TASK 1

1. Background You have been employed as management accountant at ArcadaBuild Ltd, a company that offers renovation services to students and young adults in the Helsinki metropolitan area. The company has 15 builders, from painters and carpenters to electricians and plumbers. The office is located in a basement facility in Arabianranta and seats a CEO, a financial accountant, a management accountant (you) and three project managers. Each renovation job is managed by a project manager and involves 3-5 builders with different qualifications. Builders are employed for specific projects or on short-term contracts, whereas project managers are employed full-time. TASK 1: discuss options and make a suggestion for what kind of management accounting structure the company should have. Discuss benefits and downsides of the alternatives and make your own suggestion. (10 points)

2. Analyzing numerical data The company has the following financial information from the previous 12 -month period: TASK 2: Use the available information to analyze the company's activities in the best way you can. Use methods covered in the course to provide as much information as possible on cost objects. You can also include other relevant KPl's (Key Performance indicators), if you like. Explain and justify any choices or assumptions you have made for your calculations ( 20 points) 3. Discussion TASK 3: Compare the structure you have proposed in Task 1 to the current data available. What additional benefits would your proposed structure bring? How would it help the management in making the company profitable? (10 points) Hand in as a well-structured pdf-document. Any calculations should be clearly documented so I can understand them. Calculations in Excel can be copied into the text (for example using the Snipping tool). The actual calculations only represent 1/4 of your score: all the rest comes from the analysis and discussion