The entering of Gen Z into the workforce is changing the way the world turns, and that means Australian accounting firms and employers in the accounting industry are putting their focus on this young generation to recruit and retain top talent. However, Australian accounting firms may face many challenges in recruiting and training Gen Z accountants. Attracting and recruiting accounting …
Automation in Australian Accounting: Risks or Opportunities?
Automation has been threatening thousands to millions of jobs with obsolescence, and accounting jobs are supposedly at the top of list. Indeed, there is no surprise here that accounting automation truly makes productivity improvements in Australian compliance services. Accounting software that automate processes have taken over many back-office functions in accounting services. Hence; Australian accounting firms who were charging their …
Commoditisation in Australian Outsourcing Accounting Services: Only the Strongest Systems Can Survive
Whether you’ve joined the movement or not, it’s no doubt that the Australian tax and accounting industry keeps moving into more automation. As a result, there are surely big box accounting services providers that have “commoditised” their basic set of services such as bookkeeping, superannuation and taxes. Small and large businesses can find these services from a variety of providers. …
Odyssey Accountants 2020 – Celebrate the Past and Create the Future
During the past 10 years, it’s quite a decade of Odyssey. We had experienced our strong growth from the pioneer to become the market leader in outsourcing for Australian accounting firms. The achievements of Odyssey are the results of the companion of our clients and employees during this 10–year milestone. And we would like to express our thankfulness to all. …
Key Criteria in Choosing a Right Australian Accounting Outsourcing Partner for your firm: Part 2 of 2 – Systemisation and Data Security
Prior to checking this post out, this week blog will keep identifying the main factors that Australian Accounting firms should consider when choosing a right outsourcing partner. Systemisation in Australian accounting outsourcing operation In the outsourcing accounting industry, technology plays an important part to help collaboration across borders with language or time zone difference and leads to higher productivity and …
Key Criteria in Choosing a Right Australian Accounting Outsourcing Partner for your firm: Part 1 of 2 – Maximize Your Cost Efficiency
During the festive season, many Australian accounting firms will close and thus not work on their compliance jobs. In order to reduce the burden of deadlines after the holiday, Australian accounting firms can choose a better solution: outsourcing. Indeed, most of outsourcing firms in Asia countries like Vietnam still process work during the Christmas and New Year season. However, it …
Australian Accounting Revolution: Free your team up for better advisory services
In the recent years, the Australian accounting industry has been experiencing a significant movement from accounting compliance to accounting advisory. Nowadays, Australian SMEs are not only looking for an accounting firm that can help them on compliance work. Yet they also need a true advisor who can give them strategic guidance in financial reporting and taking better decisions for their …
Australian Accountants: A Bigger Plan for your Accounting firm in the Upcoming Era of Automation
The accounting industry has achieved massive cloud penetration and the laggards or those who will never adopt, will be forced to leave the market. Following this market trend, Odyssey has been converting into the cloud since 2013 and kept upgrading our system to maximize our services efficiency. Many Australian accounting firms are willing to pay more for their bookkeeping platforms …
How Outsourcing Services Bring Value to Australian Accounting Firms
In the past few years, the outsourced accounting industry has kept bringing a lot of values to Australian accounting firms. More and more accounting firms have begun to outsource much more complex jobs not only bookkeeping or data entry, but also tax return, SMSFs, etc. What are the major factors that have driven the high demands of outsourced services in …
Walls closing in
Accenture recently announced a shedding of significant staff, where the last shedding was almost 17 years ago. What’s interesting about this is that a week ago the firm Deloitte announced it is set to dissolve one of its six business units, Deloitte Private, an advisory arm aimed at small and medium enterprises and high net-worth individuals, and move its partners, …
