The Accountant’s Role in the Organization

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Accounting Disciplines Financial Accounting – focus on external users and GAAP

Accounting Disciplines

Financial Accounting – focus on external users and GAAP rules
Managerial

Accounting – focus on internal users and is not necessarily GAAP-driven. Also provides data for financial accounting. This includes:
Cost Accounting
Cost Management
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Some Major Differences between Financial and Managerial Accounting Managerial Financial Purpose

Some Major Differences between Financial and Managerial Accounting

Managerial

Financial

Purpose

Primary Users

Focus

Rules

Time Span

Help Managers

Make Decisions

Communicate Financial Position

Internal Managers

External Stakeholders

Future Oriented

Past Oriented

Cost-benefit

GAAP

Varies

Annual/Quarter

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Strategy and Management Accounting Strategy – specifies how an organization matches

Strategy and Management Accounting

Strategy – specifies how an organization matches its

own capabilities with the opportunities in the marketplace to accomplish its objectives
Strategic Cost Management – focuses specifically on the cost dimension within the overall strategy
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Strategy and Management Accounting Management accounting helps answer questions such as:

Strategy and Management Accounting

Management accounting helps answer questions such as:
Who are

our most important customers?
What substitute products exist?
What is our critical resource?
Will we have enough cash to support our strategy?
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Management Accounting and Value Creating value is an important part of

Management Accounting and Value

Creating value is an important part of planning

and implementing strategy
Value is the usefulness a customer gains from a company’s product or service
Value Chain is the sequence of business functions in which customer usefulness is added to products or services
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Management Accounting and Value The Value Chain: Research and Development Design

Management Accounting and Value

The Value Chain:
Research and Development
Design
Production
Marketing
Distribution
Customer Service
Management accounting can

provide information in each of these areas
Analysis can also include the supply chain
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Key Success Factors The dimensions of performance that customers expect, and

Key Success Factors

The dimensions of performance that customers expect, and that

are key to the success of a company include:
Cost and efficiency
Quality
Time
Innovation
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Planning and Control Systems Planning selects goals, predicts results, decides how

Planning and Control Systems

Planning selects goals, predicts results, decides how to

attain goals, and communicates this to the organization
Budget – the most important planning tool
Control takes actions that implement the planning decision, decides how to evaluate performance, and provides feedback to the organization
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Management Accounting Roles Problem Solver Scorekeeper Attention Director

Management Accounting Roles

Problem Solver
Scorekeeper
Attention Director

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Management Accounting Guidelines Cost – benefit approach is commonly used: benefits

Management Accounting Guidelines

Cost – benefit approach is commonly used: benefits generally

must exceed costs as a basic decision rule
Behavioral and Technical Considerations – people are involved in decisions, not just dollars and cents
Different definitions of cost may be used for different applications
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Organizational Structure and the Management Accountant A typical structure might include:

Organizational Structure and the Management Accountant

A typical structure might include:
CEO
CFO
Controller –

responsible for managerial and financial accounting
Treasury
Risk Management
Taxation
Internal Audit