Multi-Unit Franchisee Magazine Issue II, 2013 | Page 73

Think about everyone in your organization who “touches” the flow of funds. who provides the opportunity, and the thief who supplies the “need.” And there are many events that create need, from alcohol, gambling, and drugs to just plain greed. In the end, the odds of experiencing fraud or embezzlement are exceedingly low... unless it happens to you. As the Boy Scout motto says: Be Prepared. Steve LeFever is the founder and chairman of Profit Mastery, a Seattle-based eLearning company that has trained more than half a million people on how to measure and manage financial information to consistently increase business profits. Their programs have been taught around the globe and are now available online as an on-demand video program that can be accessed 24/7/365. Learn more about this educational course at www.profitmastery.net. or contact him at 800-488-3520 x14 or [email protected]. Finding a CPA • taxsites.com/cpa-societies.html — a listing of state CPA societies, most of which will have a section called “Find a CPA”; searchable by type of service needed as well as by industry • accountant-finder.com — for locating accountants by area; very basic and more comparable to a telephone directory listing • accountantsworld.com/list/ directorylist.aspx — this directory also provides nationwide search capabilities • proadvisor.intuit.com/ accountant-match — QuickBooks has a great website to search for a local QuickBooks expert Multi-Un