Authors: Janice M. Roehl-Anderson, Steven M. Bragg
ISBN-13: 9780471683308, ISBN-10: 0471683302
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: December 2004
Edition: 3rd Edition
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.
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:
1 | The controller's job | 1 |
2 | Internal control | 12 |
3 | Planning and the strategic plan | 63 |
4 | Long-range financial plan | 79 |
5 | Annual plan | 93 |
6 | Sales | 119 |
7 | Distribution expenses | 135 |
8 | Direct materials and labor | 151 |
9 | Overhead | 171 |
10 | General and administrative expenses | 196 |
11 | Cash and investments | 204 |
12 | Receivables | 219 |
13 | Inventory | 227 |
14 | Property, plant, and equipment | 249 |
15 | Liabilities | 266 |
16 | Equity | 274 |
17 | Operational accounting | 292 |
18 | Closing procedures | 309 |
19 | Performance measurements and trends | 319 |
20 | Financial analysis | 340 |
21 | Taxes | 366 |
22 | Selecting a financial information system | 376 |
23 | Project risk management | 399 |
24 | Implementing a successful CRM solution | 410 |
25 | Organizations large and small embrace shared services | 416 |
26 | Information technology offshore and outsourcing | 428 |
27 | Change management | 437 |
App. A | New controller checklist | 450 |