Kevin Phillips

Member Since: 13th Feb 2017
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Kevin is the founder and CEO of idu Software. He has degrees in Commerce and Accounting, and started idu with partners James Smith and Wayne Claassen in 1998. Kevin is fast becoming a thought leader in his field, and makes regular comment in the media about current affairs affecting business, as well as accounting, finance, budgeting and software. He is a columnist for Accountancy South Africa and Tech Leader, and has been featured in Sunday Times, Business Day, Enterprise Risk, Succeed and Entrepreneur. He is also a guest speaker on Radio 702, Kaya FM and Summit TV.
About IDU
Established in 1998, IDU was created by accountants and financial systems specialists to deliver smart software solutions for budgeting and financial reporting across all standard ERP and financial systems. The flagship product, idu-Concept, is specifically designed to overcome issues that get in the way of effective budgeting, forecasting and reporting.
CEO IDU
10th May 2023
Make your reporting process a two-way street
When you think of financial reporting, do you think about presenting business data to the board promptly and accurately? Do you think about...
Financial reporting
14th Mar 2023
To stay the course try to take time over decisions
“Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run twice...
Finance & strategy
28th Sep 2022
Use technology to help customers – not lose them
The trump card in any debate around the challenges of doing business today is digital technology. Whatever the question is, the clever use...
Finance & strategy
26th Apr 2022
Get to know your software before saying goodbye
I’m an advocate of companies building the ability to flex and respond to change quickly and decisively, as you’ll know if you’ve read even...
Accounting software
29th Oct 2021
Becoming the accountant of the future
Let’s face it: we are boring, conservative bean counters, stuck in the back office, blocking spend and new ideas. We’re going to be doing...
Finance & strategy
18th Aug 2021
Cost control: Be cautious about low hanging fruit
It is absolutely the finance team’s fiduciary duty, and indeed obligation, to control spending, especially during times of economic...
Finance & strategy
27th Jul 2021
How does data protection fit into a remote world?
As we start to see the outlines of what a post-pandemic workplace is going to look like, we’re starting to realise that things that made...
Tech pulse
24th May 2021
Digitalisation key to accountants going solo
Despite the current uncertainty and unpredictableness of the world today (or maybe because of it—recessions are well-known breeding grounds...
Tech pulse
5th May 2021
Beware the sunk cost fallacy in a post-pandemic world
I live in a city that, in years gone by, was a major tourist destination for local and international visitors, especially during the summer...
Finance & strategy
31st Mar 2021
How to predict the future with outlier data
In pre-pandemic days, the answer to the question “Why should I care about digitalisation and artificial intelligence?” was very often “...
Finance & strategy