Category: Learn CPE
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Power BI vs Excel: What Accountants Should Actually Be Using (And When)
If you spend any time in accounting or finance circles right now, you’ve probably heard this debate: “Is Power BI replacing Excel?” Short answer: no.Longer answer: if you’re still thinking in terms of either/or, you’re already behind. The real professionals pulling ahead in 2026 aren’t choosing between Excel and Power BI—they’re using both, strategically. Because…
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The CFO Mindset: Transition Your Finance Career
How Accountants Can Transition from Reporting to Strategy For many accountants, the career path feels predictable: reconcile, report, repeat. You close the books. You generate financial statements. You explain variances. And then… the cycle starts again. But here’s the reality:The accountants who advance the fastest—and become truly valuable to organizations—don’t just report numbers. They interpret…
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How to Turn CPE Into a Promotion Strategy (Not Just a Requirement)
For most CPAs, CPE is a checkbox. You complete the hours.You meet the requirement.You move on. And that’s exactly why it’s being wasted. Because while most professionals treat CPE as compliance, a small group is using it as something much more powerful: A strategy to accelerate their career. Same requirement. Same hours.Completely different outcome. If…
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Why Most Corporate Finance Teams Are Bad at Forecasting (And How to Fix It)
Forecasting is supposed to be one of the most valuable things a finance team does. It drives decisions.Guides strategy.Shapes how companies invest, hire, and grow. And yet—most forecasts are… not very good. They’re outdated almost as soon as they’re created. They rely on messy data. And in many cases, they’re influenced more by internal politics…
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The 80/20 Rule: A CPE Strategy You Need
Let’s be honest—most CPAs don’t hate learning. They hate how CPE is usually done. It’s rushed. It’s last-minute. It’s often low-quality. And worst of all, it rarely translates into anything useful in your actual job. So every year, the same cycle repeats:You scramble in Q4, sit through a few forgettable webinars, check the compliance box……
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How Skills Like AI and Financial Communication Make You Irreplaceable
In today’s professional world, written communication isn’t just a chore — it’s a strategic advantage. While tools like Slack, Teams, and AI-based assistants continue to grow in popularity, email remains the backbone of professional communication. It’s where formal decisions are documented, relationships are built, and work actually gets done. But here’s the rub: just because…
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Why Business Email Writing Matters — And How to Master It
In today’s fast-paced workplace, email remains one of the most critical forms of communication. Even with the rise of instant messaging, video conferencing, and collaborative platforms, professionals still send and receive dozens of emails every day. In fact, many knowledge workers write an estimated 40 emails per day — that adds up to more than…
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Louisiana CPAs: Your 2026 Ethics CPE Requirement Just Got Easier
If you’re a CPA licensed in Louisiana, you already know ethics isn’t optional. Louisiana requires CPAs to complete state-specific ethics CPE as part of their continuing professional education cycle. And not just any ethics course — it must align with the rules of the Louisiana State Board of CPAs. That’s why we’ve made it simple.…
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AI Detecting Fraud and Anomalies: A Real Case
Internal auditors are no strangers to detective work. But one healthcare organization’s audit team discovered how dramatically AI could improve their investigations—especially when the clues were buried in thousands of transactions. The Background A regional healthcare group was concerned about rising operating expenses, particularly in facilities management. Nothing seemed blatantly off, but leadership wanted a…
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From A Controller: Turn Data Into Advisory Insights
Controllers often feel stuck between daily operations and strategic work they want to do. That was true for Sam, a controller at a wholesale business. The Problem Sam spent most of his time: He wanted to provide insights, but the workload left no room. How AI Transformed His Workflow Sam implemented an AI dashboarding and…