Laresa McIntyre, CMA, MBA

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...

Too many times there is a complete disconnect between the budget and the strategic plan of the business. A strategic plan defines the...

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...

Finance & accounting departments are ultimately about reporting.  If you are a public company, there is the required reporting to the SEC...

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...

“Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs” ~ Henry Ford Being better than the next guy is a driving...

The issue with a static budget is that it is out of date before the first month-end makes its appearance.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