Controller's Guide

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

Aimed at beginning practitioners, this text provides a complete overview of the functions and responsibilities of both the controller and the chief financial officer within the corporation. Bragg also describes how these roles vary between companies of different sizes. Coverage includes such topics as the various sources of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), the use of ratio and trend analysis, and the general functions of the internal audit group. Accounting department staffing issues are also addressed. The author of over 20 books, Bragg has been the CFO or controller of four companies. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

STEVEN M. BRAGG, CPA, CMA, CIA, CPIM, has been the CFO or controller of four companies, as well as a consulting manager at Ernst & Young and auditor at Deloitte & Touche. He received a master's degree from Bentley College, an MBA from Babson College, and a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Maine. Mr. Bragg resides in Centennial, Colorado. He has written over twenty books, including Accounting Best Practices, Accounting Reference Desktop, and Controllership: The Work of the Managerial Accountant, all published by Wiley.