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HR & Payroll Year End Readiness

Written on November 27, 2018. Posted in Advisory Services.

By Carolyn Hall, Floriana Allen, and Laura Melville The end of the year can be busy for many companies. While December brings holiday parties and end-of-year celebrations, business owners should be mindful to make sure their HR and payroll departments are on top of timely actions in order to ensure a smooth transition into the New Year. This checklist will help you get a jumpstart on your year-end planning. Human Resources Review your employees’ data to make sure you have accurate...

New Jersey Employers Subject To New Paid Sick Leave law

Written on September 25, 2018. Posted in Human Resources.

New Jersey employers will soon be faced with new requirements to provide paid sick leave to all employees. Signed into law by Governor Murphy earlier this year, the new requirements will take effect on October 29th. As stated in an earlier blog, this mandate applies to businesses of all sizes and requires employers to provide up to 40 hours of paid sick leave to employees, including part-time, temporary and seasonal employees. Businesses that do not currently offer paid sick leave...

Preparing Your Business for an ERP Implementation

Written on September 11, 2018. Posted in Technology.

There are few administrative initiatives that might prove more challenging to more of your employees in more departments than the launch or changeover of an ERP system. Don’t get me wrong — in time you’ll all feel that it’s totally worth it in terms of enhanced productivity and accuracy. It’s just that you’ll all work up a sweat getting there. In an earlier blog post I described your Enterprise Resource Planning system as being the brain center of your company. So an ERP implementation...

The Cadillac of Technology: Yardi Aids Companies Both Big and Small

Written on April 26, 2017. Posted in Technology.

By Wiss Associate When it comes to real estate investment and property management software, Yardi Technology is the Cadillac of products on the market. Few can compete with Yardi’s scope of offerings, from commercial real estate and construction management to residential rentals and investment partnerships. And while Yardi is one of the longest-standing companies of its kind, it’s also an innovator: It was one of the first such software brands to offer a total cloud-based product. Yardi...

Take Your Inventory Management System Out of the Spreadsheet Age

Written on January 31, 2017. Posted in Advisory Services.

By Donna Woronka Many businesses start up so modestly that they can fit their full inventory in their garage, a slice of rented warehouse or in that dark, cobwebby storeroom in their building—and easily keep track of it via a spreadsheet. But as businesses grow and inventory expands, all that manual input catches up with them. In the first place, spreadsheet inventory management is a laborious operation that takes key people away from what they should be doing. And manual input is...

How to Make Sure Your Bookkeeping is Efficient and Accurate

Written on September 13, 2016. Posted in Outsourced Accounting & Tax.

By Laura Melville Updated 7/30/2019. Get organized. Stay timely. Be informed. These three mandates can change the way you manage your books and free you up to focus on other tasks needed to grow your company. Here are some effective bookkeeping strategies to help keep your business on track. Understand and communicate the importance of timely and accurate financial reports Make sure responsible parties are trained on how to keep records, how to create reports and when those reports...