Accounting for Managers

As a leader, having an understanding of accounting principles and roles empowers you to make the best decisions for your team and organization. As finances are often at the center of roundtable discussions, management accountants can be some of your most important allies. Finance consultant Joshua Rischin teaches fundamental accounting principles, then explores key ways to connect with your finance team, shares important questions to ask, and discusses how to build a framework of accountability.

Learning objectives
Differentiate between responsibility and accountability.
Summarize how to define managerial information and reporting needs.
Define exception analysis.
Explain what the feedback loop is.
Describe why managers should understand accounting.
Define management accounting.