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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 controllerfrom 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
Synopsis
"The Controller's Function, Third Edition provides an overview of the functions and responsibilities of the controller/management accountant in a corporation.
Synopsis
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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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.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments.
About the Authors.
Preface.
1. The Controller's Job.
2. Internal control.
3. Planning and the Strategic Plan.
4. Long-Range Financial Plan.
5. Annual Plan.
6. Sales.
7. Distribution Expenses.
8. Direct Materials and Labor.
9. Overhead.
10. General and Administrative Expenses.
11. Cash and Investments.
12. Receivables.
13. Inventory.
14. Property, Plant, and Equipment.
15. Liabilities.
16. Equity.
17. Operational Accounting.
18. Closing Procedures.
19. Performance Measurements and Trends.
20. Financial Analysis.
21. Taxes.
22. Selecting a Financial Information System.
23. Project Risk Management.
24. Implementing a Successful CRM Solution.
25. Organizations Large and Small Embrace Shared Services.
26. Information Technology Offshore and Outsourcing.
27. Change Management.
Appendix A. New Controller Checklist.
Index.