Organized into two parts, Part 1 of Pareto’s 80/20 Rule for Corporate Accountants focuses on the areas where the finance team can score the easy goals, including month-end reporting, monthly reports, board reporting, annual planning, and managing debtors and clients. Part 2 discusses more wide ranging changes such as cost apportionment, best practices for using key performance indicators (KPIs), investing in accounting systems, and quarterly rolling planning.
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