Sr. Financial Analyst From Seattle Times The Senior Financial Analyst will participate in a wide variety of financial planning services in areas of strategic and financial planning, operational analysis, benchmarking, capital project review, proposed leases, and consultation. Washington Region, implementing and enhancing common cost accounting methodologies and other regional decision support standards, conducting benchmark analyses, periodic reporting, surveys, coordinating the annual budget process, long-range financial planning...

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7 Ways Companies Fuddle Numbers ('Financial Shenanigans' Book Review) From Seeking Alpha A few readers asked me if I would review some books dealing with accounting issues. The book liberally furnishes historical examples of each of the seven main categories for accounting machinations, showing how the troubles could have been seen from documents filed with the SEC in advance of the accounting troubles that occurred. For those of us who use quantitative methods to aid our investing, this is particularly important, because many companies are seemingly cheap on GAAP book and...

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Mid-sized audit firms take on the ‘Big Four’ From Business Daily Africa February 04, 2008: Just a few years ago, the dominance of the multinational accounting firms in Kenya seemed unshakeable. Though Eveready is not a big account, DCDM's snatch was striking given that it has almost been impossible for local firms to win accounts from multinational firms or those listed at the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE). Kenyan auditing firms that open regional offices or strike affiliation fees have also benefited from businesses from local firms expanding into African...

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Time to seek professional help From Baltimore Sun NEW YORK - American workers have started receiving W-2 tax forms from their employers, which means the April 15 income tax filing deadline isn't that far away. One of the best ways to find a good tax preparer is to ask family members and friends for recommendations, said Suzanne Schmitt, senior tax analyst with Thomson Tax & Accounting. There also are trained professionals working at the major commercial tax preparation chains like the Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc., which is headquartered...

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Re: Configuration Status Accounting From www.cmcrossroads.com/index.php?option=com_smf 20 years ago CSA was quite a deliberate effort of actively gathering information/metrics and presenting them to management. I think: - did we deliver what we planned to deliver - are the documents in the correct state for this part of the project - were we all using the same set of interfaces / compilers etc.

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