Accounting without borders is a book inspired by the work I do. While working with different clients in different industries for 5 years counting, I have realized that many of them have very great accountants but are not able to make good use of the information provided to them by their accountants. I started working on this book in 2021 and what is in it, is unimaginable.

According to studies, financial mismanagement is among the highest causes of business failure. Many entrepreneurs or business owners are so good at what they do that they focus so less on their numbers. They leave the whole duty to accountants, forgetting that while the accountants maybe good at what they do, they are not the entrepreneur (the vision bearer). Once they look at financial statements, what they see is numbers but that is not all the entrepreneur sees.

Business is a game that has a language which must be spoken and understood by the main person (the entrepreneur). I am not asking you to become a full-time accountant. I need you to speak and understand their language or else stay small or be kicked out by other players who will do so gladly.

Let me give you some analogy here. The entrepreneur (top management) makes decisions; these decisions are used by the team (tactical management) to produce activities which are used by the accountant to generate numbers (financial statements). It is the job of top management is to use these numbers to make decisions for the betterment of the company. If you look at it, wrong decisions lead wrong activities which lead to wrong numbers.

Apart from knowing how to read financial statements, you as the entrepreneur need to know what your stakeholders need from those statements and how to provide it. You need to understand their point of view and how to relate professionally with them when it comes to this.

In another dimension, fraud and error are part of every business. You want to be aware of this in your business as it grows to avoid having any heart attacks that can be easily prevented by getting the right knowledge.

This book is written for the reasons you have just looked at; I know that you will have value as you get in to read. Remember to have fun. Lets dive in.

Ngong George Fonyuy