Author @brett_finance recounts starting his finance career handling hundreds of…

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Author @brett_finance recounts starting his finance career handling hundreds of monthly journal entries—setting up accruals, loading them into SAP, reviewing and printing support, signing and filing stacks of paper. Thirteen years on (tweet dated 2026-02-27), he emphasizes that getting the numbers right makes them usable and now enjoys helping small businesses with bookkeeping and finance.

title: @brett_finance: Started my finance career in accounting posting journal entries.

Literally hundreds every month:
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author: @brettfinance
contenttype: tweet
publication: Twitter/X
published: 2026-02-27T14:51:18+00:00
sourceurl: https://x.com/brettfinance/status/2027396128283509023

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Started my finance career in accounting posting journal entries.

Literally hundreds every month:
set up the accrual
load into SAP
check my work
print the support
sign it
file it away

Stacks of paper. Every single month.

I didn't appreciate it at the time. But 13 years later, I now get what good accounting does for a company. Get the numbers right, and you can actually use them.

That's why I've enjoyed helping small businesses with their bookkeeping and finances. It's real value for real people trying to build a business.