Small business owners use accounting to record, report and analyze their company's financial information. Segregation of accounting duties is the concept of creating a division of labor in a company's ...

Companies hire employees to fill many different roles within an accounting department, and an accounting clerk is usually one of the positions. Accounting clerks handle accounting transactions and ...

Companies are more successful when they have a team of people working toward the same goal. However, many businesses leave an important part of operations -- the accounting and finance department -- ...

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Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

With five years of experience as a writer and editor in the higher education and career development space, Ilana has a passion for creating accessible, relevant content that demystifies the higher-ed ...

The percentage of company financial staff devoted to general accounting leveled off in 2017, according to a new report, but the reasons are uncertain. Companies devoted 16% of their finance staff ...