Top 25 Accounting KPIs of 2010

With more than 220 KPI examples, Accounting is one of the main functional areas on smartKPIs.com Accounting has a long tradition in using KPIs, this making Accounting KPIs some of the most used in business today.

The Top 25 Accounting KPIs of 2010 report is a comprehensive analysis on the most popular KPIs for Accounting in 2010, selected by the number of views they received from the smartKPIs.com community.

About the Accounting functional area

Accounting is the area concerned with preparing Financial Reports about the reporting entity to support decision making by existing and potential capital providers. In preparing such reports, management benefits from access to detailed information on the entity's financial performance.

KPIs in Accounting refer to specific monetary measures of stocks and flows as well as to efficiency in operation management, systems and control. In smartKPIs.com, KPIs are grouped by the following Accounting sub-categories:

• Accounting Systems;
• Cash Management;
• Control;
• Cost Analysis;
• Planning and Reporting;
• Transactions / Accounts Payable / Accounts receivable.

Highlights from the report

Top 25 Accounting KPIs of 2010 offers an overview of the most popular KPIs in Accounting by combining input from the smartKPIs.com community with research and analysis from the editorial team. Some of the main sections are:

• "KPIs ... Naturally", an article that sets the context through a discussion on what is old and what is new in the use of KPIs;

• An introduction to the custom KPI documentation form developed by the smartKPIs.com research team for documenting KPIs (with over 30 fields of data, making this the most thorough KPI documentation template in use today);

• A list with the names of the Top 25 Accounting KPI examples in 2010 on smartKPIs.com, followed by a brief analysis of each;

• Among the most popular 25 KPI examples for the Accounting functional area in 2010, top 3 is made of:
• $ Cost of goods sold (COGS)
• # Days in accounts receivable
• % Billing accuracy
  

• A detailed description of each KPI listed in the report, as documented in smartKPIs Premium (the premium content section of smartKPIs.com);

• Comprehensive insights on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) as performance measurement tools and a glossary explaining the most popular terms characterizing KPIs.