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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