Forecasting

We have been asked to re-forecast the remainder of 2008 – as our yearend is December 31st, this means reforecasting November (which is almost over) & December. We have also been asked to revise our Budgets for 2009 (for the 5th time) and our ProForma for 2008 & 2009.
I liked what one individual wrote as [...]

Beancounter Notes

Another monthend is upon me and I have it admit it’s going remarkably smoothly – which worries me. Am I working too fast/efficiently or do I really not have enough to do? I am bored, I am nearly finished all my stuff for reporting numbers next Tuesday.
A few things have popped up which have caused [...]

Migration to new Accounting System

The company I work at has a very antiquated accounting system which is painful to use and doesn’t provide reports which are useful. To get a report I desire either I have to export raw data and manipulate it or get vendor-support to build me a report – either way I can’t build my own [...]

Notes from the Bean Dungeon

Well, another monthend has come and gone and there were more hijinx which amused, maddened me and caused me to scratch my head in confusion.
If, dearest mushrooms, you stretch your neurons back a few posts ago I mentioned that one of my co-workers has a bit of a problem distinguishing between Expense Costs and Asset [...]