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    They Want More Than Your Name
    Laresa McIntyre
    • 6 min

    They Want More Than Your Name

    Identity theft is a very real possibility for everyone and it is important to make sure you are taking the appropriate precautions to...
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    Are Your KPIs Adding Value?
    Laresa McIntyre
    • 3 min

    Are Your KPIs Adding Value?

    As technology has advanced, there seems to have been an explosion of KPIs in companies over the past few years. Talk to anyone in...
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    Adjusting Your Audit Attitude
    Laresa McIntyre
    • 4 min

    Adjusting Your Audit Attitude

    Most accountants have a love-hate relationship with their auditors – they love to hate them. The yearly external audit is often met with...
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    My Name is Not Jack
    Laresa McIntyre
    • 2 min

    My Name is Not Jack

    Once there was a boy named Jack who sold his family’s cow for some magic beans. Jack had to count those beans to make sure he got a fair...
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    Not Just a Shape - The Fraud Triangle
    Laresa McIntyre
    • 3 min

    Not Just a Shape - The Fraud Triangle

    As part of my Accounting Fraud Examination Concepts course at FAU, I wrote a paper about The Fraud Triangle and how it is used in fraud...
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    What Marathon Training & Business Share in Common
    Laresa McIntyre
    • 3 min

    What Marathon Training & Business Share in Common

    I have completed 4 marathons in my life and when I stopped to think about the effort required to train for one, it occurred to me there...
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    Keeping Score:  The Balanced Scorecard
    Laresa McIntyre
    • 3 min

    Keeping Score: The Balanced Scorecard

    Too many times there is a complete disconnect between the budget and the strategic plan of the business. A strategic plan defines the...
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    10 Best Practices for Accounts Payable
    Laresa McIntyre
    • 2 min

    10 Best Practices for Accounts Payable

    Here are 10 best practices for accounts payable in no particular order.  Hopefully your A/P department can put a check beside each of...
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    It’s OK to Let Go:  Sunk Costs
    Laresa McIntyre
    • 2 min

    It’s OK to Let Go: Sunk Costs

    I’m sure you’ve heard at some point in time someone say “but we’ve invested all this money so we have to keep going”.  For the folks that...
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    Financial Reports: Useful or Useless?
    Laresa McIntyre
    • 2 min

    Financial Reports: Useful or Useless?

    Finance & accounting departments are ultimately about reporting.  If you are a public company, there is the required reporting to the SEC...
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    Pluses & Pitfalls of the PEO
    Laresa McIntyre
    • 4 min

    Pluses & Pitfalls of the PEO

    A few years ago, like many other CFOs, I received a phone call from my benefits broker so we could review the numbers for the upcoming...
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    Don’t Risk Your Data — Assess It
    Laresa McIntyre
    • 3 min

    Don’t Risk Your Data — Assess It

    Disgruntled employees, hackers, incompetent personnel, and competitors engaged in corporate espionage are all concerns for a business. ...
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    Reporting Periods:  Why 13 Might Be Lucky
    Laresa McIntyre
    • 3 min

    Reporting Periods: Why 13 Might Be Lucky

    We in the finance & accounting field can be creatures of habit.  We get used to looking at things in terms of months.  This is how we are...
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    Pay it Right
    Laresa McIntyre
    • 3 min

    Pay it Right

    When I read “Discovery-Driven Growth” by Rita McGrath & Ian McMillan, I came across this quote which I thought was so appropriate for...
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    Safeguarding Financial Resources:  Issues in HR
    Laresa McIntyre
    • 3 min

    Safeguarding Financial Resources: Issues in HR

    As finance & accounting professionals, one of our primary roles is to safeguard the financial resources of the company for which we...
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    Who’s the Best?  Benchmarking to Keep Ahead
    Laresa McIntyre
    • 2 min

    Who’s the Best? Benchmarking to Keep Ahead

    “Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs” ~ Henry Ford Being better than the next guy is a driving...
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    (De)Centralization
    Laresa McIntyre
    • 3 min

    (De)Centralization

    Someone once told me a story about a man who only kept two files in his desk — one on how to centralize the company and one on how to...
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    Being Flexible:  Using a flex budget
    Laresa McIntyre
    • 3 min

    Being Flexible: Using a flex budget

    The issue with a static budget is that it is out of date before the first month-end makes its appearance. When this happens, a...
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