Cost Centre

Money isn’t made by doing it safely; rather, future unknown costs are saved.

Being in a role that includes the word “safety”, “quality”, or “risk” in the title, automatically is a cost centre role, and not a profit centre.  Any old timer will tell you; those roles don’t make anything go any faster (I don’t agree, but I’ve certainly heard it).

When the going gets tough, the cost centres are where the accountants look to save money. 

It is very hard to put a line item in the P&L to cover “money that we saved because the disaster didn’t happen”.