The Controller's Guide: Roles and Responsibilities for The First Years - Hardcover

Bragg, Steven M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471713937 ISBN 13: 9780471713937

Publisher: Wiley, 2005

Synopsis

Controller's Guide: Roles and Responsibilities for the First Years provides a complete overview of the functions and responsibilities of the controller in a corporation. This quick-reference guide for everyday issues shows controllers how to enhance their performance while avoiding pitfalls, complete with the latest information on:
* Accounting in the corporation
* Accounting principles and standards
* Cost accounting and costing systems
* Ratio trend analysis
* Internal control systems
* Internal audit function
* Globalization
* Recruiting, training, and supervision
* Controller's role in investor relations

About this title

About the Author

STEVEN M. BRAGG, CPA, CMA, CIA, CPIM, has been the CFO or controller of four companies, as well as a consulting manager at Ernst & Young and auditor at Deloitte & Touche. He received a master's degree from Bentley College, an MBA from Babson College, and a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Maine. Mr. Bragg resides in Centennial, Colorado. He has written over twenty books, including Accounting Best Practices, Accounting Reference Desktop, and Controllership: The Work of the Managerial Accountant, all published by Wiley.

From the Back Cover

Controller's Guide: Roles and Responsibilities for the First Years provides a complete overview of the functions and responsibilities of the controller in a corporation. This quick-reference guide for everyday issues shows controllers how to enhance their performance while avoiding pitfalls, complete with the latest information on:

• Accounting in the corporation
• Accounting principles and standards
• Cost accounting and costing systems
• Ratio trend analysis
• Internal control systems
• Internal audit function
• Globalization
• Recruiting, training, and supervision
• Controller's role in investor relations

From the Inside Flap

Controller's Guide: Roles and Responsibilities for the First Years helps new controllers develop a firm foundation in the concepts of managing the accounting department, locating GAAP information, analyzing and knowing what to do with key accounting information, and setting up control systems that reduce a company's risk of loss.

Controller's Guide is the must-have resource for today's controller. It addresses the new role the controller has in dealing with company investors, including the informational needs of various investor groups, diverse methods of communicating with these groups, and using standard disclosure policy. It also covers the roles of both the controller and chief financial officer within companies of different sizes.

Controller's Guide: Roles and Responsibilities for the First Years is a go-to handbook that controllers, financial executives, financial analysts, internal auditors, and public accountants will use every day for the latest advice and information on:

• Cost accounting
• Analyzing information through the use of ratio and trend analysis, which can pinpoint control problems resolvable through control systems changes
• The composition and role of the audit committee, as well as the general functions of the internal audit group
• The globalization of business, including discussions of international trade, its impact on the U.S. economy, and how to successfully implement global business strategies
• Accounting department staffing, including how to recruit, hire, promote, and motivate employees
• Analyzing tax strategies that impact a number of key issues on a company's tax liability, including the cash method of accounting, inventory valuation, acquisitions, net operating loss carryforwards, transfer pricing, and more

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471713937
• ISBN 13: 9780471713937
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240