The General Ledger is the accounting foundation for all other systems. It is designed with the capability to service the needs of very large organizations and still be easy to use for smaller organizations.
Features of the system include:
True multi-company capability with choice of either "arms-length" or totally automatic inter-company accounting via multi-ledger facility
Period-based accrual accounting with 1 to 366 user-definable periods per fiscal year, plus automatic Period and Year End processing
Security controlled posting into previous, current and future periods. No need to finalize one year or period before commencing trading in the next
Subsidiary ledgers held separate from General Ledger with drill-down capability
Total integration with all other systems with the ability to view their source transactions from within the General Ledger
User defined Chart of Accounts structure with up to eighteen characters of free-form alpha-numeric ledger code
Optional multi-currency support
Commitment accounting supported through seamless interface to Purchasing and Job Management systems
Choice of report writers enabling end-users to create financial reports using the most appropriate tool, plus easy access from desk-top tools (such as IBM Lotus™, Microsoft Excel™, Business Objects Crystal Reports™, and Microsoft Access™)
Budgeting sub-system providing full analysis and control with up to six budgets per account with facilities for budget import and export to spreadsheets
Both Period and Year-To-Date balances kept for all accounts, with audit trails of all ledger transactions
Recurring and reversing journals supported
Capability to save an incomplete journal batch entry and return to finish later
Journal import and export
facilities for interfacing with external systems such as payroll
bureaus, asset registers, or parent
companies
For more information, please see the manual.