Sample Accounting Performance Measures

Sample Accounting Performance Measures

Percent of late reports
Perccent of errors in reports
Errors in input to Information Services
Errors reported by outside auditors
Percent of input errors detected
Number of complaints by users
Number of hours per week correcting or changing documents
Number of complaints about inefficiencies or excessive paper
Amount of time spent appraising/correcting input errors
Payroll processing time
Percent of errors in payroll
Length of time to prepare and send a bill
Length of time billed and not received
Number of final accounting jobs rerun
Number of equipment sales miscoded
Amount of intra-Company accounting bill-back activity
Time spent correcting erroneous inputs
Number of open items
Percent of deviations from cash plan
Percent discrepancy in MRB and line scrap reports
Travel expense accounts processed in three days
Percent of advances outstanding
Percent data entry errors in accounts payable and general ledger
Credit turnaround time
Machine billing turnaround time
Percent of shipments requiring more than one attempt to invoice
Number of untimely supplier invoices processed
Average number of days from receipt to processing


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