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Financial Management Blueprints for Success
Blueprints for Success are comprehensive reports that are great starting points for following financial management innovators. These reports include: frameworks for financial…
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Benefits of a Centralized Chart of Accounts
Centralizing the set up and maintenance of the chart of accounts is an APQC best practice for Accounts Payable. The centralization creates an internal control. In addition,…
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As organizations increasingly embrace a process-focused operating model, end-to-end global process owners (GPOs) have become a key role in the management and development of…
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General Accounting and Reporting Blueprint for Success
There’s a lot of talk these days about financial management (FM) transformation—and the people who manage accounting and reporting are in the thick of it. Several reasons…
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This collection features general accounting and reporting data and practices from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking® survey for General Accounting and Reporting Cycle. It…
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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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Leading Practices for Financial and Managerial Reporting
APQC conducted a survey to help understand leading practices for effective and compelling financial and managerial reporting and how finance functions are leveraging data…
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Turning Financial Data into Actionable Insights: Perspectives from Author and SME Dave Paradi
The goal of financial reporting is to help executives and other leaders make better business decisions. Unfortunately, many finance professionals fall short of this goal by…
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Data Visualization in Accounting
This article shares insights from Danielle Supkis Cheek, a lecturer at Rice University and director in the entrepreneurial advisory services group for the accounting…
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Leading Practices for Financial and Managerial Reporting: Financial Services/Banking Industry
APQC conducted a survey to help understand leading practices for effective and compelling financial and managerial reporting and how finance functions are leveraging data…
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Leading Practices for Financial and Managerial Reporting: Distribution/Transportation Industry
APQC conducted a survey to help understand leading practices for effective and compelling financial and managerial reporting and how finance functions are leveraging data…
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Leading Practices for Financial and Managerial Reporting: Consumer Products/Packaged Goods Industry
APQC conducted a survey to help understand leading practices for effective and compelling financial and managerial reporting and how finance functions are leveraging data…
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Leading Practices for Financial and Managerial Reporting: Industrial Products Industry
APQC conducted a survey to help understand leading practices for effective and compelling financial and managerial reporting and how finance functions are leveraging data…
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Leading Practices for Financial and Managerial Reporting: Services Industry
APQC conducted a survey to help understand leading practices for effective and compelling financial and managerial reporting and how finance functions are leveraging data…
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In November of 2019, APQC interviewed Tony Vu, treasurer for Miami-Dade County Public Schools, about data visualization in financial reporting. Read this case study to learn…