[N_FullThrottle]

Does anyone else have a manager who refuses to delegate work?

I am a staff accountant for a medium sized manufacturing company. I was hired to help the accounting manager with a few of his tasks, so he would be less stressed during month end. The only problem—I have taken over about three duties, but he does does not delegate any other meaningful work to me. Any special projects from our higher-level accounting managers, he quickly shoves to his desk and handles. I even offer to assist, and have gotten to the point where I offer solutions just to show I am interested.

The first few months were ok. But now, I have been at my job for over 7 months. I fear this will stunt my growth and hinder me from learning skills for any other roles I will take on in the future.

Advice, Ninjas?

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What are the three duties that you do?

FAR - June 2016 - 88
REG - July 2016 - 89
AUD - Aug 2016 - review phase currently
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[N_FullThrottle]

– Cash Entries – A/R deposits, misc items, and accounts payables deductions

– Bank Reconciliations – I currently reconcile 9 bank accounts

– Rebates – I allocate rebates based on percentage of monthly spend.

** One more major one: Expenses – I also review expenses and make sure things are coded properly.

I do a few smaller things as well, but these are the primaries.

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[leglock]

When you do your bank rec, do you do a 4 column bank rec?

[N_FullThrottle]

@leglock – No, I don't use the four column method. It sounds silly and cliche, but I just use the format our company has always seemed to use. The four column looks much cleaner though.

Our cover sheet shows the ending balance per bank and per book with reconciling items in between. The supporting tabs list the cash receipt and disbursement detail, but it is not reflected on the cover sheet.

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[leglock]

being in a manufacturing business also, does your company use a mainframe computer?

We use a mainframe and I can't wrap my head around it.

[N_FullThrottle]

I dont use that type of computer, but I am sure they do somewhere in the warehouses. lol

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I did lots of bank recs too. Was a real pain in the ass because I was doing it for 50 different little companies. And each company had their own bank account (sometimes several). They used several different banks. Not a lot of activity since this was real estate. So I had to log in to all these different banks and log in and out of all the different company files. Luckily it was all in Quickbooks (online and desktop), never had to do it on excel. Then I would update the cash flow spreadsheet to make sure we had enough money to cover stuff for the next 6 weeks.

Rather monotonous but I still liked it more than the AR/AP part of my job. Barf. I never want to be involved with AR or AP ever again.

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REG - July 2016 - 89
AUD - Aug 2016 - review phase currently
BEC - Sep 2016 -

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[N_FullThrottle]

@ circadian malfunction – several different bank accounts? Luckily, we only have two. What is your current position? How did you get to learn all that you did along the way?

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[Anonymous]

If you have been there 7 months, I would stick it out and get the experience signed off before looking for a new job. Even so, if it's your first accounting job, quitting after a year because you're bored sends a message to other employers. That's fine if it's the message you want to send but be sure before quitting.

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