Dear
Hannah,
Yesterday we kicked off the new Corporate Financial Professionals Advisory Group. We are exploring ways the Society can increase our value to members
in corporate finance and industry. This Advisory Group represents members in a wide range of industries, which is key to helping us figure out how we
can improve membership for those not working in public accounting.
At the meeting, we dove into our demographics to learn more about this important sector. MSCPA industry members skew a little older
and are slightly more concentrated west of 128 than our membership as a whole. While we have a few companies with more than five MSCPA members, the
vast majority – over 1,000 – are the only MSCPA members in their organization. My takeaway, and the clear message from the Advisory Group,
is that the Society must help these members connect, have a forum to exchange industry-based ideas and questions and provide opportunities for career
development through relevant training and mentorship programs. Stay tuned as we will soon launch one or more HUB communities, networking events and training programs that are
specifically geared to industry members. I am very interested to hear your ideas and feedback as we move this forward. Please feel free to email me at
apitter@mscpaonline.org, or call me at 617.556.4000 to share your thoughts.
Have a great weekend!
Amy A. Pitter
President &
CEO
NETWORKING EVENTS & UPDATES
Real Estate Committee (9/22)
MSCPA members are invited to the upcoming meeting of the Real Estate committee to hear a presentation by
Justin Smith, Managing Director with the Newmark Boston Capital Markets Group, on the current state of commercial transactions and financing. The
meeting will be from 8:30-10:00 a.m. in conference room A on the 9th floor of 105 Chauncy Street. Please RSVP to Barbara Iannoni. One CPE credit will be given to those who attend.
Sip & Socialize (11/3)
Spark new leads networking with like-minded CPAs and lawyers in a relaxed setting. Stop
wasting your time with networking that goes nowhere - connect with professionals who want to follow-up and help you expand your business and advance
your career.
Compensation at MA Public Accounting Firms
The MSCPA is collecting information about
compensation at Massachusetts public accounting firms of all sizes – small, mid-size and large. The accuracy of our results depends on the
number of survey participants. Please complete the survey to ensure that our results are an accurate reflection of accounting firms in the
Commonwealth. Your responses are completely anonymous and data with fewer than five entries for category or firm size, will not be reported to further
protect your anonymity. The MSCPA will report on our results later this fall.
Connect with Colleagues in the Member
Directory
Our online community, The HUB, features an interactive Member Directory. Connect with old
colleagues and peers in the Directory. Visit The HUB to get started: http://hub.mscpaonline.org/network/members (login using your
member ID).
New Volunteer
Request - Treasurer - Quantal Research
The
Latest Career Center Jobs
- Senior Tax Associate
- Tax and Audit Seniors
Last Call for Buzz and Classified
Announcements!
Do you have news to share? Submissions to the MSCPA’s Buzz section and
Classified advertisements are due next Friday, September 23. This issue will reach members the first full week in November. For more information about
the Buzz, email Hannah Naranjo at hnaranjo@mscpaonline.org. For information and pricing for our
Classified ads, email Kristin Wells at kwells@mscpaonline.org. To view our September issue, click here.
NEWS & RESOURCES
MSCPA in the News
With GE's Arrival, KPMG Has a $100
Million Client Next Door (Boston Business Journal)
Interest Rates Remain the
Same for the Fourth Quarter of 2016
August Revenue Collections Total $1.737 Billion
SumNews - Member Spotlight Featuring James K. Matzdorff, CPA, MSA
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
WE NEED TO
HEAR FROM YOU: Take Our Revenue Analysis Survey!
The MSCPA launched a survey earlier this year to gage current and anticipated taxpayer behavior in an effort to assist the
DOR in better predicting monthly revenue collections. Thanks to many of you, our first edition was a success. Please help us again!
MA Unemployment Rate Drops to 3.9%
The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced this week that the
August unemployment rate dropped to 3.9%, down from 4.1% last month and 4.8% at the same point last year. Job gains were found in nearly every sector.
This marks the lowest rate since August 2001.
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