W25 Day 121 of Nana's Internship

 

Week 25 Day 121 (22 September 2025)

Activity

- Keyed in bank statement for the period of April until August 2025 and generated the bank reconciliation.

- Continued keying in purchase transactions from June until September 2025.

- Keyed in sales transactions from April until September 2025.

Key Learning

- Learned how to systematically organize large volumes of data by separating the tasks into smaller timeframes, which made the work more manageable.

- Understood the importance of bank reconciliation in ensuring that the bank records tally with the company’s accounts, preventing discrepancies.

- Gained more practice in balancing purchase and sales entries to maintain accurate financial records.

Reflection

Today was a day filled with detailed and repetitive work, but it helped me realize how these “small” tasks are actually the backbone of financial reporting. Keying in purchases and sales month by month gave me a clearer view of how transactions slowly build up to form the bigger financial picture. The bank reconciliation part was especially meaningful—I could see how even a minor mismatch between bank statements and company records could lead to bigger issues if not corrected on time.

 

It also made me appreciate why businesses rely so much on accurate bookkeeping; without it, decision-making would be based on unreliable numbers. I noticed that I’m becoming faster and more confident when handling larger volumes of data, but at the same time, I need to keep reminding myself that speed should never compromise accuracy. By the end of the day, I felt a sense of progress—not just in completing tasks, but in understanding how these accounting processes really connect to the real challenges businesses face.