is lean six sigma relevant in accounting roles?

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Lots of big corps have their own in house cert. process for it. When i worked in corp tax we had 5-6 people in the finance department with various level of cert.

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If you’re working on projects that’s related to PMO. It can be helpful. Anything related to process improvement.

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Do you mean as a service to clients or as internal efficiency of processes?

Yes, used in accounting and tax. I’m a BB in tax. Many companies don’t know what to do with it though - be a self starter with the ideas and start small

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Please help him with referrals.

Correction: TC 51.3 has 15% variable.
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