The Controller's Function: The Work of the Managerial Accountant

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471683302 ISBN 13: 9780471683308

Publisher: Wiley, 2004

Take control and keep your company competitive. The controller's role in corporate America has become increasingly crucial and exceedingly complex. So how can new and established professionals enhance their performance and sustain their company's competitive advantage? With The Controller's Function, Third Edition.

From describing essential competencies—cash management, budgeting, fraud prevention and establishing codes for corporate ethical behavior—to detailing the more sophisticated skills like activity-based and target costing, disaster recovery planning, and outsourcing, The Controller's Function expertly balances both the technical and managerial sides of the job.

You'll quickly access information on how to:

• Use electronic spreadsheets for financial analysis
• Successfully implement a shared service center
• Enhance performance through online inventory systems, quick closing procedures
• Selecting adequate accounting software
• Avoid insurance pitfalls through proper planning

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From the Back Cover:

Take control and stay competitive in today's market

The Controller's Function, Third Edition is the go-to resource where new and established professionals can find the most up-to-date information for enhancing their performance and sustaining their company's competitive advantage.

In this new Third Edition, coauthors Janice Roehl-Anderson and Steven Bragg provide a revised and expanded version of their indispensable operations reference work. Accurate and relevant, The Controller's Function gives CFOs and managerial accountants a complete overview of the multifaceted job of the controller—from the most basic "bread-and-butter" aspects to the most advanced.

From describing essential competencies to detailing the more sophisticated skills like activity-based and target costing, disaster recovery planning, and outsourcing, The Controller's Function offers numerous real-world examples, expertly balancing both the technical and managerial sides of the job. Busy professionals can quickly access the latest information on:

• Controls best practices
• Shared services trends
• Outsourcing implications
• Performance measurements
• Cost of capital
• Tax strategy
• Financial strategy
• Just-in-time accounting
• Reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission
• Customer relationship management
• Checklists for new controllers

About the Author:

Janice M. Roehl-Anderson, MBA, is a principal with Deloitte Consulting LLP, with more than twenty years of consulting experience. She specializes in information systems security; financial and cost accounting system analysis, design, selection, and implementation; and long-range information system planning.

Steven M. Bragg, CPA, CMA, CIA, CPIM, has been the chief financial officer or controller of four companies, as well as a consulting manager at Ernst & Young. He is the author of nineteen books, including Accounting Best Practices, Third Edition and Essentials of Payroll: Management and Accounting, both from Wiley.