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Clean Up Your Casino’s Vendor Management: Reduce Costs, Mitigate Risk and Increase Vendor Relations

Casino accounting staff process a significant volume of transactions each day. They do so while attempting to carry lean workforces. To complicate matters, many accounting processes in casinos have traditionally been done manually. For tasks like vendor management, relying on manual workflows is not only burdensome but also particularly risky and could easily present casinos with a variety of challenges.

4/23/2019
Industries: Nonprofits, Tribal Gaming and Government, Tribal Gaming
Services: Consulting, Technology
By: April D. Bacon, Jason Winkler

Opportunity Zone Regulations: Summarizing the Key Updates

In a long-awaited act, the Treasury has released its second set of proposed opportunity zone regulations. While opportunity zones have gotten a lot of attention for their exciting potential benefits, the lack of substantive guidance has prevented many investors and developers from fully moving forward. However, these proposed regulations answer many lingering questions and provide greater clarity. Below we summarize what you need to know about the key updates.

4/22/2019
Industries: Construction and Real Estate
Services: Tax
By: Dannielle Lewis, Josh A. Graham, James D. Lockhart

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Joint Employer Status Under the FLSA

On April 1, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a proposed rule to revise and clarify the responsibilities of employers and joint employers to employees in joint employer arrangements. The Department has not revised its joint employer regulation in more than 60 years.

4/22/2019
Services: Human Capital Management Solutions

HITRUST vs SOC 2: Leveraging the Best Path to Assurance

Becoming HITRUST certified can certainly be a potential differentiator. But many service organizations who’ve undergone a SOC 2® examination wonder whether that isn’t already enough to provide the assurances health care organizations are requesting.

4/21/2019
Industries: Agribusiness, Construction and Real Estate, Dealerships, Financial Institutions, Financial Services, Freshwater, Governments, Health Care, Insurance, Manufacturing and Distribution, Nonprofits, Private Equity, FinTech
Services: Governance & Risk
By: Paul J. Johnson

Improve Profitability and Create a Dynamic Culture in Your Dealership

Employees are every dealership’s best assets. In today’s competitive environment, it’s increasingly difficult to find and retain qualified employees. Many dealerships have found that when hiring to fill a specific role, often candidates with impressive resumes with all the right skills, experience and qualifications still aren’t a good fit. Sometimes employees’ work styles just don’t quite gel, leading to unnecessary stress, underperforming teams and limited productivity.

4/18/2019
Industries: Dealerships
By: Shelly R. Fine

Action UI Is Great — But Where Did Everything Move?

Change is inevitable, and Sage Intacct’s decision to introduce the Action UI was welcomed by many as a way to make the application more user friendly; make necessary features, screens, and modules easier to access; and make the process of attaching a document, communicating with the platform and completing tasks easier than ever. 

4/18/2019
Services: Consulting, Technology
By: Stephanie M. Smith

Use Your Website as a Recruiting Tool: 9 Steps to Get Started

Does your website say, “Work with us!”? Customers aren’t the only people you’re selling to online. Your site can be a powerful recruitment tool that attracts prospective job candidates and convinces top recruits you are an employer of choice. 

4/16/2019
Services: Consulting, Technology
By: Dianne Newton-Shaw

Are You Following the IIA Standards for Your Internal Audit Practice?

Many of us in the accounting profession are familiar with and required to comply with accounting standards developed, issued, and enforced by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Did you know the internal audit profession is also governed by standards established by The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)?

4/15/2019
By: Teresa Francis