You might have seen the image we’ve chosen for this blog before. It’s fairly popular, it’s well recognised, and to be completely truthful, it inspired this blog.
Accounting software like Risk Dashboard allows you to sort through the muddle of coins in the jar on the left. It allows you to step back and look at the bigger picture and segment your business, just like the three piles of coins. As for the plant growing from the coin towers, that’s simple. By using accounting software properly, your business can more readily grow and flourish.
Accountants, as we’ve mentioned time and time again, are the backbone to any business. Finding that person, or team, that you trust explicitly is worth more than words can say. As industry experts, we feel like we know how to recognise a good accountant, and just like the three towers of coins in the blog image, we believe there are three key characteristics to look out for that will set an accountant apart from the rest.
1. They look at the bigger picture
You don’t need us to tell you that a business is so much more than its finances. Yes, having cash in the bank and valuable assets are certainly a factor to success, but how you get there depends on your core structure, the people around you and how you calculate business risk. A good accountant knows this, they know to look at the bigger picture, and understand the financial health of a business isn’t just filing receipts and calculating salaries and tax returns.
Risk Dashboard has been designed to create clear picture of the whole business, using set modules that can integrate into your existing structures.
2. They understand risk
Accountants are responsible for making sound financial decisions and suggesting areas of growth. These decisions need to be carefully calculated, with risk playing a huge part in their decisions. Having a platform that can display potential areas of risk will assist accountants in their role of protecting your business.
3. They use accounting software to their advantage
Ask any interviewer what they look for in a candidate and it they’ll no doubt say, ‘willingness to learn’. To expect the perfect person to walk into the room is an unlikely, and quite frankly a ridiculous expectation. But having someone who embraces change, understands the capability of the tools around them and makes it their priority to utilise them to the best of their ability, makes for a very special candidate.
Accountants are using a variety of accounting software products more and more, it’s the direction the industry is moving in, and for good reason. Used properly, and it can create a business advantage that can easily set you apart from the competition.
We understand that it will take at least a little training to become accustomed to the Risk Dashboard, and we’ve specifically designed it to be able to work with any business. It’s for this reason we offer learning resources and a complete hands on approach to working with each and every client.
For more information on what we offer, please don’t hesitate to contact Neil Campbell, Commercial Director on neil.campbell@riskdashboard.co.uk or info@riskdashboard.co.uk
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