The Controller's Function (eBook)

The Work of the Managerial Accountant

Janice M. Roehl-Anderson, Steven M. Bragg (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2004 | 3. Auflage
460 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-471-70861-2 (ISBN)

Infos

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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Autor

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.

Inhalt

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.12.2004
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Rechnungswesen / Bilanzen
• Schlagworte: Accounting • Controlling • Corporate/Managerial Accounting • Rechnungswesen
• ISBN-10: 0-471-70861-5 / 0471708615
• ISBN-13: 978-0-471-70861-2 / 9780471708612