Barbara Flynn

When I start out on a new month for my many tasks, I do an overview of what I need to get done and in what order it needs to be completed so that I meet my deadlines. One of my larger tasks are our clients’ benefit invoice reconciliations. This task involves many steps that...

One of the many questions I am asked when discussing bookkeeping services is “what should I look for when interviewing an outsourced bookkeeper?”  Here is what I suggest: I would ask them what types of industries have you worked in? For example, I have a client who is a franchise owner, with specific reporting requirements...

I recently read a quote from Theodore Roosevelt: “Believe you can, and you are half-way there.” When I read the quote, I started to think about its meaning, and I was quickly drawn into a state of analysis and brainstorming about it. “Believe” is the key word in the quote. If we believe we can...

Profitability is defined as the degree to which a business or activity yields profit or financial gain. I can share with you that for many years, while working for a previous business, that’s just how the owners operated.  They never thought about the future, they just wanted to see money in the bank, that bills...

I was fortunate early in my career to work for an employer who paid for me to earn my Master’s Degree.  I wanted to do something to give back to my employer for this great benefit and so for my thesis, I developed a Career Development Program for the company.  As part of the program,...

A job description is a written document that summarizes each job in an organization, describes the duties of the job, lists the knowledge, skills and abilities required to do the job, and describes the working conditions and physical demands of the job. Are they necessary? Absolutely. As with any policy, rule or procedure in an...

I love shoe boxes. Yes, that’s right and I am not talking about shoes.  I’m talking about the vessels some business owners use to keep their business receipts in.  If that sounds familiar to you, you need to get someone on board to assist you with getting those documents in order. Many business owners start...

Job descriptions tell you what the knowledge, the skills and the abilities are, which enables you to go out and look at the market. This enables you to compare like jobs with like jobs when you want to determine what you’re going to pay for a particular job. Without a job description, you’re not really...

I have been in the Human Resource field for over 40 years now and have worked with many employment attorneys.  They are a critical part of the organization and I always tell my clients to have a relationship with an employment attorney who they can go to with any concerns they have. Employee handbooks need...