Accountant Guide

A productivity profile is an overview of some main characteristics of… in this case the accountant. We are all productive but each in a different way and only a few characteristics determine a productivity profile. Think about a profile as a caricature which is designed around the most striking features of a persons’ face.

One of the characteristics of an accountant is that you will need him or her (most) at the end of the year. When the business of that particular year is finished and all data is gathered it is up to the accountant to present an overview. Often the overview is there and the accountant checks for inconsistencies.

One of the innovations that brought the Balanced Score Card is that financial results and expectations are not longer enough to drive a business. Now is the accountant not responsible for the financial results, but he is able to influence them.

Often, productivity is centered around a product. Even for a marketing campaign you need a product like for example a commercial. The productivity role of the accountant however is not associated with a product but is to do with matching the various needs of stakeholders in a business process. The main stakeholder for the accountant is obviously the company itself (CFO). Yet from incidents like Enron we know that the second stakeholder is the fiscal authority or government, represented by law. So the main characteristic of the account?s productivity is to find that match that is still acceptable by fiscal laws and optimized for the company?s financial requirements.

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? 2007 Hans Bool

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