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Interactive General Accounting Tune-up Diagnostic
Examine the essential metrics to ensure that your practices will keep you ahead of the competition. APQC's Interactive General Accounting Tune-up Diagnostic highlights Open…
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Interactive Financial Reporting Tune-Up Diagnostic
Prepared using data from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking General Accounting and Reporting survey, this interactive diagnostic in excel can help you compare your financial…
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Preparing Finance Reports for the Board
In many organizations, the board of directors is responsible for setting policies that ensure the financial health of the organization, verifying financial standing, and…
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A well-designed and well-maintained Chart of Accounts (COA) enables consistency and accuracy in reporting, provides structure for managing global business in a uniform way,…
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Cycle Time to Perform the Monthly Close
In this article, APQC reviews cross-industry data on the cycle time to perform the monthly close and highlights some strategies for a faster close. When fewer days are…
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Accounting Checklist for Closing Out the Month
To assist organizations when performing the month-end, or soft, closing, APQC has created a month-end closing checklist that contains common tasks performed to ensure the…
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Period-end management reports are an important form of decision-making support that helps leaders gain insight on specific areas of the business. These reports typically…
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Number of Accounts in the Chart of Accounts
The Chart of Accounts (COA) is a key accounting tool used for transaction processing, accounting activities, reconciliations, and financial reporting. A COA with too many…
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The annual close comes during one of the heaviest workload periods of the year for accountants, as month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing processes converge in a…
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Consolidated financial statements enable organizations with a parent company and subordinate reporting units to report their finances as a single enterprise for creditors,…
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As countries begin to lift their pandemic restrictions and business leaders look toward post-COVID business models, it’s important to ask whether the investments you made in…
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Perfecting the Virtual Close
The compiling of financial data and closing of the books by the finance function at the end of each year, quarter, month, or even day is a critical process for organizational…
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APQC’s Blueprint for Success: Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting (Second Edition) ties together the APQC business process taxonomy—Process Classification Framework® (PCF)—…
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Based on APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking® financial management and custom benchmarking research, APQC’s Leveraging Emerging Tools and Technologies for Finance series…
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Based on APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking® financial management and custom benchmarking data, APQC’s Leveraging Emerging Tools and Technologies for Finance series examines…
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