I’m reporting to a CFO who is actually just an operations guy with an MBA and no accounting background. He constantly asks me to make the numbers work for his board decks, and he doesn't understand why I can't just ignore certain accruals to hit his targets. How do you protect your CPA license when your boss treats the GL like a creative writing project?

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