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The context of management accounting





                           The management accountant






               4.1   Changing role




                      REPORTING                                         ENHANCING
                   PERFORMANCE                                        PERFORMANCE





               4.2    Position of finance

                                Business partnering

                                With this approach, the management accountant is an integral part of
                                the business area that they support.




                                Shared services centres (SSC)

                                This is where the whole finance function is brought together as one
                                centre and this centre provides all the accounting needs of the whole
                                organisation.




                                Business process outsourcing (BPO)

                                BPO is contracting with a third party (external supplier) to provide all
                                or part of a business process or function.




                  Illustrations and further practice


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