Brett Wilgar

We are really excited with these news features! Watchful Eye now automatically generates an Overall Quality Score to measure how well we think you are using Xero \ MYOB – available to all users. When a company has completed the connection process to Watchful Eye, a Xero \ MYOB Assessment Report is generated for you to make recommendations on how your clients can improve how they are using Xero \ MYOB. Brand with your logo & your clients logo –…

A good reminder, which unfortunately needs to be often. There is no need not to trust that emails requesting bank account changes are legitimate but make sure you pick up the phone and ring to confirm the request to change bank accounts. A good simple internal control to safeguard your outgoing payments. For suppliers, get the phone number already stored in Xero\MYOB or take it off a previous invoice. https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/111961700/police-warn-businesses-of-scammers-hacking-into-workers-bank-accounts Anuja Nadkarni12:13, Apr 11 2019 The scammers use the employee’s…

This article makes you realise the scale of what I see as a general issue that impacts SMEs as much as councils. Poor processes or not being able to measure quality is costing companies an enormous amount of money. NSW councils told to improve financial reporting Judy Skatssoon NSW councils told to improve financial reporting 28 February, 2019 Councils need to improve their accounting, audit says. NSW councils need to improve the quality of their financial reporting, according to an…

We are focusing Watchful Eye on enabling Virtual CFOs to understand the quality a businesses accounting processes so they can improve these to ensure the financial reporting is reliable before moving on to add value with more strategic advice. A good article on why Virtual CFOs are becoming more prevalent and how technology has assisted this. https://www.intheblack.com/articles/2019/02/07/rise-and-rise-of-virtual-cfo Practices offering virtual CFO services tend to develop closer relationships with clients. Practitioners performing the role of a virtual CFO are not only…

We are developing ideas around how Watchful Eye can be used as an integral part of your client engagement strategy, looking at what is going on in your clients Xero or MYOB systems and asking pertinent questions or raising alerts to check processes. If the research in the attached article is correct you will also want to find ways to not be caught by this statistic: “68% of clients change accounting firms because they feel that you don’t are about…

Are you doing what you can to ensure nothing slips through your accounts payable process? A good article by Xero about how accounts payable automation can help (link below) but automation does not solve all of your problems and also creates a couple. We look for anomalies in your accounts payable and payments data, whether or not you use automation, to make sure all is well in your accounting system. We return data in our menus if we find any…

💰 Think you know what an accountant does? The reality is accountants do a lot more than add up columns of figures. 📈 Read more: http://bit.ly/2oxIhT9 #WatchfulEye Accountants survey to plumb ‘the future of trust’ Rob Stock05:00, Sep 02 2018 123RF Think you know what an accountant does? The reality is accountants do a lot more than add up columns of figures. Chartered accountants are among the most trusted money professionals, even at a time when trust levels in the…

Watchful Eye, we like a surveillance camera for your accounting system. https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/from-freebies-for-mates-to-150000-fraud-employee-theft-costs-australian-business-billions/news-story/ac7b41f93ace63b20ff99b5e3d1b712a IT’S an epidemic costing Aussie businesses $1.5 billion a year, but many of us have been guilty of it at one point or another. Frank Chung@franks_chung Stealing office supplies might be tempting, but you shouldn’t do it.Source:istock IF YOU’VE ever taken a pen, notepad, stapler or even a Post-It note home from the office, you’re part of a problem costing employers $1.5 billion a year. According to the…