TY - BOOK AU - Bragg,Steven M. TI - Fast close: a guide to closing the books quickly SN - 9780470465011 PY - 2009/// CY - Hoboken, NJ PB - Wiley KW - Controllership KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Financial statements KW - Bookkeeping KW - Corporations KW - Accounting N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Your current closing process -- Conducting a review of the closing process -- Alter the timing of closing activities -- Revise the contents of the financial statements -- Optimize the use of journal entries and chart of accounts -- Standardization and centralization -- Closing the inventory function -- Closing the billing function -- Closing the payroll function -- Closing the payables function -- Closing the cash processing function -- Impact of automation on the closing process -- Closing the books of a public company -- Controls for financial reporting -- Ongoing improvements in the closing process ER -