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Recent Reviews of my Pareto’s Book

October 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Excellent – Eddy Peach (Erie PA)

Great book, great ideas… inspiring! (or, at least as inspirational as you can get I guess, for a book about acctg)

Great practical advice – Damien Kelly (Chicago, USA)

I first came across David Parmenters work on [bettermanagement.com] where he has a number of artcles and webinars posted. What I like about his work is it’s very practical. I’ve been in Finance for twenty years and most of the stuff I read is interesting but not very useful in the daily life of an accountant or analyst. This is probably because it is written by consultants who don’t work day to day in the trenches and usually are just trying to push their latest version of the holy grail. Parmenter seems to have spent most of his carreer actually working in Finance so knows what he is talking about. His recommendations can be applied right anyway and don’t need major system changes. His sections on reducing the close cycle and implementing a quarterly rolling forecast are particularly good. He also has a book on KPIs which I have not read but if it’s as good as the Webinar on the bettermanagement site it will be well worth the money. Buy the book and check out his website which also has lot’s of good content.

Prepare to be converted – Hazel Kelly “Hazel Kelly CPA” (Dublin, Ireland)

This is a must for every accounts dept. It gives you a fresh and concise look at developing your accounts dept and company as a whole.Lots of ideas to think about, easy to read and understand. Even step by step lists that you can follow.I would recommend this book to anyone from a trainee accoutant to FCO’s it throws out the old way of looking at things and brings in a new and exciting way of thinking about the bigger picture.As accountants we are very happy to plod along with our wonderful spreadsheets, this helps you look at better ways of working.


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