Accounting Policies and Procedures Manual: A Blueprint for Running an Effective and Efficient Department [Hardcover]

Steven M. Bragg (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0470146621 | ISBN-13: 978-0470146620 | Publication Date: September 17, 2007 | Edition: 5

Now in a fifth edition, Accounting Policies and Procedures Manual: A Blueprint for Running an Effective and Efficient Department is a how-to guide on creating an effective and efficient accounting department policies and procedures manual.

Written by Steven Bragg, the foremost authority in accounting and controllership issues, the new edition includes:

• A new, complimentary Web site providing readers with the foundation for creating or enhancing their accounting department policies and procedures manual
• More coverage of accounting procedures including inventory, billing, cash receipts, pricing, order entry, credit, collections, sales returns, capital budgeting, cash forecasting, payroll, and closing the books

Accounting Policies and Procedures Manual is the tool every accounting department needs to regularize and systematize its procedures to match the best in the industry.

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About the Author

Steven Bragg, CPA, CMA, CIA, CPIM, has been the chief financial officer or controller of four companies, as well as a consulting manger at Ernst & Young and auditor at Deloitte & Touche. He received a Master's degree in Finance from Bentley College, an MBA from Babson College, and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Maine. He has been the two-time president of the Colorado Mountain Club, and is an avid alpine skier, mountain biker, and certified master diver. Mr. Bragg resides in Centennial, Colorado. He has written the following books through John Wiley & Sons:

• Accounting and Fiance for Your Small Business
• Accounting Best Practices
• Accounting Control Best Practices
• Accounting Reference Desktop
• Billing and Collection Best Practices
• Business Ratios and Formulas
• Controller's Guide to Costing
• Controller's Guide to Planning and Controlling Operations
• Controller's Guide: Roles and Responsibilities for the New Controller
• Controllership
• Cost Accounting
• Design and Maintenance of Accounting Manuals
• Essentials of Payroll
• Fast Close
• Financial Analysis
• GAAP Guide
• GAAP Policies and Procedures Manual
• Inventor Accounting
• Inventor Best Practices
• Just-in-Time Accounting
• Management Accounting Vest Practices
• Managing Explosive Corporate Growth
• Outsourcing
• Payroll Accounting
• Payroll Best Practices
• Revenue Recognition
• Sales and Operations for Your Small Business
• The Controller's Function
• The New CFO Financial Leadership Manual
• the Ultimate Accountants' Reference
• Throughput Accounting

Also :

• Advanced Accounting Systems (Institute of Internal Auditors)
• Run the Rockies (CMC Press)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 544 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 5 edition (September 17, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470146621
• ISBN-13: 978-0470146620
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #348,806 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

The primary question I receive is, why would anyone write so many accounting books? The story began in the early 1990s, when my former boss, Jan Roehl-Anderson, asked me to assist in taking over a book called Controllership from Jim Willson (correct spelling), who had been maintaining the book since the early 1950s. I liked the experience, and even found it relaxing (I must have issues!).

So... I had an idea for another book, called Just-in-Time Accounting, which the publisher accepted, and which got me on the track of doing management accounting books. Most accounting books up to that point had primarily dealt with accounting principles and not how to management the department, so this was a rich area for new books.

The Accounting Best Practices book, which is one of the top-selling accounting books in the country, started when I was bouncing around ideas for new books with one of my editors, John DeRemigis. He suggested the accounting best practices idea, and I said, "nah, there's not enough material." Four editions later and over 400+ pages long, it appears that he was right and I was wrong.

Writing became more intense in 2005, when John Wiley & Sons recommended me to the authors of the Wiley GAAP Guide as a new co-author. This is a seriously technical high-end accounting principles guide, and so was nothing like what I had written before. My first assignment was adding a hundred or so new examples to the book, which was absolutely frantic -- imagine becoming an expert on a really far-out accounting topic in one day, writing an esoteric example, and then hurrying on to an entirely different example the next day.

I have just finished writing Accounting Controls Best Practices, which is chock-full of control points for the most common accounting systems, as well as for best practices upgrades to those systems. And now, it is time for a break, if only for a week.

So... I am heading to the Western Pacific for some serious diving off a live aboard dive boat.

Steve Bragg

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Accounting Procedures, January 9, 2012

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This review is from: Accounting Policies and Procedures Manual: A Blueprint for Running an Effective and Efficient Department (Hardcover)

I used this quite a bit to get started on a procedures manual for my relatively small company. The templates were useful and I liked how it was organized. Naturally I had to create very customized procedures but as an overall organizAtional framework it was worth the price to get the project moving forward.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Blueprint!, April 5, 2009

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This review is from: Accounting Policies and Procedures Manual: A Blueprint for Running an Effective and Efficient Department (Hardcover)

I found this book to be a great blueprint in designing or modifying an entities accounting procedure's manual. The book was very well structured, and the author presented the information in a manner conducive to implementation. Great Job!

3 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Accounting Policies Manual, December 18, 2007

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This review is from: Accounting Policies and Procedures Manual: A Blueprint for Running an Effective and Efficient Department (Hardcover)

I was very impressed with this great book. It is a wealth of information and data. Thank you, Kathy