What makes a great accounting firm? Wide-ranging service offerings? Service continuity? A reliable corporate structure? While there are a lot of factors that separate good firms from great ones, accounting and finance professionals will always play indispensable roles in building the best accounting firms in the world.

In the stiff competition of today, gearing your SME to a more solid ground demands a deeper understanding of the role of business intelligence (BI) in your finance and accounting functions. 

Most accountants dream of starting their own accounting firm. They work hard to move up on their firm’s ladder until they have gained the resources and the experience needed to start their own path. If you’re now at this stage of your career, congratulations, you’ve made it!

Intuit’s QuickBooks is one of the leading accounting software for small businesses. For years now, small businesses have used QuickBooks to organize their books and perform necessary accounting functions. Today, Intuit offers QuickBooks for small businesses in two modes: QuickBooks Desktop and QuickBooks Online.

There are a myriad of digital tools to help you come up with more informed and strategic business decisions, but can the limitations of business intelligence (BI) tools affect your firm at different circumstances? 

Business analytics is important for you to stay competitive in the modern business landscape. The benefits of cloud computing for big data analytics can be a leverage to outsmart your competitors.