New Dimensions 2011 - Rhomberg Bau

What do we need bookkeepers for?
After all, is this not what computers and book shelves are for?
The Accounts Department oversees the
commercial side of the entire Rhomberg group
(from left to right): Angela Wautsche, Hermine
Schaffgotsch, Herbert Mittringer, Irmgard
Mayerhofer, Stefan Greussing, Marjeta Ulmer,
Inge Jäger, Sandra Stankovic and Brigitte Flatz.
The history of bookkeeping goes back
a very long way. A simple system was
discovered in the old Mesopotamia
around 9,000 BC. In Egypt, records of
debit and credit accounting on papyrus
scrolls were found dating from
3,000 BC. The practice of bookkeeping
was always imposed by church or
government authorities for the purpose
of taxation. In 1494, the Franciscan
friar Luca Pacioli gives the first complete
explanation of the double-entry
accounting system in his book “Summa
de arithmetica”. The basic principle of
the double-entry accounting system
has remained unchanged to this day
and is applied worldwide.
Today, all business processes of the
Rhomberg group are documented on
the basis of receipts to produce a full
record structured by time sequence
and headings. This includes a subdivision
of types of cost and cost
centres and also provides the basis
for cost calculation. The professional
profile of bookkeepers has changed
significantly in recent years. Where we
previously had clerks with their typical
protective sleeves entering long lists
of numbers into books, we now have
balance sheet experts, tax experts and
business administrators.
The strong growth and international
orientation of the Rhomberg goup and
the numerous changes in tax legislation
as part of the harmonisation of
the turnover tax laws in the European
Union, require complex professional
expertise of our staff. The company
has to submit its tax return in Austria
but, in the case of building projects in
other countries, tax declarations have
to be made in those countries.
We are particularly proud of the successful
cooperation with our accounting
colleagues in Australia, Switzerland,
Turkey and Wels. In 1986 the company
changed over to the BDS construction
package. At the beginning, the
programme dealt with seven users,
but over the years it was continuously
expanded. Today, 250 users use the
AS400 in Bregenz, Wels and
Switzerland.
Starting two years ago, the accounts
department has been producing not
only the end-of-year reports and
consolidation at the end of the business
year, but also quarterly statements
as of 31 March, 30 September
and 31 December. The Accounts
Department reflects the Rhomberg
group in figures and is an important
source of information for decisionmaking;
in addition, it is an important
prerequisite for complying with the
official requirements for providing
information.
Another important function of the
annual accounts is to provide banks
with the information they need for
funding the company/projects. With
the help of the Annual Report it is
possible to establish various indicators
regarding liquidity, investments and
capital. This means that each project
and construction contract requires an
orderly system of receipts.
Staff and theIR responsIBILITIes
Brigitte Flatz Responsible for Rhomberg
Geschäftsführungs GmbH, W. Rhomberg
Bauunternehmung GmbH & Co, TR Beteiligungs
GmbH & Co KG, Benger-Park West
Immobilien GmbH, DLZ Kampus Krems
Beteiligungs GmbH, Storchengrund GmbH,
Storchengrund GmbH & Co KG
Stefan Greussing Responsible for
Rhomberg Bau GmbH, GFI Immobilienmanagement
Bauteil A, R&S Projektentwicklungs
GmbH and various consortiums
Inge Jäger Responsible for RTE Technologie
GmbH, Rhomberg Bau and Gruber GmbH,
GFI Immobilienmanagement, Migu Asphalt
BaugesellschaftmbH, Rhombus Errichtungsund
Verwertungs GmbH, Rhomberg Bahntechnik
GmbH, Rhomberg Rail Consult GmbH and
various consortiums
Irmgard Mayerhofer Overall responsibility and
consolidated accounts
Herbert Mittringer Responsible for Wirkungsgrad
Energieservice GmbH, Rhomberg BT
Holding GmbH, Rhomberg Holding GmbH,
Steinbruch GmbH & Co OG, Steinbruch
GmbH, Rhomberg Recycling GmbH, GFI
Beteiligungs GmbH, Projekt Eins GmbH,
Aspermont Holding GmbH, BDS Systembetreuung
and various consortiums
Hermine Schaffgotsch Invoice recording in
Rhomberg Bau GmbH
Sandra Stankovic Responsible for parts of
Rhomberg Bau GmbH, HT-Josef Huber’s
Erben und Co OEG, Liegenschafts GmbH &
Co KG, CSR Beteiligungs GmbH and various
consortiums
Marjeta Ulmer Responsible for SBS GmbH,
Bauschutt- und Aushubverwertung GmbH,
"HAH" Immobilien GmbH, BBW GmbH,
BBWVermietung GmbH, Rhomberg Gleisbau
GmbH, Bittner Bahn und Gleisbau GmbH and
various consortiums
Angela Wautsche Responsible for Express
Beton GmbH and Express Beton GmbH & Co
KG as well as parts of Rhomberg Bau GmbH
Irmgard Mayerhofer
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