Four Skills to Look For When Hiring Your Next Accountant
Hiring an accountant can be one of the most difficult decisions your company can ever make. Hiring a good accountant can send the financial future of your business headed in a brighter direction; hiring a bad accountant can cause you to have nightmares.
Here are four skills you should look for when hiring your next accountant. Making sure that your accountant has these skills will help ensure the best possible future for your business.
Punctuality
Ever heard the quote that “time is money, and money is time?” That’s actually a fact. Time is money, and if your next accountant doesn’t value time and often shows up to meetings late, then they will not value your money. Punctuality is undoubtedly a skill you want your next accountant to possess.
Visionary
Believe it or not, a good accountant must be a visionary. Yes, a visionary. In order to take you and your business finances to the next level, your accountant must be able to see at the next level. A good accountant can literally look at where you are today and envision where you can be tomorrow with a bit of guidance.
Good Listener
Every good accountant listens before speaking. In order for an accountant to know what your financial goals are, how you wish to accomplish those goals, where you’ve been in the past and where you want to go in the future, he or she must first stop and listen. If an accountant always cuts you off or always speaks and never lets you talk, those are clear signs that your accountant doesn’t value you as a client.
Inquisitive
An accountant could easily look at your bank account and assume they know how to get you out of debt and into prosperity but a good accountant never assumes without evidence. Instead, a good accountant always remains inquisitive, asking questions that will help them do their job better and to get a better understanding of why your finances are as good, bad or mediocre as they are.
What skills do you look for in an accountant? Leave your comments below.
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