Contents

• 1. Introduction 5
• 2. Chapter 1: The accounting function in Actuant Corporation 5
• 2.1. Background and History 5
• 2.2. Actuant Corporation 6
• 2.3. Values 6
• 2.4. Business Model 7
• 2.5. Corporate Governance 7
• 2.6. Relationship with Stakeholders 8
• 2.7. Role of Accounting 9
• 2.8. Management’s Control over Financial Reporting 9
• 3. Chapter 2: Financial Accounting Analysis 10
• 3.1. Management of the Competitors 10
• 3.2. Antitrust Laws 10
• 3.3. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) 11
• 3.4. Financial Challenges 11
• 3.5. Analysis of the Financial Condition 12
• 3.6. Working Capital Management 13
• 4. Chapter 3: Management Accounting Analysis of Actuant Corporation 13
• 4.1. Structured management accounting system 13
• 4.2. Regular preparation of budgets 14
• 4.3. Budgeting system and sorts of budgets 14
• 4.4. Variances identification and analysis 15
• 4.5. Effectiveness of budgeting system 15
• 4.6. Costing structures 16
• 4.7. Activity Based Costing 16
• 4.8. Breakeven point analysis 17
• 4.9. Price calculations 17
• 4.10. Dissemination of management accounting information 18
• 5. Chapter 4: Financial Management Analysis 18
• 5.1. Capital budgeting undertaken 18
• 5.2. Financing of Capital Projects 19
• SWOT Analysis 19
• 6. Conclusion 20
• 7. Recommendations 21
• APPENDIX A 23
• APPENDIX B 24
• APPENDIX C 25

Description

The report is based on the organizational details of Actuant Corporation. The entire report is focusing on the information about Actuant. The report begins with the discussion of the background and history of Actuant. The business activities in which the company is involved in also discussed in detail. Corporate governance an important factor for every organization, is also important for Actuant. The kind of relationship the company shares with its stakeholders has also been stated. The central part of the report is the financial and accounting system of the corporation. With the help of the report the author would be able to understand the financial health of the company. The report details the accounting system, financial management, working capital management, budgeting system and the capital budgeting of the corporation. The report would be concluded with the recommendations for the corporate governance and the corporate social responsibility of the firm along with a SWOT Analysis of Actuant (Cadbury, 1992).