"I'm concerned. One of my management accounts team has asked for some time off over month end to spend - she says - more time with her young family. This follows an episode of a part-qualified accountant claiming expenses for a training course. Could there be an accounting mutiny afoot?"
Rob D, Financial Controller
Our Suggested Solution....
AARS11: How To Out Accounting Anarchists
WARNING to Senior Accountants and Finance Managers:
- We work in a dangerous world. Accountants must be vigilant.
Ask yourself these questions:
Could accounting anarchists be breeding among your arch-levers?
Have insurgents infiltrated your invoices?
Has treachery terrorised your trial balance?
Will mutiny mangle your month end?
Symptoms
Be on the lookout for these tell-tale signs of accounting anarchy among your team:
the guiltless claiming of expenses
shameless acceptance of pay rises
nonchalantly leaving the office before 6pm
flippant participation in idle banter
reckless filing of journals without appropriate support documentation
blatant over use of the Sundries Account
and, in severe cases,
frivolous requests for a day's holiday at month end
Known Causes of Accounting Anarchy
Less-than-extensive research by our anti-anarchy team has identified key reasons why some accounting staff turn to a life of ledger lawlessness (and in extreme cases become
street accountants
):
