Would you like an accounting tune-up?

 The Accounting Department of the Belmont University College of Business Administration is offering to assist area nonprofits in improving their accounting processes.

Who is this a targeted to?

Executive directors, nonprofit bookkeepers, board presidents, and finance committee chairs that want to see if they can improve their accounting processes.

Who will do the work?

You will be assigned a small team of accounting students currently enrolled in upper level accounting classes at Belmont. These teams will be supervised by an accounting professor who is a CPA and has experience auditing and assisting nonprofit organizations.

What will the team do?

The team will review your accounting processes, internal controls, and financial reporting systems to help you make improvements that will enhance the integrity and efficiency of your financial process.  The review will be accomplished mainly by asking questions, but will also include some review of your accounting software, chart of accounts, and review of some supporting financial documents.  This will culminate with a written report on the strengths and weaknesses of your current system.

When will the work be done?

This project will take place during the fall semester 2008 – beginning in early September and ending in November.

What is the Organizations commitment?

There is no cost.  This is an outreach effort of Belmont University in conjunction with the Center for Nonprofit Management.  Participating organization will need to agree to be available for approximately five meetings with the student group.

If you are interested in participating or if you have any questions, please e-mail Tommy Wooten at wootent@mail.belmont.edu.