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Accounting process - part 1
he Record to Report (R2R) process explains how the business operates and support FP&A, statutory reporting, and tax.
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Chayim Messer
May 1, 20233 min read


Did we pay?
Expenditure reconciliations can support financial reporting, improving operations, and find trends in purchasing to influence negotiations.
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Chayim Messer
May 1, 20233 min read


Your accounts don't reconcile
Ask three people what the definition of income is, and they will give three different answers.
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Chayim Messer
May 1, 20233 min read


What's the difference between bookkeeping and processing?
Just as the business can share bookkeeping services, a business can share business operations. How?
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Chayim Messer
May 1, 20234 min read


Your business is my product
Sharing these processes with others will keep your company from bearing the costs of services or time not used.
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Chayim Messer
May 1, 20233 min read


Turn expense into profit
After 10 years in the back office performing roles in trade validation, preparation of financial statements, and most recently five years...
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Chayim Messer
May 1, 20234 min read


There's no visibility
Centralisation efforts usually have two sides: yays and nays.
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Chayim Messer
May 1, 20234 min read


Using dynamic ranges in pivot tables in Excel
Bespoke reporting often uses pivot tables, but you can turn that bespoke report into something more standard by using a dynamic range.
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Chayim Messer
May 1, 20231 min read


Local police: Set the right governance!
The federal government is going to need to manage a database for 50 states and...includes over 12,000 municipal law enforcement agencies.
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Chayim Messer
May 1, 20235 min read


High tech system, low tech process
Purchasing the new system will still require the old fashioned management. In order to maximise use, management must still set governance.
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Chayim Messer
May 1, 20235 min read


Can you solve problems?
It's almost impossible to determine what every single problem will be and how they should be fixed.
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Chayim Messer
May 1, 20234 min read


Managing change
Having a Change Governance Process is crucial to approving the right changes and managing their implementation.
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Chayim Messer
May 1, 20234 min read


Why not sharing services is a waste
Shared Services can help to reduce the cost per resource by spreading out the cost, but they offer much more than just basic services.
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Chayim Messer
May 1, 20234 min read


Equality, diversity, and corporate culture
Every company should have set policy clearly explaining the approach to equality and diversity and how operations are impacted,
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Chayim Messer
May 1, 20234 min read


Connecting Microsoft Excel to a database
Yesterday's blog post highlighted a few areas which can be improved without significant investment. In today's video post, we'll show...
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Chayim Messer
May 1, 20231 min read


Innovating when cash is tight
Innovation should not stop because of COVID-19 and the activation of business continuity plans.
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Chayim Messer
May 1, 20233 min read


Should we work from home?
What should a business do before deciding to work from home? In this post, we advise what management might want to do before deciding.
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Chayim Messer
May 1, 20233 min read


Implementing the plan: Part 2
Part 1 examined the identification and communication of the business continuity plan’s changes. Part 2 will look at the implementation...
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Chayim Messer
May 1, 20233 min read


Implementing the plan: Part 1
The implementation of the business continuity plan is critical to the management’s success in weathering through the change. Having a...
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Chayim Messer
May 1, 20232 min read


Business continuity planning: Making changes
Business continuity plans should make changes to protocol, policy, or process. (See my Introduction to Governance for details on these!)....
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Chayim Messer
May 1, 20232 min read
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