Management Accounting Report: Systems and Financial Analysis

This report offers a thorough exploration of management accounting, commencing with an introduction to its core principles and objectives. The main body of the report delves into the definition of management accounting, its role within business entities, and its key principles. A case study of Continental Clothing Limited is used to illustrate practical applications. The report examines various management accounting systems, including cost accounting, inventory management, job costing, and price optimization systems, outlining their benefits and applications. It also covers financial statement preparation, emphasizing the importance of reliable, up-to-date, and understandable information. The report concludes by discussing different types of managerial accounting reports, such as budget reports, performance reports, and inventory valuation reports, providing a comprehensive overview of management accounting practices and their significance in business decision-making. The report also covers micro economics techniques, cost analysis, break even analysis, and discusses the importance of relevant, up-to-date, and accurate financial information.

MANAGEMENT
ACCOUNTING
Contents

INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................8
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................16
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................18
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................20
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................21

INTRODUCTION
Management accounting is an accounting procedure that starts from collection of
monetary & non monetary data and ends up with preparation of internal reports (Liff and
Wahlstrom, 2018). In this accounting different types of systems are included and each of them
has integration with departments. The main objective of this project report is to make
understanding about concept of management accounting and its role within business entities. For
better understanding of various tasks of the project report a company has been chosen that is
continental clothing limited, headquartered in London, United Kingdom. The company operates
in process of manufacturing different range of cloths.
The project report covers about role of management accounting for business entities as
well as various types of accounting systems. In the further part of project report, financial
statements are prepared as per monetary data on assumption basis. In addition, various kinds of
budgets and role of management accounting system is covered in order to sort out issue of
monetary aspects.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Management accounting- The word accounting management (MA) is a method of accounting
concerned with the process of collecting business entities' monetary and anti-monetary data in
order to generate internal control documents (Fleischman and Parker, 2017).
Definition of MA:
According of IMA, “MA is a profession which consists partnering in better decision making,
planning and performance management systems in order to control management in the
formulation of an organisation's strategy”.
Management accounting system: The term management accounting systems can be defined as
those systems which are linked with process of various kinds of activities of monetary and non
monetary transactions. There are different types of accounting systems such as cost accounting
systems, job costing system etc.

Origin, role and principle of MA:
Origin- The source of MA can be traced back to the last 300 years when it was being used
throughout the industrialisation (Kerr, Rouse and de Villiers, 2015). Such accounting has grown
with the analysis of financial accounting. Nonetheless, this accounting is not necessary for
corporations in the present time frame.
Role of management accounting- MA plays a significant role in the context of business entities
for different departments. Specially, for managerial aspects this accounting is too crucial. Herein,
below some key role of MA are as follows:
 Helps in effective planning- When making effective preparation for various types of
existing resources, this accounting plays a key role. It becomes feasible as executives can
examine future-oriented behaviours that result when better planning based on the
information gathered. Such as in the aspect of above continental clothing limited, their
managers make effective planning for various kinds of activities and operations.
 Helps in better controlling- Furthermore, MA is helpful for companies to improve control
over different types of activities and operations. This is because executives are able to
concentrate on those tasks which lead to lower income or higher costs through the use of
key information from performance statements. Similar as in the above business entity,
their managers use this accounting system in order to control various kinds of aspects.
 Helps in better decision making- As well as the MA plays a key role for companies in
order to take key decisions of various kinds of aspects (Cooper, R., 2017). The manager
of above business entity, continental clothing limited company utilise key information
from this accounting that helps in order to take corrective steps on right time.
So these are main role of management accounting for each kinds of business entity. As well as in
above continental clothing limited company, this accounting is helping them in effective manner.
Principles of MA:
 Influence- It is a kind of MA principle that describes how interaction gives insight to
corporations. In general, the MA is helpful for the interaction of data on monetary and
anti-monetary elements.
 Relevance- According to this rule, the information given by MA must be relevant to the
activities of corporations.

 Value- The effect on value is projected. Management accounting ties the operations of
the enterprise to its core business structure and involves an extensive awareness of the
wider macroeconomic environment (Morillo, Díaz, Camacho and Montesinos, 2015).
 Credibility- Stewardship is a form of integrity. Responsibility and transparency make the
judgment-making process much more transparent. Controlling near-term corporate
interests against long-term shareholder value increases confidence and efficiency.
Difference between management accounting and Financial accounting:
Basis of
difference
Management accounting Financial accounting
Compulsory In order to implement, this accounting
is not necessary for corporations.
Although this accounting is
mandatory for corporations to apply
to the management of trading
activities.
Purpose The primary aim of this accounting is
to enable internal participants, such as
executives, to make better decisions.
This is essential for internally and
externally shareholders to obtain
information on the financial
situation.
Preparation of
reports
In this accounting internal reports are
prepared as accordance to format of
companies own suitability.
While in this, financial results are
compiled in compliance with IFRS
guidelines.
Different types of MAS:
 Cost accounting system- This is considered to be the type of management accounting
system which relates to practices for forecasting a wide range of activities as well as
operations regards to monetary aspects. It is essential for business entities in order to
keep cost under control of estimation. Such as in the aspect of above company, this
accounting is being applied in order to maintain cost of production below estimated cost.
 Inventory management system- Inventory management system refers to the practice of
buying, maintaining and using the stock of the organization. This included the handling
of raw. In terms of developing successful decisions relating to production, this is

consequently essential inside businesses across manufacturing units. In the continental
clothing limited company, their production department applies this accounting system in
order to manage raw material such as cotton, fibber etc.
 Job costing system- Job order costing or job costing is a system for allocating and
accruing production costs to an individual output unit (Monden, 2019). It is used in those
business entities in which large numbers of products are produced. It is essential for
companies in order to keep cost of job under control. Under this two types of costs are
considered that are job costing and process costing like:
Job costing- Job costing is described as a mechanism of documenting the expense of a
manufacturing job. With job costing systems, the administrator or bookkeeper can keep a
record of the expense for each job, retaining data that is often more applicable to the
operation of the corporation.
Process costing- Process costing is a bookkeeping method that tracks and absorbs direct
costs and assigns indirect costs to the manufacturing process. Expenses are allocated to
products, generally in a large order, which may cover the entire production.
In the above company, they use this accounting system for controlling cost of job as well
as to analyse cost of produced each cloth.
 Price optimisation system- It is a type of accounting system that involves a
comprehensive systematic practice for identifying the buyer's price and utility
requirements. This accounting system enables corporations to obtain a valuable scope of
industry trends and customer demand statistics. Basically, this accounting system is
necessary for corporations to make changes to the price levels of products and services.
In the context of the above-mentioned preferred corporation, their sales team makes
adjustments to pricing strategies in line with customer requirements.
Benefits of various kinds of systems:
Name of accounting system Benefits
Cost accounting system This is beneficial for companies to keep undesired operating expenses
under control in an effective way. The financial managers of the
above-mentioned business continental clothing limited, use crucial
information through such a accounting system to measure the impact
of each financial aspect. This allows them to control the additional

burden of costs.
Stock management system It is important for businesses to maintain control over the practices of
procurement, distribution and supply of goods. As in the above
mentioned business, this accounting system is implemented by their
production team with the aim of making efficient use of the
accumulated goods.
Job costing system This is useful for calculating the value of each production generated by
determining labour costs individually. The finance manager of the
above organization collect information on the overall cost of the work
involved in the different activities which is calculated on the account
of the value of each component.
Price optimisation system It is essential for companies to set prices for goods and services at a
suitable level. The marketing department of the above organization
dictate the price of the manufactured goods on the basis of data
collected from supplementary research on customer requirements.
Presentation of financial information:
Why information needs to be reliable up-to-date and accurate:
• Relevance – Accounting data must be applicable to financial transactions so that correct
decisions can be made. In the shortage of the relevant information, administrators cannot take the
proper decision (Brustbauer, 2016).
• Up to date – The transactions in corporations are carried out on a regular basis, which is why it
is crucial to make changes to accounting information time to time.
• Accurate-In fact, the information should be correct because any mistake could lead to a large
financial loss for businesses.
Why the way in which the information is presented must be understandable:
The manner under which data is collected should be clear, as this information is used by
various business participants. As executives take massive decisions based of this accounting info,
and if they do not understand it, they will not be capable of taking the right action.
Various kind of managerial accounting report:

Management Accounting Reports are a form of document that is generated by bookkeepers in
order to provide descriptions of the various elements of financial and anti-financial terms. There
are some kinds of reports such as:
 Budget report- It is a document that provides specific information on the expected
amount of revenue and spending as well as the amount of the variance that exists by
comparing it with the actual result. On the basis of this, administrators take further steps
in order to perform different sort of activities. As in the above company, their
administrators use the important information throughout this report and make the best
decisions.
 Performance report- This is a type of document generated by the accountant containing
information on the results of each employee and operation. The aim of this report is to
assist managers to make decisions about the development and progress of their
employees (Meidell, and Kaarbøe, 2017). In the continental clothing limited company
gather key information by help of this budget about performance of each individual
progress as well as about each activity.
 Inventory valuation report- It can be defined as a kinds of report that consists detailed
information about total number of stored inventories in form of raw material, finished
goods and work in progress. Under this report, information is included on the basis of
valuation of stock as per the LIFO, FIFO and weighted average cost method. The reports
are produced by help of these methods in which LIFO method valuate goods that comes
in last and utilised first for production. As well as in FIFO method, goods that comes in
first and consummated first. While in the weighted average cost method, cost of goods
sold is divided by number of units. These are beneficial for business entities in order to
take right decision regards to buying and production of goods. Such as in the above
company, this report is being produced by accountants in order to take corrective actions
for selling.
TASK 2
Micro economics techniques:

Cost-This may be defined as the money value that arises in the process of making or providing
any goods or services. There are various types of cost, such as fixed and variable, direct-indirect
costs, etc.
Cost analysis – It can be described as a method by which the actual costs incurred are calculated
in a systematic way (Tucker and Leach, 2017).
Cost Volume Benefit Analysis-This is a kind of analysis that is used to determine how shifts in
cost and volume can impact the profits of businesses. It is based on some assumptions such as:
 Selling price is constant
 Sales mix is constant
 Inventories do not change
Flexible budgeting-This is a form of budgeting that has the potential of change as volume or cost
fluctuates.
Cost variances-This was defined as the disparity between the actual costs incurred and the
estimated costs. If the actual cost is less than anticipated, this will be a desirable situation. On the
other hand, if the real cost is higher; this will be known as an adverse circumstance.
Absorption costing-This is a form of costing where the value of profit is determined by taking
full account of fixed and variable costs (Corvellec, 2018).
Variable costing-This is a kind of costing strategy in that the variable cost is paid to the unit cost
and the fixed cost to the time cost.
Example of absorption and marginal costing: