ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT: ADVICE FOR BUSINESS OWNERS AND FINANCE MANAGERS

This book is for owner managers and their finance people.

The finance function in any organisation should deliver a mix of transaction processing, financial control and information to aid decision making and strategy. The accounts department is by no means simply an administrative function just there to count sales and costs.

In order to deliver this mix, the accounts department needs to have staff with the right balance of skills and experience and they need to be working with adequate systems and procedures. Above all, the accounts department needs to be properly resourced in terms of headcount and be well led and managed

If the accounts department has all of the above, it will play a full part in enabling the organisation to remain profitable and well-funded.

This book is grounded in practical examples and issues that come up in real companies. There are lots of financial theory books and books covering accountancy and finance, this isn’t one of those.