Closing the month-end books followed by the issuing of financial statements as fast as possible is one of the most common - and time-consuming - challenges controllers face. Depending on the company, the process can take anywhere from four days to as long as five weeks. Finally, help is here! Now fully revised and updated, "Fast Close: A Guide to Closing the Books Quickly", Second Edition shrinks the closing interval down to just one day. The new edition of this hands-on guide presents the successful, field-tested principles of accounting guru Steven Bragg - using the same techniques he has personally used for years to issue financial statements for multidivisional companies. Filled with flowcharts and checklists to help professionals avoid delays and bring accounting department closing procedures up to date, "Fast Close", Second Edition straightforwardly illustrates how companies can close their financials quickly enough to issue statements within Sarbanes-Oxley"s...