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Policy Manual Project
Scope :
Create a comprehensive accounting policy manual.

Tasks/Duties :
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Scheduled and conducted interviews with
management and staff, reviewed systems environment and functionality,
and researched and analyzed processes, researched General Acceptable
Accounting Practices (GAAP), budget preparation, auditing procedures,
and business operations. |
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Wrote a detailed policy manual. |
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Prepared and managed project plan and
project status reports. |

Results :
Drafted general policies to include:
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Compliance with GAAP & Regulatory
Accounting; |
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Internal Control Structure (i.e.,
Separation of Duties, System Security Access, System Back-up);
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General Ledger Journal Entry Policy;
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Annual Budget Policy, Overhead
Allocation Policy; |
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Risk Management; |
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Limits of Authority; |
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Plant Fixed Assets (i.e., Capitalization
Policy; Accounting for Leasehold Improvements; Software
Capitalization); |
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Payroll; |
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Accounts Payable; |
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Employee Business Expense; |
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Employee Expense Reporting – Advance
Payments; |
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Cash (i.e., Timely Deposits, Lockbox
Contracts; Bank Reconciliation); |
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Inventory Management; and |
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Interest
Capitalization. |

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“Quality means doing it right when no
one is looking.”
--Henry Ford
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“In
the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
--Albert Einstein
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