@Going Concern “Accountants In The Modern World”
By Francine • Mar 10th, 2010 • Category: Pure Content, Writing for OthersMy new column is up @Going Concern.com
“…I don’t envy today’s professors trying to teach the old-fashioned accounting skills in the electronic environment – closing checklists, regular balance sheet reconciliations, journal entry sign-offs, backup documentation requirements, managerial review of financial statements, and proper reviews and approvals of estimates and analytics. These are the Sarbanes-Oxley and the best practice basics.
Or maybe they don’t teach these skills? It’s a shame if not, because there’s beauty, symmetry and tranquility in knowing that the numbers are right.”
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Francine McKenna (@retheauditors) has more than twenty-five years of experience in consulting and professional services including tenure at two Big 4 firms, both in the US and abroad. Look for my column, 