a lack of understanding of corporate accounting may heighten the risk for misstatements on financial reports. ” Below, PYMNTS breaks down some of the key data points from the research.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

Anxieties that automation will replace humans have waned in the accounting sector, as industry players begin to realize that technology can actually help accountants play a more important role for their small business (SMB) customers as advisors and guides, rather than replacing their roles outright. Tax reform in the U.S.

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The Charity CFO

JULY 2, 2024

The first thing you need to do to modernize your operations is assess your current processes and policies with an operations audit. During your audit, take a look at your current systems, workflows, and procedures to identify areas that are working well–and those that need improvement.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

An EY whistleblower has alleged the global accounting firm was warned as far back as 2016 that senior managers at Wirecard may have committed fraud and one had tried to bribe an auditor, the Financial Times (FT) reported. An audit by KPMG , a global auditing firm, criticized Wirecard’s lack of transparency.

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