WHAT MAKES AN EFFECTIVE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE CLERk?
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hi, yes i've ha position like that, and in my opinion the best way to go about it is\n 1) make sure you print your latest a/r report (updated with any pmts that just came in that day)\n   2) based on your report if any of your customer pmts are past due (eg, past due 30days) call them\n 3)be friendly say, 'i'm calling to follow-up on payment status, to see when we will receive your next payment'  (most customers are nice, but if you get a grouchy one ignore him/her, and continue being calm and professional) \n 4) if they say that they'll send a payment next week, then say 'may i call you then to get a check number?',  or if they don't tell you when they'll make a payment --then remind them what your company's credit policy is  \n5) make sure to write down 'everything', time/date of conversation, name of person you spoke with and his/her title, and any info they provided you with. \n\n You'll do great, good luck, hope this helped
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Make sure you have all your "ducks" in a row so to speak before you go through all of that trouble.  \nThe advice you've already gotten are correct.  The county clerks office should have all of the information you would need on file.  Or try your local Better Business Bureau. If they are listed they will have that information on file.  They will also on some occasions play "mediator".  \n\nTry threatening the manager in person with making a greivance with the Better Business Bureau to keep it on their permanent record.  If they are not listed with this the BBB then try another local group. Chances are they are listed with someone who will hold them accountable in some way.
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I would assume just an accounting clerk. It's not a bad career.
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Whatever price the current owner is asking for this business, he should be able to support with accurate financial data.\n\nAsk for the last 12 months of financial statements - Profit and Loss Statements, Balance Sheets, etc. Then pick a few months at random, and ask the owner for the supporting documentation (receipts, bank statements, invoices, check stubs, etc.). You will want to make sure that the financial statements are accurate.\n\nIf the owner of this business is unwilling or unable to provide you with this data, DO NOT BUY THIS BUSINESS.
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Its not something that can be explained completely in a small space, but the basic idea is that you're carefully keeping track of all money coming in and going out.  \n\nYou might consider taking a class at your local community college if you want to learn some of the techniques that have been used in the past.\n\nBut, the easiest way of doing it in the modern age is to get a bookkeeping computer software program like QuickBooks, which is the standard for most small businesses in America.  Best of luck to you.
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Accounts & Tutions will be good. You have to try for the same.  You can try with auditors for accounts and go through news papers for tutions.
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Is this for an organization? If yes, a secretary is basically a scribe and keeper of records of an organization. He/she makes the necessary paperworks for the higher officer's approval such as letters, proposals, etc. In an office, the task is pretty much the same in general, but an office secretary is more clerical in function which includes transcribing and writing the letters of the boss, filing, answering the fones, scheduling the boss's time, do other stuff the boss requires, etc.\n\nThe treasurer is the keeper of financial accounts. Most of the time, the treasurer holds the purse of an org. But he/she is the most likely person accountable for the wrongful disbursement of money. The treasurer should know how to monitor where the money goes so that s/he can regularly report the org's financial status. s/he should keep receipts or evidences of where the money is being used.\n\nIn some organizations, to prevent misuse of funds, bank accounts are co-signed by other officers besides the treasurer. So both signatories are the most accountable for embezzlement in unfortunate cases.\n\nP.S. In check the organization's bylaws and guidelines because some orgs have additional tasks for each positions, e.g. secretary sometimes dual-tasks as media officer, etc.
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In short a Debit Note is used to deduct funds from your Customer's account when the deduction has no relationship to an Order or any Service rendered.\n\ninvoice \nDefinition\n\nA bill issued by one who has provided products and/or services to a customer. In asset-based lending, invoice means account receivable. \n\nAny payment made must be supported by a source document. If you purchase any goods or services for cash, you should receive a till slip or other source document. If the purchases or payment was made out of the petty cash float, these source documents will be captured and posted to the ledger in the petty cash payments journal. In some businesses where a person is entrusted with petty cash, a petty cash voucher is normally written out and authorised to remove or take any money out of the petty cash float. This is important in the case where some other person is handed the money to do the purchase on behalf of the petty cashier. An example of petty cash vouchers is as follows:
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If you mean the strict role of accounting, it is basically the processes that legally "keep score" of the company's assets, liabilities, equity, revenue, costs, and profit/loss.\n\nIf you mean the Finance function of a business, it is more broad, including:\n\n.  Keep score of all the stuff I mentioned above, and\n.  Evaluating cash flow to determine the right time to pay bills to maiximize cash\n.  Evaluate customer's credit risk and customer payables to ensure customers pay on time and, if they don't, you can collect the cash\n.  Evaluating the business financially to evaluate how the business performance in the market relative to its peers\n.  Financially structuring the business (within legal limits unless your Enron) to pay the minimal tax while taking advantage of any government or municipal tax incentives.\n.  Managing the company's physical assets (plant, property, equipment) to ensure the company can afford what it needs, to produce, can "depreciate" or 'write off' property as it wears out (which provides tax value), and cane valuate the likelihood of gaining appreciation (increased value over what something cost) on real estate wherever possible.\n\nHope this helps.\n\nTake Care,\n\nTBG
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You need to anounce a tender by TV, newspapers or internet, and the external auditing companies will apply, so you can choose the one which is more comfortable with your criteria. It could be the price, or the time they need and etc.
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Take the time to read the link below.  It describes the Fair Debt Collections Act, and the rules that collectors must follow.\n\nIt also says what you need to do to prevent their harrassment.
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One of the most basic things you can do is to check that the balances agree with the supplier statements that the suppliers send in to you and investigate any differences, also any purchase orders should be approved by management, my auditing text books always harp on about having as many different people involved in the process as possible, this reduces the chance of one persons error not being detected or fraud.
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The accountant is charged with providing timely, accurate information to management and shareholders in order to facilitate decisions to better the performance of the entity.\n\nFrom Payroll, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and General ledger maintenance.  \n\nInformation from these are used to create financial statements such as Income statements, Balance sheets and Cash flows.
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Point of sale.\n\nTo some extent there has always been data collection at point of sale, but in the old days with simple cash registers it was difficult to track what individual items were being bought and sold making inventory a more complicated and repeated task.\n\nInitial point of sales didn't help inventory control very much since the amounts were being recorded automatically but not the items.\n\nThe real break through came with bar coding because the sale amount and the change of inventory were both recorded in real time.
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Lets assume you have all the information need on the receivables, cause you have the ongoing contract and the forecast on new customers and services coming from the marketing. \nCalculate ratios like receivable days, turnovers and liquidity ratio. \n\nIn relation to the liabilites divide them in \n\nFixed running costs, salaries, rent, office running costs and other related, the forecast of the above its much easy, i suppose you have the timing of these payment during the month.\n\nand \n\nin variable costs, services received form third parts in relation to your sales. \nTo make an accurate forecast make an analysis of the previous tendece of these costs on sales. \nThan based on the current service contracts and other forecasted for the future, ask this information to the management, take in consideration the terms of payments. \n\nMake a comparison between the terms of  payments in recevables and payables in the actual running contract and future contracts.\nThe same information compare with the previous tendece in the liabilities payments. \nIn case you notice a difference in decreasing payments gaps in the future use this, otherwise the previous tendece in order to be pesimistic to moderate in the forecast of the cash flows. \n\nThe percentage is not accurate in the liability side, try to make a more a forecast based on real contractual terms. its a hell of a work but it worths in relation to the accuracy of the future information.\n.
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Only a certified accountant could answer this for you---and surely you have one (?) and if not---you better get one-----The number of stores that you have---even the level of actual business you are doing has but certain input into whether or not your business is solid in its entirity---alot of factors go into this summary----Major companies with unbelievable cash flow go under on a regular basis for any number of reasons---too rapid in expanding being one of the culprits---assumation of debt loads beyond the business' capabilities is another---Major Repeat Problem with alot of business that fails is the fact that the people running the business are very familiar with their product or service and are emersed in that and have no skills or focus on the actual bottom line of the overall business---So there is no way anyone here can answer your question with any certainty---YOU NEED AN ACCOUNTANT---NOW
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Good inexpensive tools are simple CRM solutions\n\nIT depends on the type of service, but lets say you are looking at general sutomer service, and service calls, you could look for something simple and graphical.\n\nSoftware Tools like ACT, and GOLD MINE will track service calls and keep a file per customer to monitor service efficiency and even customer profitability and workgroup productivity.\n\nA great tool for its simplicity is agendus for Palm hand helds and Pocket PCs this simple traking system consolidates your address book, agenda and to do list and keeps track of how much time you spend with each contact letting you use this information later for billing and porductivity pourposes.\n\nAlso look at downloadable demos befor you commit to a specific tool.