It seems every other day you get an email from a software provider, offering you all the platform bells and whistles that will change your organization for the better—but is another software platform what your enterprise really needs?
This episode, REDW National Tribal Practice Leader Wes Benally discusses how to better target optimal data use in your operations with Lorin Saavedra, Director of Operations in REDW’s Client Advisory and Accounting (CAAS) services group.
REDW LLC is proud to bring you the Insight in Indian Country Podcast, covering important advisory, accounting, and finance topics that impact Tribal Nations and business affairs. Thanks for listening!
Meet Your Hosts:
Wesley Ryan Benally, CPA
Principal and National Tribal Practice Leader
As the leader of REDW’s National Tribal Practice, Wes is committed to improving financial literacy throughout Indian Country. He oversees audits of a wide range for Native American communities, state and local government agencies, and non-profits, nationwide and is a member of the Arizona State Board of Accountancy’s Peer Review Oversight Advisory Committee and serves as an instructor with Arizona State University’s American Indian Policy Institute.
Lorin Saavedra, CVGA
Director of Practice Operations, Client Advisory & Accounting Services (CAAS)
Skilled at strategic planning and creating efficiencies for clients, Lorin has more than 15 years of leadership and accounting experience in banking, hospitality, and manufacturing. She oversees business functions with REDW’s CAAS team, helping clients plan better financial futures and to bridge the gap between the provision of accounting and tax planning services and more extensive financial analysis and consulting.
Compensation Studies—Your Key to Hiring & Retaining Top Talent.
It’s important to attract—and retain—the best employees to ensure the long-term success and sustainability of your tribal organization. And given an exceptionally competitive labor market and the usual budget constraints, this means basing your employee compensation and benefits programs on relevant and reliable data.
More from Insights in Indian Country
- Paving the Way for Growth: NMSCPA 2nd Annual Tribal ConferenceWes Benally is joined by fellow REDW Principals Victor Flores and Chris Henderson to touch on conference topics including tribal economics, entrepreneurship, and impact investing with native-owned businesses.
- Reducing Risks in Retirement Plan Management with Paul Madrid, CPA®, CFP®, AIFA®This episode, Wes Benally and Paul Madrid discuss the Tribal fiduciary role and reducing risk in the management of employer-sponsored retirement plans.
- A Leader’s Journey in Tribal Finance with Hattie Mitchell, CPA, CFE, Prairie Band Potawatomi NationHattie shares her journey as a professional and member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation with REDW National Tribal Practice Leader and show host, Wes Benally. She discusses her background and the inspiration she drew from her family’s involvement in tribal finance…
- Rewards of an Accounting Career with Colaine Curtis (Diné), MBAColaine shares her journey as a Diné woman in the accounting profession, discussing her early career working for tribal organizations, transition to public accounting, and the rewards and challenges of her work.
- Safeguarding Data: Navigating Cybersecurity FundingRecent nationwide efforts for Tribal Nations to access FEMA cybersecurity grant funding were met with challenges during the application process, preventing some Tribes from receiving critical funding.
