S.No |
Questionnaire for GL |
Process type |
1 |
What does your current chart of
accounts look like. |
Setup |
2 |
Do you plan to have a new chart of
accounts |
Setup |
3 |
Are your account values in any order
or range pattern |
Setup |
4 |
What are the account parent or
grandparent structures |
Setup |
5 |
Do you use unique accounts to capture
statistics |
Setup |
6 |
Who is going to maintain the segment
values once entered |
Setup |
7 |
Is there a need for a mapping from an
old COA to a new COA |
Setup |
8 |
Are certain segment values onlyy valid with specificother
segment values |
Setup |
9 |
Do you use multiple currencies in
your business |
Setup |
10 |
How many currencies do you use and
what are they |
Setup |
11 |
What is your policy on changing
currency rates |
Process |
12 |
What is the primary currency you have |
Setup |
13 |
Do you enter data in multiple
currencies |
Process |
14 |
When is the beginning of your year |
Setup |
15 |
What is the period type. How many
periods in a year. |
Setup |
16 |
Do all the companies have the same
calendar |
Setup |
17 |
Do you have a naming convention for
the periods |
Setup |
18 |
What accounting periods are in your
quarters |
Setup |
19 |
How do you close an accounting period
for Procurement |
Process |
20 |
Do you accrue your receipts to the
General Ledger |
Process |
21 |
Does your company prepare budgets |
Process |
22 |
What types of budgets do you
prepare (for example, revenue &
expenses, balance, sheets, capital,
project, and so on) |
Process |
23 |
Do your company’s key performance
indicators drive the budgets |
Process |
24 |
How many budgets do you prepare for
an individual fiscal year |
Metric |
25 |
Do you prepare more than one budget
per Set of Books |
Process |
26 |
What is the range of accounting
periods for each budget |
Process |
27 |
At what organization level (for
example, cost center, division, or region) do you budget |
Process |
28 |
Do budgets require approval |
Process |
29 |
What levels of approvals are required
for budgets |
Process |
30 |
How many budget
"organizations" do you have |
Metric |
34 |
Will budget organization security be
required in the future |
Setup |
36 |
At what account level do you
currently budget |
Process |
37 |
Is your budgeting process centralized
or decentralized |
Setup |
40 |
Do you require consolidated budgets |
Setup |
41 |
Are all budgets prepared in the same
currency |
Setup |
42 |
Do you use Lotus, Excel, or another
spreadsheet program to prepare budgets |
Process |
43 |
Which spreadsheet products and which
version do/will you use |
Setup |
44 |
How do you close or
"freeze" a budget once it is approved |
Process |
45 |
Is the process to close or
"freeze" a budget once it is approved documented |
Process |
46 |
How long does it take to close or
"freeze" a budget |
Process |
47 |
How long should it take to close or
"freeze" a budget |
Process |
48 |
Is closing or "freezing" a
budget a hard close or a soft close |
Process |
49 |
Who performs the tasks associated
with closing or "freezing" the budget |
Process |
50 |
How are adjustments to closed periods
and/or frozen budgets handled |
Process |
51 |
Are budgets altered frequently during
the fiscal year |
Process |
52 |
Do you need to retain original
(prerevision) budgets throughout the year |
Setup |
53 |
Is a budget download required to
facilitate budget creation or maintenance |
Setup |
54 |
Do you derive any type of forecast
from budgets |
Setup |
55 |
Does your company prepare financial
forecasts |
Process |
56 |
What types of financial forecasts
does your company prepare |
Process |
57 |
How do you prepare financial
forecasts |
Process |
58 |
Is the financial forecasting process
documented |
Process |
59 |
How long does it take to prepare
financial forecasts |
Process |
60 |
How long should it take to prepare
financial forecasts |
Process |
61 |
Are financial forecasts a hard or
soft close |
Process |
62 |
Who performs the tasks associated
with preparing financial forecasts |
Process |
63 |
How many forecasts do you prepare
during an individual fiscal year |
Metric |
83 |
How do you maintain your Financial
Reporting data |
Process |
84 |
How do you audit your Financial
Reporting data |
Process |
85 |
Which operations/processes do you
want to streamline for Financial Reporting |
Process |
86 |
Which operations/processes do you
want to eliminate for Financial Reporting |
Process |
87 |
Are there any time-intensive
Financial Reporting operations/processes that need to be addressed |
Process |
88 |
How do you close an accounting period
for Financial Reporting |
Process |
89 |
Is the schedule to close an
accounting period for Financial Reporting documented |
Process |
90 |
How long does it take to close an
accounting period for Financial Reporting |
Process |
91 |
How long should it take to close an
accounting period for Financial Reporting |
Process |