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Sikich Audit & Assurance Practice Leader Mel...

Melanie Barnes, CPA, discusses in CPA Practice Advisor how firms can build clearer career pathways by modernizing learning and development programs...

Continuous compliance: How to stay truthfully au...

TL;DR: Annual affirmation means your SPRS score is a claim you make every day of the year, not just the day you sign it. Continuous compliance...

Passkeys by default: Preparing for the retiremen...

The world of cybersecurity continues to evolve at an incredible pace. Attackers are becoming more sophisticated, phishing campaigns are growing more...

One reserve number cannot answer three nonprofit...

Nonprofit organization finance departments and boards often rely on a single measure of financial health: months of reserves. The problem is that...

2026 Yellow Book webinar series: session 9 – Com...

Common reporting deficiencies can lead to compliance challenges, audit findings, and missed opportunities for improvement. In Session 9 of Sikich's...

Sikich and Rillet announce strategic partnership...

Sikich is excited to announce that we’re joining forces with Rillet to help growth-stage life sciences companies modernize finance operations with...

Insurance intake automation: accelerating submis...

For insurers, MGAs, and underwriting organizations, underwriting performance starts with submission intake. Rising submission volumes, increasing...

Beyond hours and rates: 20 AI accelerators for D...

Five years ago, a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management implementation that cost $3 million was often priced almost entirely...

Q3 2026 credit market update

Key takeaways Credit markets remained resilient in Q3 despite geopolitical tensions, persistent inflation, and renewed interest rate volatility...

Taming the untamable: How Robocopy vanquished a...

As a seasoned IT professional, I’ve encountered my fair share of technical challenges throughout my career. However, a recent struggle with a...

Shrink the problem: How a CMMC enclave with Azur...

TL;DR: The single biggest driver of CMMC compliance cost is not any one control. It is the size of your compliance boundary. An enclave built on...

Compliance by design: Why retrofitting complianc...

Managing General Agents (MGAs) continue to expand their role in the insurance ecosystem by launching new programs, expanding to additional states and...