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		<title>How to Create a Management Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2022 17:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>More than Financial Numbers Today’s business leaders are no longer satisfied with pure numbers. They demand valuable insights that contribute to better decision-making and strategy execution, especially around their most vital asset: their people. Increasing Your Value A core value at accounting firms is to deliver a consolidated performance report to a company’s top management on a regular basis. A “Management Report” or packet, as many call it, is the crescendo moment in the consultative relationship between firms and their clients. What’s more? Achieving a great ‘best impression’ in ‘showing’ and ‘speaking’ to the success of a thriving business and team can go a long way. It also provides firms an avenue to share regular insights and commentary in a formal process to solve business problems through a human perspective that technology simply cannot — and will never be able to — solve on its own. Connecting to Gusto This is why I am excited to announce that Reach Reporting has partnered with Gusto to help People Advisors unlock the value of powerful management reporting for clients of any size. &#160; Providing People-Centered Reports As a People Advisor, you combine your financial expertise with people-focused guidance to better serve your clients. By delivering [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://reachreporting.com/blog/reach-report-combined-with-gusto">How to Create a Management Report</a> appeared first on <a href="https://reachreporting.com">Reach Reporting</a>.</p>
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<h2>More than Financial Numbers</h2>
<p>Today’s business leaders are no longer satisfied with pure numbers. They demand valuable insights that contribute to better decision-making and strategy execution, especially around their most vital asset: <a href="https://gusto.com/company-news/the-guidance-gap-new-research-reveals-businesses-need-advice-on-people-operations">their people</a>.</p>
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<h2>Increasing Your Value</h2>
<p>A core value at accounting firms is to deliver a consolidated performance report to a company’s top management on a regular basis. A “Management Report” or packet, as many call it, is <i>the</i> crescendo moment in the consultative relationship between firms and their clients. What’s more? Achieving a great ‘best impression’ in ‘showing’ and ‘speaking’ to the success of a thriving business and team can go a long way. It also provides firms an avenue to share regular insights and commentary in a formal process to solve business problems through a human perspective that technology simply cannot — and will never be able to — solve on its own.</p>
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<h2>Connecting to Gusto</h2>
<p>This is why I am excited to announce that Reach Reporting has partnered with Gusto to help People Advisors <a href="https://reachreporting.com/reach-reporting-with-gusto">unlock the value of powerful management reporting</a> for clients of any size.</p>
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<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-240317 size-full aligncenter" src="https://wpcdn.reachreporting.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/13162027/reports2.jpg" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1590px, 100vw" srcset="https://wpcdn.reachreporting.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/13162027/reports2.jpg 1590w, https://wpcdn.reachreporting.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/13162027/reports2-1280x472.jpg 1280w, https://wpcdn.reachreporting.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/13162027/reports2-980x361.jpg 980w, https://wpcdn.reachreporting.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/13162027/reports2-480x177.jpg 480w" alt="" width="1590" height="586" /></p>
<h2>Providing People-Centered Reports</h2>
<p>As a <a href="https://gusto.com/partners/accountants/peopleadvisory">People Advisor</a>, you combine your financial expertise with people-focused guidance to better serve your clients. By delivering People Advisory as a <a href="https://gusto.com/partners/accountants/trainings#people-advisory-accelerator">professional service</a> and unlocking data-driven People Advisory insights and recommendations, you immediately access the crown jewel moment within the consulting relationship.</p>
<p>Reach Reporting will help Gusto Partners generate meaningful financial and people recommendations through management report templates – ready to use from day one – allowing them to tell a powerful story. In other words, Reach isn’t just a management report builder; it’s a storytelling system.</p>
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<h2>Enhance Financial Reports</h2>
<p>You are a professional—we get that—and you deserve the power to visualize your client’s success. With Reach and Gusto combined, you can build management reports how you want, whenever you want. Using Reach’s platform, there are no limitations in creating what you need, turning it into a template, and using it for any client across your firm. It’s time that you have the power to work without your hands tied.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-239924 size-full aligncenter" src="https://wpcdn.reachreporting.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/13162046/standardize.png" sizes="(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw" srcset="https://wpcdn.reachreporting.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/13162046/standardize.png 800w, https://wpcdn.reachreporting.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/13162046/standardize-480x480.png 480w" alt="" width="800" height="800" /></p>
<h2>Improve the Value of Gusto Data</h2>
<h3>Access a Managerial Report Library.</h3>
<p>Our reporting library is updated with new monthly managerial reports, providing a wide range of auto-populated People Advisory packets, spreadsheets, and statements that help you quickly display actionable information.</p>
<h3>Auto-Populate Build Data into Managerial Reports.</h3>
<p>Add live text anywhere in the People Advisory management reports to never have to do it again. Then connect a client’s accounting profile and the management report will pull real-time data from underlying accounting software with our live-sync technology.</p>
<h3>Share Custom Managerial Reports to All Clients.</h3>
<p>Quickly manage People Advisory Management Reports and share them with other clients saving you time in rebuilding the report.</p>
<h3>Build, Save and Manage Managerial Reports.</h3>
<p>You can build as many custom People Advisory reports and forecasting metric templates as possible. You can re-use them to jump-start a new People Advisory Management Report for another client or create them from scratch with advanced formulas.</p>
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<h2>Standout from the Crowd</h2>
<p>The best advisors have the best communication with their clients. Clients have a thirst for insights and want to <i>see</i> how their business and team perform. And guess what? They want their pro to deliver it all. This moment is where you come in and where the story never ends.</p>
<p>How you provide insights matters just as much as what those insights are. Reach Reporting and Gusto will enable you to support your clients in meaningful ways, make recommendations that drive impact, and continue developing rapport. Right now, we have a golden opportunity to stand out from the crowd in how management reports are used – from delivering a thick, dry stack of papers with numbers on them to a beautifully interactive two-way conversation.</p>
<p>It’s time to <i>show</i> the value between people and purpose. <a href="https://reachreporting.com/reach-reporting-with-gusto">Integrate Reach Reporting</a> today.</p>
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<p><b>Justin Hatch. </b>Justin is the CEO of Reach Reporting and an industry expert in the field of business management specializing in software development and financial reporting. Justin has had nearly 20 years of management experience and is now serving as CEO at Reach Reporting. Reach is built on the foundation of simplification. The mantra is to absorb complexity wherever possible and to build less, not more, software.</p>
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<p>The post <a href="https://reachreporting.com/blog/reach-report-combined-with-gusto">How to Create a Management Report</a> appeared first on <a href="https://reachreporting.com">Reach Reporting</a>.</p>
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		<title>A Guide to Financial Data Storytelling</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2021 20:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>As the CEO of Reach Reporting, Justin Hatch has met countless business owners struggling to understand their financial data. However, the pain point of data comprehension has created an opportunity for savvy financial professionals to differentiate their services and compete in the rapidly changing landscape of accounting. In this article, Justin provides tips on how accountants can incorporate data storytelling into their business strategy to significantly impact their clients. What is Data Storytelling? Data storytelling is more than just data visualization, analytics, or a handful of stats sitting in a spreadsheet, dashboard, or report. It&#8217;s a compelling narrative developed on accurate data, used to provide valuable information to clients, reveal exciting trends, and support positive decision-making. To effectively incorporate data storytelling, a plan is necessary, including good data, synthesis, a narrative, data visualization, and energy. For accountants, data storytelling enhances the ability to communicate financial insights more effectively, creating a more significant impact on clients while developing their firm&#8217;s role as an essential part of their clients&#8217; businesses. How Can Accountants Use Data Storytelling? Data storytelling is vital for accountants to differentiate their services, enhance client touch-points, and increase referrals. Accountants can incorporate data storytelling into their reporting strategy to [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://reachreporting.com/blog/accountants-losing-clients-to-financial-storytellers">A Guide to Financial Data Storytelling</a> appeared first on <a href="https://reachreporting.com">Reach Reporting</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As the CEO of <a href="https://reachreporting.com">Reach Reporting</a>, Justin Hatch has met countless business owners struggling to understand their financial data. However, the pain point of data comprehension has created an opportunity for savvy financial professionals to differentiate their services and compete in the rapidly changing landscape of accounting. In this article, Justin provides tips on how accountants can incorporate data storytelling into their business strategy to significantly impact their clients.</p>
<h2>What is Data Storytelling?</h2>
<p>Data storytelling is more than just data visualization, analytics, or a handful of stats sitting in a spreadsheet, dashboard, or report. It&#8217;s a compelling narrative developed on accurate data, used to provide valuable information to clients, reveal exciting trends, and support positive decision-making.</p>
<p>To effectively incorporate data storytelling, a plan is necessary, including good data, synthesis, a narrative, data visualization, and energy. For accountants, data storytelling enhances the ability to communicate financial insights more effectively, creating a more significant impact on clients while developing their firm&#8217;s role as an essential part of their clients&#8217; businesses.</p>
<h2>How Can Accountants Use Data Storytelling?</h2>
<p>Data storytelling is vital for accountants to differentiate their services, enhance client touch-points, and increase referrals. Accountants can incorporate data storytelling into their reporting strategy to provide meaning and value to clients. By bringing together the human element and complex data, accountants can help businesses navigate their industries and make confident, informed decisions.</p>
<p>To make financial reports essential, accountants need to provide clients with context and help them synthesize complex data effectively. By blending storytelling and data visualization, accountants can appeal to their clients&#8217; analytical and emotional sides, making financial data more accessible, understandable, and engaging. Encouraging engagement can create clients that actively utilize and synthesize the data provided, making them more confident in their financial decision-making.</p>
<h2>How Will Storytelling Improve Your Firm?</h2>
<p>Data storytelling builds loyalty by providing easily understood reports that focus on growing clients&#8217; businesses rather than leaving them more confused. Data storytelling also demonstrates the value of a firm&#8217;s services and provides a unique offering that other firms are not currently providing. By increasing referrals, accountants can gain more clients and become more essential to their clients&#8217; financial strategy.</p>
<p>Data storytelling is the future of accounting, and innovative accounting firms will learn to master this medium. By incorporating data storytelling into their strategy and utilizing the <a href="https://app.reachreporting.com/login">Reach Reporting app</a>, accountants can transform complex data into actionable insights, differentiate their services, and become more essential to their clients&#8217; financial strategy. Start experimenting now with Reach Reporting getting a demo, seeing and sample reports, then creating financial reports that truly tell your clients&#8217; stories.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://reachreporting.com/blog/accountants-losing-clients-to-financial-storytellers">A Guide to Financial Data Storytelling</a> appeared first on <a href="https://reachreporting.com">Reach Reporting</a>.</p>
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