Posts in Accounting Advisory
156 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Finance and Accounting

Leading indicators best represent the business’s headlights and tell you where the company is going and what obstacles to watch out for. By the time your financial statements alert you to an issue, it’s too late, but by mixing certain operational data points with financial data you can provide leading indicators for your team to avoid pitfalls.

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How to build a bulletproof pricing strategy for advisory services

Setting a pricing strategy is arguably the most intimidating process for any new advisor. It’s complicated and scary enough that there are pricing consultants to help you price… your consulting services. Let’s simplify this a bit. The fact is, everyone has a maximum amount they are willing to pay for a good or service. It’s your job to get as close to that as possible. 

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How to Price Business Advisory Services for 10:1 ROI

A popular question I get from accountants looking to make the transition is around pricing advisory services vs compliance work since it’s vastly different in nature. It’s unfamiliar territory: compliance work is typically more task-oriented and advisory tends to be a bit more subjective (although it shouldn’t be, but I’ll save that for another post). As you’ve heard time and again, the answer is value-based pricing. It’s about pricing for perceived value of your services rather than marking up the cost to deliver them.

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