Make Every Day (Ac)count(ing) 101 | Be Audit You Can Be! | Accountants Work Their Assets Off (During ME Close) | Accountants Outta Control(s)! | Laughing my SOCs Off |
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What is the balance sheet?
Which financial statement shows what the Company owns, owes, and what was invested by shareholders?
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Who are internal and external users of financial statements?
Management, partners, employees, investors, customers, general public.
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What are financial statements?
The main deliverable from the month end close process is to create_______ ______.
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Who are auditors?
I am internal or external. They test controls to determine management’s assessment of internal controls over financial reporting.
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What is -- System and Organization Controls?
My abbreviation is SOC.
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What is the fixed balance feature?
What FloQast feature should be enabled if a client states that they have an account that should be cleared out by the end of the month for all AP and AR transactions?
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What is an audit opinion?
The final outcome of an audit.
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What is "soft"?
"LFG! All initial transactions are recorded, we are now _____ closed".
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What is a PBC list?
A listing of requests from external auditors. Examples of items on this list include: invoices, third-party statements, emails, narratives.
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What is a bridge letter?
Also known as a gap letter- it covers a period of time between the reporting period end date of the current SOC report and the release of a new SOC report.
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What are prepaid expenses?
What account is presented on the balance sheet to represent the expense paid in advance that is commonly used for AutoRec Amortization?
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What is an external audit?
When an independent third-party organization examines the financial information of an organization and expresses an opinion.
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What is a Flux Analysis?
This review is performed at a higher level, typically at the FSLI to tell the story of the company.
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What is an internal control?
A procedure at a company that is designed to ensure compliance with a company’s policies.
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What is SOC 1 Report?
This type of report focuses on services by organizations that are relevant to financial reporting.
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What is the multi-book reconciliation toggle?
What FloQast feature should be enabled if a client keeps track of a NetSuite subsidiary’s balances using IFRS but reconciles the consolidated balances under GAAP?
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What is the SEC?
This standard-setting group regulates public companies and requires them to issue an annual report.
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What is "tax"?
This team may use it's own workflow that includes an accrual to book a ___ provision.
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What is a Risk Control matrix?
I am used to document internal controls in detail. I am typically housed in excel, but with FloQast’s compliance module, you can find me in FloQast now too.
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What is SOC 2 Report?
This type of report focuses on services by organizations that hold, store or process information of their clients
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What is the reconciling items feature?
During discovery, if a client states they have a lot of known differences between their ERP and reconciliation workbooks, what FloQast feature would you recommend enabling?
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What is an unqualified opinion?
A clean audit opinion.
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What is Interest Expense?
When using Flux, this P&L account may change due to expenses related to debt or other financial instruments.
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What is Sarbanes Oxley, Section 404?
The reason for the need for management’s assessment of internal controls over financial reporting.
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What is…
- Business summary - Management discussion and analysis - Financial statements
Name 3 parts included in the 10K
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