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Diploma thesis 2020information · entrepreneur · accountant

Internal and External Accounting for Small Businesses and the Importance of Timely Information

Ljudje z različno vizijo, cilji in vrednotami.

Vlasta ŠkrinjarEkonomist · supervisor mag. Dejan Petkovič · defence februar 2020
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AuthorVlasta Škrinjar
Supervisormag. Dejan Petkovič
Module—Ekonomist
Employer / clientAcademia
Year2020februar 2020
About the project

Challenge, approach and results.

Entrepreneurship is people. People with different visions, goals and values. For an entrepreneur, the information from their accounting department is of vital importance; it is often their only light and indicator of how to lead the company into the future, how to proceed in order to achieve the set goals. Entrepreneurs overwhelmingly entrust the performance of accounting work and tasks to qualified professionals in this field.

Problem

Entrepreneurship is people. People with different visions, goals and values. Just as they differ as people, they also differ as entrepreneurs.

Some are entrepreneurs with heart and soul, others by force of circumstances. I cannot judge which are more successful, but each has their own goal and their own plan for how to achieve it. Every entrepreneur needs good accounting support alongside them, which carries an important ** information function** for the very ** operation of the company**.

The entrepreneur and accounting must work in a coordinated and connected manner.

Results

For an entrepreneur, the information from their accounting department is of vital importance; it is often their only light and indicator of how to lead the company into the future, how to proceed in order to achieve the set goals. Entrepreneurs overwhelmingly entrust the performance of accounting work and tasks to qualified professionals in this field. If they choose a responsible, reliable, precise and educated professional as their accountant, they are reassured, as they will perform their task conscientiously and with a great degree of responsibility and confidentiality. An accountant, with their ** professionalism, responsibility, dedication, seriousness and honesty**, ensures that the accounting information they provide to the entrepreneur is timely, accurate and reliable.

Most entrepreneurs make decisions about the further development of the company and further business steps precisely on the basis of accounting information, which makes it all the more important that ** accounting information is timely and accurate. A good accountant, with their knowledge and experience, helps the entrepreneur to ** identify and, where possible, ** prevent business risks, guides the entrepreneur towards ** proper investments and investments in the company, and ** co-creates the company's development** with their proposals based on accounting information.

Therefore, a good accountant is not just someone who is skilled at manipulating numbers and turning them into the company's financial statements, but also participates in the decision-making process in the company's development and, with their knowledge, demonstrates how the company will be able to operate on the basis of expected results. Therefore, it is essential for every good accountant today to operate professionally and to help realise the company's vision and goals with timely and accurate information.

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