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Internal Control Considerations: A Primer for Businesses

Jan 16, 2025 | bccpa.ca | Ann Jenireene Gomez |Dan Eisner |Ron Monteiro |Jonas Kwong

Most of us have an intuitive understanding of what internal controls are, even if we don’t label them as such, because we regularly perform a variety of actions to protect ourselves and others from adverse events. Moreover, when bad things do happen, we often look for the contributing factors that led up to these events so that we can prevent reoccurrences.
How to combat loneliness

Jan 6, 2025 | bccpa.ca | Ann Jenireene Gomez |Dan Eisner |Ron Monteiro |Michelle McRae

Ann Gomez is a recurring instructor for your CPABC PD Program, and her webinar “Digital and Physical Organization” is available on demand. While the new year can be a time for focusing on new initiatives and starting fresh, some of us might experience it as a lonely or isolating time. A 2021 Harvard study revealed more than one in three Americans experience feelings of loneliness.
Inflation update 2025 and what it means for employee benefits plans

Dec 10, 2024 | bccpa.ca | Dan Eisner |Ron Monteiro |Michelle McRae |Joey C. Cheung

Recently, the word “inflation” has been front and center from a consumer perspective, and it continues to be a significant issue for employee benefits plans, averaging about 6% per year over the past 25 years. Over the past three years we saw annual inflation rates higher than this historical average, but we also saw a decreasing trend. The good news for 2025 is that these decreases have continued, but the bad news is that employee benefits inflation is still above general market inflation.
Ace your next career fair: Essential tips from a career expert

Aug 8, 2024 | bccpa.ca | Trish Tutton |Ann Jenireene Gomez |Ron Monteiro |Jinny Sim

Explore exciting opportunities at CPA Career Week in Vancouver on September 5, and Kelowna on September 17. Connect with employers, expand your professional network, and attend informative panel discussions with industry leaders. Save your spot. In a competitive job market, distinguishing yourself from other candidates is crucial. One effective way of doing this is by attending in-person career fairs.
Become unshakeable - Develop a mindset to thrive

Jun 26, 2024 | bccpa.ca | Ann Jenireene Gomez |Ron Monteiro |Peter Johnston |Trish Tutton

Thrive through challenge, change, and chaos, no matter what. In this podcast episode, mindfulness expert Trish Tutton speaks with Vince Kanasoot, communications specialist, CPABC about how to use mindfulness technqiues to thrive through challenge, change, and chaos, no matter what. Part of our Coffee Chats with CPABC podcast series. Learn from Trish and other experts at our virtual conference, CPABC Nexus Days: Business & Leadership Insights on July 25.
Four strategies to change how you think about stress

Jun 25, 2024 | bccpa.ca | Ann Jenireene Gomez |Ron Monteiro |Peter Johnston |Jennifer Campbell

How you think about stress is an excellent predictor of your success in being able to manage it…. Have you ever been on a turbulent flight? Most of us have experienced some type of scare, whether the threat was real or perceived, when flying. If you’re like me, when faced with any sort of rough patch, you look to the flight attendants to determine if there is any real danger.
Why leaders should invest in delegating

Jun 18, 2024 | bccpa.ca | Ron Monteiro |Peter Johnston |Jennifer Campbell |Elizabeth Bromstein

Ron will be among a group of industry experts presenting at CPABC’s PD Nexus: Business & Leadership Insights virtual conference on July 25. Join us for an insightful day of professional development that will leave you with the skills and inspiration to amplify your impact. Reserve your place today. Delegating can improve a leader's effectiveness, strengthen team bonds, and enable others to develop new skills.
Moving Beyond Excel - Embracing Analytics

Apr 5, 2023 | blogs.sap.com | Ron Monteiro

Paying homage to ExcelMany of today’s finance and accounting leaders started their career in the 1990s and early 2000s. At the time, these leaders were starting to understand how to use Excel’s powerful capabilities to expand their processes in their departments. Ingenious tools and formulas like VLOOKUP, concatenate, pivot tables, and visual charts have been absolute game changers for finance and accounting professionals. To this day one thing remains constant.
World- class strategic planning as the basis for all organizational planning

Mar 17, 2023 | blogs.sap.com | Ron Monteiro

The Covid-19 pandemic has posed significant challenges, opportunities, and questions to organizational leaders around the globe. Many organizations have had to quickly pivot in order to thrive or stay afloat, due to significant changes in their industries. Companies that have not responded quickly have experienced significant financial and operational challenges. In some cases, they have not survived.