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

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

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Book Description
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

The Controller's Guide: Roles and Responsibilities for The First Years,Steven M. Bragg,John Wiley & Sons,0471713937,Accounting,Accounting - Managerial,Business & Economics,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Chief financial officers,Controllership,Corporate Finance,Corporations,Finance,Business & Economics / Accounting / Management

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