Welcome to the Back Office Works Blog
Posted by Mariann Goff on Sun, Mar 21, 2010
Welcome to the Back Office Blog!
This could very well be the corner office blog since that's where I'm located, but most businesses refer to the space where the numbers are crunched as the back office. In the back office I'm behind the scenes making financial sense of what can be financial chaos.
It can be like reading a good mystery--sometimes you just can't leave the file until you've solved the problem. 
In the back office there is no such thing as close or almost. The job is never complete until all is in balance.
I like to think of myself as an accounting detective. The mystery begins with the reading of the balance sheet. Ah, what subplots can be revealed in the balance sheet.
Chapter 1 introduces the characters, or in this case, the chart of accounts. QuickBooks users have characters known as items that add more intrigue to the story.
Throughout the process of restoring financial order the misuse of items and the total abuse of the chart of accounts can be quite entertaining.
Like any good mystery there are always lots of twists and turns in an accounting file full of processing mistakes.
When the last chapter is complete and the new income statement and balance sheet printed the back office detective is ready to take on a new mystery--I mean client.
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