Author: Heidi Cake
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What is the Difference Between an Accountant and a Controller?
Structuring your company’s accounting infrastructure is always a challenge, no matter your size or success level. One of the questions companies often find themselves asking is about the differences between controllers and accountants. Controllers and accountants are closely related, but the main difference between the two roles is the level of oversight controllers provide to […]
How to Choose an Outsourced Accounting Firm
Choosing an outsourced accounting firm can bring your company many advantages. However, once you decide to outsource accounting, you need to ensure the prospective firm can deliver those benefits as promised. This blog discusses what you should consider when hiring an outsourced accounting firm. To ensure you take advantage of all the benefits these companies […]
What is Big Data & What Does it Mean?
What Is Big Data? The term “big data” may confuse some. It can mean many things. And that’s fitting considering so many businesses, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies want to use it for their benefit. However, when you take a closer look at big data, it’s essentially large data sets that require a scalable infrastructure […]
Data Analyst vs. Data Scientist
In our modern business world, a company leader who fails to tap into the potential of big data is like flying an airplane with a blindfold on. Big data can help you understand market trends, consumer behavior, measure KPIs, and target inefficient processes. As a whole, big data can serve as a guide when making […]
Why Every Organization Needs a Data Analyst
Data analytics may seem like a foreign language to some; however, even though the individual tasks involved in data analysis are esoteric, the benefits they bring to your organization are straightforward. Companies using extensive data analysis beat competition time and time again. In fact, as a Toward Data Science survey shows, 54% of all businesses […]
4 Cybersecurity Tips to Help Your Business
Cybersecurity and cybercrime are very real and is rapidly a growing threat. Contrary to popular belief, a majority of cybercrime victims are small businesses. In fact, 60% of small businesses can expect to be hacked in any given calendar year. It is important more now than ever to protect your small business from cyber threats! […]