How to Tell (and Sell) Your Accounting Career Story You’re desperate to score a new accounting job. You’ve stagnated and want a new challenge. Maybe a role with more responsibility and better pay – you haven’t had a decent raise for two years. The trouble is that you aren’t receiving invitations to interview. What’s wrong? […]
To build a modern firm, you’ll need to leverage the right technology, automate work, and hire the right team to execute your vision. Hiring is hard enough. So where do you get started on your journey of building the right team for your firm? Join hiring expert Jeff Phillips as he presents an overview of […]
Could you use some help this tax season? Learn how to hire, onboard, and delegate work to remote, U.S.-based seasonal tax preparers and reviewers to make your life easier for the upcoming busy season. Join accounting recruitment expert and AccountingFly CEO, Jeff Phillips, as we lighten your load with proven solutions you can use for […]
You landed an interview for a new accounting job. Congratulations! Odds are that it’s a virtual interview (according to a Gartner Survey in April 2020, 86% of interviews are currently virtual due to coronavirus). Virtual interviews are here to stay, and they are the standard when interviewing for a remote accounting job – the new […]
How do you manage a remote team? And is it different than my office-based team? YES. In 2020 we found ourselves suddenly remote and had to make adjustments on the fly. As you plan your firm’s 2021, we’ll help you optimize your remote accounting team, including how to motivate and manage remote staff, how to […]
How do you manage a remote team? Is it different than my office-based team? YES. On January 25, 2021, Accountingfly Co-Founder Jeff Phillips, walks you through how to optimize your remote accounting team, including how to motivate and manage remote staff, how to organize and communicate with your team, and how to increase productivity. Learning […]
With all of the accounting industry layoffs during the pandemic, your accounting resume is up against tremendous competition. Not only are there more job seekers than usual, many of them are highly qualified. When you’re seeing so many articles about furloughs and firings, it might be tempting to do everything possible to get your name […]
How does managing your team change remotely and how can you be more efficient while embracing the remote workplace? On September 23, 2020, Accountingfly Co-Founder Jeff Phillips, who has managed a virtual company for years, as he shares his best practices to make remote accounting work productive while reducing the stress your team is likely facing trying […]
Ever wanted to know how many applications it takes to fill an accounting job? Or how to write a job description or job posting that drives applies? Or how to avoid losing good candidates after they’ve applied? What are the best practices for hiring accountants? As Accountingfly’s Director of Fulfillment, Beth Dierker has seen it […]
You can stop turning away work by hiring freelance accountants. 25% of the U.S. workforce are freelancers, many of them are experts in accounting and finance. Learn the best ways to find and hire project and seasonal talent that can help you deliver a project, support your team during tax season, or fill in skills […]
Your accounting team is now working from home. Great, now what? How does managing your team change and how can you be more efficient while dealing with new distractions? On August 20, 2020, Accountingfly Co-Founder Jeff Phillips, who has managed a virtual company for years, shared his best practices to make remote accounting work productive while […]
Not to be rude, but over the last few months, we’ve noticed that some of our accounting industry friends are struggling a bit with Zoom or maybe have a team member who needs a friendly reminder – feel free to share this article with them. So we asked our friend Cameron Pearce, Founder of Cross […]
Freelance accountants are the hottest staffing trend in the accounting industry. (Other than remote work. We already get 87 emails a day about remote work and we have a tons more on that topic). This interesting trend in accounting practice management is what Beth Dierker, Head of Fulfillment at Accountingfly, calls “the Uber-ification of the […]
Jeff Phillips, Co-founder of Accountingfly walked through the real applicable tactics to put into practice when it comes to remote working. This includes checking into “the office” and dedicating that you will focus on work, as well as unplugging and going “offline” when you are done. It can be easy to fall into a perpetual […]
Jeff Phillips, Co-founder of Accountingfly walks through how he manages his fully remote team, and what you can be doing to effectively maintain a productive and successful team. We are currently in the remote work and work-from-home era, we are foreseeing remote working, virtual teams, and work-from-home will become a more standardized thing in the […]
Jeff Phillips, Co-founder of Accountingfly walks through how the change to remote work has been easy for some and traumatizing for others. There is no question that it is the hottest topic for companies during COVID (outside of the stimulus package)! We can’t get enough of seeing how companies are faring with handling work-from-home, cloud […]
Are you part of an accounting team currently working from home? On April 8, 2020, Jeff Phillips, CEO of Accountingfly will give proven ways to help you how to be more productive, manage your remote accounting team, and get your stuff done while dealing with all the distractions you are facing. Have kids? Good, we’ll […]
The global COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it innumerable challenges from both a business and personal perspective for pretty much everyone and while we could get into many of them, let’s stick to the topic at hand: working from home and setting boundaries. Accountingfly is a fully remote company so we’re used to working from […]
Your accounting team is now working from home. Great, now what? On April 2, 2020, Jeff Phillips, CEO of Accountingfly explains how to manage the changes your team is facing and how can you be more efficient while dealing with new distractions. Join Jeff, who has managed a virtual company for years, as he shares […]
On March 25, 2020, Jeff Phillips, CEO of Accountingfly walked through the solution to finding qualified remote accountants is to open up your job search to a U.S. based remote staff who work from anywhere. But not everyone is ready to hire a remote team. Get the gameplan to make your first remote hire and […]
You can stop turning away work by hiring freelance accountants. 25% of the U.S. workforce are freelancers, many of them are experts in accounting and finance. On February 17, 2020, Jeff Phillips, CEO of Accountingfly teaches firm partners the best ways to find and hire freelance accountants that can help you deliver a project, support […]
The way we work has dramatically evolved over the years to an “always on” environment largely due to advancements in technology. Employees, especially millennials and boomers want more flexibility and in return are likely to stay with a firm longer when they can opt to work remote. This can feel intimidating to think about as […]