Dear Members,
A bank reconciliation report is the report showing all the transactions reconciled in the period. In accounting the bank statement is regarded as the bible of the company's monthly transactions and the bank reconciliation report is the only prove that all transactions on the bank statement has been reconciled in the SAP Bydesign or any system.
This report must be signed by the chief financial controller for listed companies and filed at the end of every period or month. We need to have a tab on the bank statement creation/reconciliation window for printable bank statement report which should have the cheque numbers, payment references, receipts references, customer/supplier name, amount in credit/debit, date etc all in rows. There should be an option to print a detailed or summary or total report. There should also be a reminding pop up at the end of every bank statement creation or reconciliation to print this report.
I believe we need this facility on Bydesign ASAP, as it does not look good for a wonderful system like bydesign with complete mobility to be downgraded due to a simple tab or an essential like bank reconciliation report. I am an accountant and the first DOCUMENT I will request for on an audit is the bank reconciliation report( please ask any accountant or auditor to confirm this). Currently my CFO is questioning the selection of Bydesign due to the lack of this report and soon our auditors will request that we migrate to another accounting system due to SOX 404( Listed companies reporting requirements).
Sincerely,
Emeka Ikwukeme, CPA