The New Controller Guidebook

by Steven M. Bragg

The New Controller Guidebook covers every aspect of being a controller, including the management of accounts payable, cash, collections, inventory, payroll, and more. It also shows you how to close the books, which reports to issue to the management team, how to create a budget, and how to select and install an accounting computer system. There are review questions and answers at the end of every chapter.

Genres: Accounting, Business

354 pages, Paperback

Published November 1, 2011

About the author

Steven Bragg is a former chief financial officer and controller, and author of 300+ business courses and 50 business books. To get away from the business world, he is also the trail running author of Run the Rockies, a PADI-certified Master Diver, an avid skier and mountain biker, and two-time president of the Colorado Mountain Club. He is also the author of the science fiction novels Under an Autumn Sun and Early Winter, the first two novels in The Auditors trilogy.

Reviews

[Matt McLain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Certainly helpful for budgeting, forecasting, and establishing proper controls. A lot of crossover between controller and CFO duties. I will use this book as a reference regularly even if it wasn’t tailored to the construction industry.

[Will Rauber · Rating 5 out of 5]

Covers a lot of basic information. Easy to read. Good reference to have around.

[Juan Carlos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Este libro es una obligación leerlo y tenerlo cerca si estás involucrado en el area de administración/finanzas/contaduría.

Tiene una cantidad de conceptos sumamente importantes que todos tenemos que dominar.
Me hubiera gustado que el libro sea más largo y que pusiera más ejemplos pero aun así, creo que sienta las bases para que el lector pueda después profundizar más en cualquiera de estos temas expuestos.

Creo que le faltó profundizar más en el área de la importancia de los ERPs en las empresas y de cómo poder implementar/gestionarlos de una manera más eficiente. Creo que solo por este tema, el libro puede estar un poco desactualizado pero aún así recomiendo leerlo.

Otras recomendaciones similares:
The CFO guidebook (mismo autor)
Secrets of Sandhill Road, Scott Kapur (más enfocado a levantamientos de capital en una startup

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