Here's how you can conquer your workload and meet deadlines without feeling overwhelmed.

Differentiate between urgent and important tasks.Assess the impact of each task on overall goals and deadlines.As I read in one article use the Eisenhower Matrix to categorize tasks into four quadrants: urgent and important, important but not urgent, urgent but not important, and neither urgent nor important.Create a daily to-do list focusing on high-priority tasks first.

Accounting is deadline driven. No doubt about that. Software like Karbon can help you plan and stay ahead of the game by having everything ready to go so that once you get that final piece of information, you can plug it in and submit. Done with that, move on! Doing cash flow forecasting will help you plan ahead by guiding you in knowing what funds are due to come in and what bills are due to be paid. Once you see funds are in you can then set up those bills payments, and then hit that pay button once you’re ready to release payment.

Divide large projects into smaller, manageable tasks. Set clear milestones to track progress.Break down each project into specific tasks with clear deadlines.Create a milestone chart to visualize and track progress.

Just like climbing a mountain happens one step at a time, so too the monumental project. It LOOKS huge, and it may be big too, but breaking it down helps to make it be not so big AND scary. “Scary” is the part that makes it overwhelming. It’s a mindset really. Once you break it down into smaller segments, you’ll look at it and think, “we got this!” Delegate segments to yourself and rest of the team. You will find that what you thought would take a month may actually take a week.

Utilize software and tools designed to improve efficiency. Automate repetitive and time-consuming tasks.Use tools like Trello, Asana to organize tasks and deadlines.Leverage accounting software to streamline financial tasks and reporting.

So many SaaS companies out there offering ways to cut the amount of time to complete tasks almost in half like Bill for recurring bills, invoices, and payments, Quickbooks Online accounting software for recurring journal entries and matching. Popular payroll companies like ADP, Paychex, & Gusto can also help automate payroll where all you have to do is check for accuracy. That’s just to name a few, so it’s a no brainer that it’s best to automate processes. Many of those companies also offer integration with popular accounting software like Quickbooks Online, Xero, Netsuite, and Intacct saving you time instead of importing them yourself via .csv file. All you have to do is map out where transactions & payments need to go on your ledger.

Make effective use of team members skills and strengths.Foster a collaborative environment to share the workload.Delegate tasks based on team members expertise and workload capacity.Use collaborative tools like Microsoft Teams for seamless communication and coordination.