Books That Tell the Truth
Who this book is for
Người làm tài chính trong doanh nghiệp Việt Nam, kế toán trưởng, phụ trách tài chính, người kiêm cả sổ sách lẫn dòng tiền ở công ty vài chục người. Người đọc là NGƯỜI LÀM NGHỀ: họ giữ con số và phải giải thích chúng, nhưng người quyết chi thường là người khác. Sách nói về tài chính DOANH NGHIỆP, không phải đầu tư hay tài chính cá nhân.
Sound familiar?
- The month-end close takes two weeks, so decisions are made before the numbers exist.
- The system balance and the bank balance differ and nobody reconciles them fully.
- Costs land in the wrong period, so one month looks unusually good and the next unusually bad.
- Everyone submits paperwork their own way, so every month starts with chasing.
After reading, you can
Help a finance person close the books on time and produce numbers others can rely on.
Each chapter answers one question
Chapter 1: What good are accurate numbers that arrive late?
From month end to the report being ready, how many days does it take me?
Late figures cannot be used to make decisions, however perfectly accurate they are.
Chapter 2: Is a tiny mismatch really worth chasing down?
Which of my accounts have not been reconciled this month?
A small discrepancy ignored for a few months becomes a large one nobody can trace.
Chapter 3: How can two months both look right yet be wrong?
Does this month's expenses include anything that actually belongs to last month?
Expenses booked in the wrong period make both months lie, and neither looks wrong.
Chapter 4: Who really decides how good the books are?
How do people in the company submit documents to me?
The quality of the books is decided by the habits of people who do not work in finance.
Chapter 5: Can anyone trust books that everyone can edit?
Who in the company is allowed to change a posted entry?
Books anyone can edit are books nobody can trust, including the person editing.