The controller's function : the work of the managerial accountant /

• Main Author: Bragg, Steven M.
• Other Authors: Roehl-Anderson, Janice M.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2011]
• Edition: 4th ed. /
• Series: Wiley corporate F & A.
• Subjects: Managerial accounting.; Controllership.; Auditing.; Budget in business.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Accounting > Managerial.; Electronic books.

"This book provides an overview of the functions and responsibilities of the controller/management accountant in a corporation. A controller is the chief accounting executive of a corporation whose chief responsibilities include: (1) planning and control (i.e., budgeting), (2) financial reporti...

Table of Contents:

• The Controller's Function: The Work of the Managerial Accountant; Contents; Preface; 1 The Controller's Job; MAIN JOB FUNCTIONS; JOB DESCRIPTION; JOB QUALIFICATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT; ETHICS; 2 Internal Control; BASIC ELEMENTS; CONTROLS TO USE IN YOUR BUSINESS; ELEMENTS OF INTERNAL ACCOUNTING CONTROL; LEVELS OF CONTROLS; FRAUD; AUDITING FOR FRAUD; NOTES; 3 Planning and the Strategic Plan; STRATEGIC PLAN OVERVIEW; SYSTEM OF PLANS; PLANNING CYCLE; PLANNING ROLES; PLANNING TIMING AND THE PLANNING PERIOD; BUSINESS MISSION; DEVELOPING LONG-RANGE OBJECTIVES.