Statistics has over time shown that fraud has no clear winner. All we have is collateral loss – the only winner in fraudulent situation is Waste! Fraud prevention strategies is the best bet that businesses have to ensure that the business always wins. The mistake that a lot of business leaders make is to think […]
Psychology of poverty | Avoid Poverty to Embrace Wealth
One unfortunate thing about being poor is that it deprives an individual of so many privileges that seems to be exclusively reserved for the rich elites in the society. This is one of those posts where I simply express my displeasure to what the society has somehow seen to be normal. For some strange reason, […]
Accounting and Politics | Role of Accountants in Political Economy
The fact that accountancy is the universal language of money means that politics cannot thrive without having people who fluently speak the language of money play a key part in the political economy. Accountants no matter how hard they try to keep away from being associated with politics can’t seem to run fast enough to […]
Internal Auditor Job Description | Internal Audit Roles and Functions
Unlike the job description for accountants that are fairly standardized, every company is free to set whatever they like and call it Internal auditor job description so long as it meets the company’s unique business need. However, there are internal audit roles and functions that must be included in the modern day business environment. In […]
Financial health check | Tips for Healthy Finance
Financial health check is a task that must be performed by every individual on a more regular basis if one truly desires to attain financial independence. Today in this piece, I will be focusing on tips for healthy finance that will not only help you be in good short term financial status but will also […]
Accountants vs Auditors | Should I become an Accountant or an Auditor?
This article on Accountants Vs Auditors is written specifically with young people who are at the point of making a choice in the world of noble accountancy profession in mind. Just a little background checks to make sure that I am qualified to write an article in this field as some serious career decisions might […]
Who is an auditor? | How can I become an auditor?
I have spent reasonable part of my working career being a professional auditor (both internal and external). And this has made a lot of people ask me the following questions; ‘who is an auditor?’ and ‘how can I become an auditor?’. So, in this post, I will provide practical explanation to the question ‘who is […]
What are the differences between mission statement, corporate objectives and business strategy? | Tabulated.
Today, I will be talking about the differences between mission statements, corporate objectives and business strategy. This article is part of the series on ‘what is strategy formulation’ where I also talked about how to build a profitable business model. You will agree with me that I couldn’t have possibly discussed all there is to […]
10 Uses of Budget to Fintech Start-Ups
It is not enough for a fintech entrepreneur to have coding skills and brilliant ideas in order to succeed in business. Some form of business lessons needs to be picked up along the way. Uses of budget to fintech start-ups is not fully grasped by techie minded entrepreneurs as evidenced by a comment made by […]
WHAT IS STRATEGY FORMULATION? | HOW TO DESIGN A PROFITABLE BUSINESS MODEL
In this post about what is strategy formulation, I will explain what a strategy formulation is in a simple language and also describe how to design a profitable business model. A lot has been written about strategic management and strategic planning. So, I will not be delving into those areas in this post. My focus […]
Basics of Assets Management for Sustainable Growth and Development
In this article on the basics of assets management for sustainable growth and development, I will be explaining in simple language how to manage the assets of your business in this technological age and beyond for optimal positive results. What is an Asset? Just for the purpose of this post, an asset is a resource […]
10 Functions and roles of CFO | successful businesses have progressive CFOs
Functions and roles of the CFO (Chief Financial Officer) has long gone beyond preparation of financial statements. You will agree with me that finance is the live blood of every organization, and that a lot goes into ensuring that the finances keeps flowing. If the above is true, then the person who is to be […]
Business Growth Obstacles and Challenges | Why Businesses are not Growing
In this article on business growth obstacle and challenges, I will discuss why struggling businesses are not growing and probably will not grow. This article is a continuation of my previous post on how to successfully run a small business and small business lessons from royal families. 10 Business Growth Obstacles and Challenges Mediocre management […]
Symptoms and Signs of Overtrading | How to Know When a Business is Overtrading
In this article on the symptoms and signs of overtrading, I will be talking about how to know when a business is overtrading especially in this technologically dependent world that we now live in. I would like to begin by firstly explaining what overtrading means in the next paragraph. What is Overtrading? Over trading is […]
Street Wise Accountant Vs Chartered Accountant | which is better?
This is going to be a relatively short post to give my opinion on a question that was raised in a recent debate I had with some of my professional colleagues in a small business gathering that we had last week in Lagos. It is always advisable start a discussion like this by making your […]
Advantages and Disadvantages of Risk Based Internal Audit Approach
This article about advantages and disadvantages of risk based internal audit approach is written to answer a question asked by a reader of this accounting blog on my previous article on process of risk based audit. Brief Explanation of Risk Based Internal Audit I will not go into detailed explanation of what a risk based […]
Payroll Fundamentals in Nigeria | How to Compute PAYE in Microsoft Excel
This article on payroll fundamentals focusing on how to compute PAYE in Microsoft excel is based on the provisions of the recently enacted Finance Act 2020. If you are an HR personnel working in a small company in Nigeria where you still use excel to prepare payroll, then count yourself lucky as this article on […]
Work Place Security and Violence Management Fundamentals for Small Businesses
Work place security management and workplace violence management are two concepts that strangely sounds Greek to the ears of over 89% of small business owners and managers. This is an unfortunate reality as it goes a long way to show how SMEs value their most valued assets – employees. In this article, I will be […]
Fundamentals of Engagement Planning of Financial Statement Audit
The main objective of engagement planning is to draw early attention to things that could possibly go wrong during the audit of financial statements of an organization. The audit planning memo of Arthur Anderson dated February 6, 2001 revealed that the audit team assigned to Enron identified some serious red flags for possible fraud about […]
20 Reasons Why Most Fintech Start-Ups Fail
This article on 20 reasons why most Fintech Start-ups fail has been published in my discontinued blog. In as much as financial Technology (fintech) companies have in recent time shown signs of revolutionalizing the way we handle our daily finances does not remove the fact that majority fintech start-ups fail. There are a number of […]
Write a Risk Register Like a Pro | a Practical Guide
If you are struggling to write a Risk Register, this article on how to write a risk register like a pro is all that you need.