Cash control is cash management and internal control over cash. Controlling cash receipts and cash disbursements reduces erroneous payments, theft, and fraud. Internal control includes corporate governance, company policies, segregation of duties, authorized approvals for purchases, designated signature authority with limits, payments reconciliation, and bank account reconciliation.
Financial Operations Hub
Financial Close
The financial close process is a recurring system in which an accounting team verifies and adjusts account balances at the end of a designated period and before the accounting cycle closes. It starts with documenting the journal entry for each transaction and ends with preparing data for the next period.
Accrual Accounting
Accrual accounting is a GAAP method of accounting to record revenue when earned and expenses when incurred (not paid), summarizing results in accrual basis financial statements. Accrual based accounting uses the matching principle to record revenues and related expenses in the same accounting period. Record accrued liabilities or related assets simultaneously with double-entry bookkeeping.