You are the management accountant at Xero Ltdand have been trying to persuade your boss, thefinance director, that your role should change. Youhave read about Burns and Scapens' report'Accounting Change Project' and think that itsuggests an interesting change from your currentroles of preparing and reviewing budgets andoverseeing the production of management andfinancial accounts. Your boss is sceptical but iswilling to listen to your arguments."a. “Explain the changes and what is driving thesechanges in the role of the management accountantbased on Burns and Scapens work.""(Maximum word count: 500 words)"

The traditional role of management accountant had revolved around the contour of a) planning i.e.,…

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Chapter8: Budgeting For Planning And Control

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