Is a virtual accountant on your to-hire list? If not, it’s about to be.
Accountants don’t exactly have the rosiest image to business owners, and we know that. Especially when you’re someone who’s focused on following a passion, meeting with a person to talk about your finances is probably not a task you’re excited about. Yet, I’m going to try and change your mind.
Here’s why working with a virtual accountant can be great:
- We handle the day-to-day. We know you don’t have time to carve out of your day to organize your finances every single day. That’s where we come in. We look out for you. We get familiar with regular transactions and can point out when there’s a discrepancy or a cost that can be cut or reduced.
- We see the big picture and the small details. We also know that doing everything else in your business while you assess your finances makes it hard to wrap your head around things in a useful way. To accountants however, your numbers show us your overall trajectory, which we can use to make suggestions towards where you want to go. Those suggestions can then be broken down into smaller, actionable steps.
- We can connect to you wherever. Virtual work makes for more flexibility. It’s a win-win for you both, really.
- We keep you accountable. One of the common pieces of advice for achieving your goals is to have someone else hold you accountable, right? Well, your accountant can be that person for your business finance goals. If you say you’re going to update your pricing structure, we’re going to ask you the next time we speak whether or not you’ve done so. Having someone that will check on your progress might be just the motivation you need to accomplish your business finance goals.
Not yet sure what those goals are or how you can personally get there? Good thing I’ve written my past two blogs about exactly those things!
For a more introductory post about how to set financial goals, head over to How to Create SMARTer Goals.
For the healthy money habits you should adopt to get closer to any financial goal you make, check out 3 Financial Habits That Will Help You Reach Your Goals.
