Integrated Reporting: Linking financial and non-financial performance
Integrated Reporting: How to link financial and non-financial performance to showcase added value? Learn about the concept of intellectual capital and other capitals, and how the integrated report improves the company's communication with investors—Digital Basket.
Case Studies: Real Experiences of Digital Transformation in Saudi Arabia (Successes and Failures)
Digital Transformation Case Study: Case Studies from Saudi Arabia on successful ERP implementation and ERP project failures, with lessons learned and success factors related to governance, change management, and data migration to avoid repeating mistakes—Digital Basket.
International Sustainability Standards (IFRS S1 & S2): What should accountants know about them?
International Sustainability Standards: What should accountants know about IFRS S1 and IFRS S2? Explanation of climate, governance, and risk disclosure requirements, and how to prepare auditable data in reports—Digital Basket.
Financial Data Analysis (Excel & BI): Tools for the Digital Accountant
Financial Data Analysis: Excel & BI Tools Needed by the Digital Accountant, with an introduction to Data Analysis for Accountants and key skills for building smart reports, anomaly detection, and improving decision-making—Digital Basket.
Key Excel Functions for Accountants: (VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, XLOOKUP) and Their Financial Applications
Excel Functions for Accountants: Explanation of VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, and IF conditional, with practical financial applications to help you clean data, match balances, and build faster reports without errors—Digital Basket.
Pivot Tables: Analyzing Large Data in Seconds
Pivot Table Explanation: How to use pivot tables to summarize data and analyze large quantities in seconds, and build dynamic Excel reports that reveal trends and differences without complex formulas—Digital Basket.
Automate Reports Using Power Query: Goodbye to Repetitive Manual Work
Power Query Explanation for Accountants: Automate Excel by cleaning data, merging files, and updating reports with one click, to say goodbye to repetitive manual work and reduce copy-paste errors in analyses—Digital Basket.
Power BI for Finance: How to Design an Interactive Financial Dashboard?
Power BI for Accountants: How to Design an Interactive Financial Dashboard? Learn to Visualize Data and Build Interactive Reports that Connect Lists and Indicators and Help Management with Real-Time Monitoring and Faster Decision-Making—Digital Basket.
Excel File Governance: How to Protect Sheets from Errors and Manipulation?
Excel Governance: Best Practices for Sheet Protection, Reducing Excel Errors, Version Control, and Backup, with Simple Controls to Prevent Manipulation and Ensure the Integrity of Financial Report Files—Digital Basket.
International Standards on Auditing (ISA): An overview of the responsibilities of the external auditor
International Standards on Auditing (ISA): An overview of the responsibilities of the external auditor, and how ISA affects audit quality, planning, risk assessment, and evidence gathering, with key points every accountant should know—Digital Basket.
Financial technologies (FinTech) and automation
Financial Technology (FinTech): An overview of financial technology, digital payments, and automation, and how FinTech changes collection and payment processes, opening opportunities to enhance customer experience and reduce transaction costs—Digital Basket.
Independent Auditor’s Report: Types of opinion (clean, qualified, adverse, disclaimer) and what do they mean?
External Auditor's Report: Explanation of opinion types—clean, qualified, adverse, and disclaimer—and what they mean for each user, with clarification of the emphasis of matter paragraph and how it affects decision-making—Digital Basket.
E-Invoicing: Technical requirements and integration with the Tax Authority (ZATCA)
E-Invoicing: Technical requirements for implementing ZATCA Invoice and how to integrate with the Tax and Customs Authority, with clarification of the QR code and common errors leading to invoice rejection—Digital Basket.
Audit Evidence: External confirmations and surprise inventory
Audit Evidence: When to use bank confirmations and external confirmations? How to conduct physical or surprise inventory and assess the sufficiency of evidence and document it to support the opinion—Digital Basket.
Robotic Process Automation (RPA): How to use ‘bots’ in reconciliations and invoice entry?
RPA in Accounting: How to use accounting robots to automate repetitive tasks like reconciliations and invoice entry? Learn about suitable cases, expected returns, and the future of accounting with automation—Digital Basket.
Relationship with the External Auditor: How to prepare your files (Audit Readiness) to reduce observations?
External Auditor: How to achieve Audit Readiness? A guide to preparing the audit file, collaborating with the auditor, managing evidence requests, understanding the representation letter, and how to reduce observations and speed up audit completion—Digital Basket.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Finance: How will it change financial forecasting and fraud detection?
Artificial Intelligence in Accounting: How AI changes financial forecasting and fraud detection? Learn about practical uses like predictive analytics and ChatGPT for accountants, and the limits of reliance and governance—Digital Basket.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems: A Guide to Successful Selection and Implementation
ERP System: A guide to selecting and successfully implementing enterprise resource planning, how to compare between accounting software and integrated systems, and determine requirements and processes to ensure an ERP project delivers real value—Digital Basket.
Cybersecurity for Accountants: Protecting financial data from breaches and phishing
Accounting Information Security: A guide for accountants to protect financial data from breaches and phishing, with information security measures like MFA, access management, backup, and awareness to reduce risks—Digital Basket.
When do you need an ERP system? Indicators that Excel is no longer sufficient
When do you need ERP? Discover clear indicators such as Excel issues, company expansion, and difficulty in data unification, and how ERP helps you with unified data, better control, and faster reports before complexities double—Digital Basket.
Sustainability and Governance (ESG): Green accounting and the future of reporting
ESG Standards: An introduction to financial sustainability and environmental, social, and governance responsibility, and how green accounting is evolving and the future of reporting to meet investor and regulatory expectations—Digital Basket.
Choosing an ERP System: Comparing Cloud and On-Premise Solutions
Choosing an ERP System: Comparing Cloud and On-Premise Solutions, with a look at ERP software comparisons like Odoo vs SAP, ERP costs, and the pros and cons of each option before making a decision—Digital Basket.
What are ESG Standards? And why does the modern CFO care about them?
What is ESG? A simplified explanation of environmental, social, and governance standards, and why the modern CFO cares about them in sustainability reports, responsible investment, and green finance, with examples of common indicators and disclosures—Digital Basket.
Corporate Governance: The role of the audit committee and the board of directors
Corporate Governance: The role of the board of directors and the audit committee in enhancing transparency and protecting shareholders' rights, and how governance reflects on report quality, risk management, and compliance—Digital Basket.
Internal Audit: Methodology and added value
Internal Audit: Methodology and added value—What is the role of the internal auditor and the internal audit department? And how do you build a work program and produce an internal audit report that supports management and improves control—Digital Basket.
Modern internal audit: Transition from ‘fault-finding’ to ‘risk-based auditing’
Modern internal audit: How to move from fault-finding to risk-based auditing? Learn about IIA standards and how to increase the value of internal audit by understanding risks, prioritizing, and measuring impact—Digital Basket.
Internal Audit Charter: The constitution governing the auditor’s work (with a model)
Internal Audit Charter: What does it contain? How does it define the internal auditor's authority, audit independence, and the relationship with management and the committee, with a model to help you draft a strong charter in line with best practices—Digital Basket.
Audit Task Planning: Preparing the work program and selecting samples
Internal Audit Planning: How to prepare the annual audit plan, define the scope, draft the audit program, and select samples in a way that ensures adequate coverage without wasting the team's time—Digital Basket.
Conducting the audit and gathering evidence: Interviews, document examination, and observation
Audit Procedures: Conducting the audit and gathering evidence through interviews, document examination, and observation, with sample selection and analytical review, and how to document everything in working papers to support your findings—Digital Basket.
Writing Internal Audit Reports: How do you draft observations and recommendations in a way that convinces management?
Internal Audit Report: Learn how to draft observations and recommendations in a way that convinces management, with a risk classification style, writing the cause and impact of the problem, the action plan, and how to present the report professionally and clearly—Digital Basket.