Responsibilities for an Accounting Consultant

Being an Accounting Consultant is comparable to being the Conductor of a symphony orchestra. A lot goes on inside a business and keeping it all in order, accurate, and performing on time in sync with everything else that's going on takes a lot of skill, knowledge, and experience. That's the reason many businesses turn to Kerr Consulting and its suite of services utilizing Sage accounting applications. when they need help. The need for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) has never been greater and Kerr Consulting's experts can turn any organization's accounting and data maelstrom into a valuable, manageable, and useful tool for everyone.

Sage Intacct Software

Sage software provides enterprise-wide information and data reporting in sleek, comprehensive formats managers and executives can rely on for accuracy and timeliness. SMEs and large-scale, international conglomerates take advantage of the latest developments for cash management, cloud accounting, revenue management, and project accounting. Kerr Consulting utilizes the latest integration protocols to weave together the most efficient and effective data reporting systems on a customized basis. Now a company's financial information, supply chain data, operations reports, manufacturing analysis, and all HR activities with one solution.

It's all about time & efficiency

Ask an executive or anyone in a management capacity what their most valuable commodity is and they'll tell you it is time. It's the limitations time constraints place on everyone that have the greatest impact on business. With that in mind, Kerr Consulting along with Sage has some amazing tools that not only increase productivity but also improve decision-making cycles and outcomes. Kerr's expertise and experience with Artificial Intelligence (AI) protocols blended into user-friendly, familiar applications, and software brings new, more dynamic perspectives to accounting and enterprise data usage.

Tools like Sage Intacct Software - Coordinating, combining, dissecting, and analyzing data creates opportunities for advancement and this is one tool no business can do without. A cloud-based financial system that incorporates data and information from several sources simultaneously to produce detailed reports for analysis and action on:

• Core Financials - Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Cash Management, Order Management, and Purchasing.
• Additional Accounting Modules - Fixed Assets, Inventory Management, Multi-entity and Global Integration, Project Accounting, Spending Management, Time and Expense Management, Revenue Recognition, Vendor Payment, and Sales and Use Tax calculation.
• Dashboards and Reporting Information - Coordinated and integrated dashboards and reporting formats make it easy for users to get their jobs done saving as much as 40+ hours each month in accounting time and reducing accuracy-checking by 75%.
• Budgeting and Planning - Nothing is more important than accurately predicting future business and the suite of applications available makes the process more accurate, less time-consuming, and easier to safely and securely coordinate and distribute information.
• Human Resource Management - A local workforce can be as challenging to manage as a workforce spread across a country or around the globe. Keeping up with the constantly-changing landscape of human resource management is easier and more valuable using cloud-based applications that embrace differences in locations and localities with ease.
• Platform Services - Why re-invent the wheel when there are applications already available that can do the trick? Integrating and creating a cohesive set of applications can be challenging unless experts like Kerr Consulting are involved. No more time and money wasted on coding and software programming to get a customized result that is responsive, inclusive, and has real-time functionality.
   
   

Choice solutions

Kerr Consulting always keeps its eye on the ball, no matter where the game is being played or who is playing. Implementing Sage Intacct solutions takes business from mundane and routine to dynamic and exciting. Getting better results from operations only occurs when decisions are made with sufficient resources, information, and time with one or more of the following solutions:

• Sage 100 - Problem: the company has grown but the accounting software hasn't grown with it. Solution: Sage 100 cloud ERP software. By incorporating innovative protocols with cloud capabilities, Sage's 100cloud ERP application helps growing companies keep growing by not allowing their accounting software to slow them down.
• Sage 300 - Managing an organization's operations, finances, inventory, and other critical activities are made much simpler utilizing Sage 300 cloud-based management tool. Over 40,000 customers spread across 150 countries rely on their Sage 300cloud platform to take care of their companies at a fraction of the cost of traditional Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software.
• Sage X3 - Established companies that want to expand their sales and marketing efforts while diligently monitoring supply chain developments, manufacturing protocols, inventory levels, and sales force activities use Sage X3 software to get the job done. Improving efficiencies while gaining greater insight into business functions and increasing organizational flexibility at the same time saves time and makes money.

Keep it simple

Some of the most-favored changes to accounting software and accounting practices are the simplification of once-complex processes and protocols. Among these are two disciplines that help define important business activities:

• Procure to Pay - This system integrates the procurement process and the accounts payable function and enables management to oversee and control the complete transaction process. This approach enables better control over cash flow and inventory levels.
• Quote to Cash - By simplifying the quoting, contracting, and ordering processes, businesses can increase efficiencies and improve profits while reducing costs and the time required for sales to occur. The concept is to expedite sales cycles while enhancing the resulting profitability.
   
   

AICPA-preferred core accounting software

There's only one accounting software provider endorsed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and that's Sage software. The highly-intuitive, user-friendly interface is the preferred solution recommended by the AICPA to its 431,000+ members. The software's ability to handle complex accounting functions while remaining extremely easy to use and its ability to interact across multiple platforms makes it an incredibly valuable tool

Times change, should you?

The days of running a business using Excel spreadsheets alone have long passed. Today's software creates elegant solutions to problems while increasing the speed, accuracy, and value of previously unused data and information. Excel reports are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to enterprise-wide resource planning tools and Sage Intacct combined with Kerr Consulting is a powerful combination that's impossible to beat. Boards, owners, managers, and consulting accountants alike have experienced the increased control and awareness that Sage Intacct and Kerr Consulting bring to the table together.