Controllership: The Work of the Managerial Accountant, 2007 Cumulative Supplement - Softcover

Roehl–Anderson, Janice M.; Bragg, Steven M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471794821 ISBN 13: 9780471794820

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2006

Synopsis

This 2007 Cumulative Supplement contains the following new chapters/updates:

• Chapter 52C: The Role of ERP Systems in Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures. This chapter delves into the role of ERP systems in mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.

• Chapter 52D: Achieving Integration Value through Customer and Market Focus. This chapter shows how to increase the odds of M&A success through an enhanced focus on customers and markets served.

• A new section was added to Chapter 23, outlining how to conduct profitability analysis for services. This includes a full analysis of the measurements to be used, as well as the impact of the number of billable days on the reported level of profitability per month.

• In Chapter 31, which addresses capital budgeting, we have added several new topics, including the impact of constraint analysis on the approval of expenditures, how to use Expected Commercial Value for project rankings, and problems with the traditional capital budgeting system.

• There are several additions to Chapter 32 related to the management of accounts payable. These include the use of a payment factory, how to clean up the vendor master file, how to make payments for goods that were drop shipped, and methods to use for the automation of the W–9 form.

About this title

About the Author:

Janice M. Roehl–Anderson, MBA, is a principal with Deloitte Consulting LLP, with over 20 years of consulting experience. She specializes in information systems security; financial and cost accounting system analysis, design, selection, and implementation; long–range information systems planning; and information management reviews. She was also a principal with Ernst & Young. She received her MBA in business at the University of Southern California and a BA in business from the University of Washington. Jan has successfully completed the CPA exam and has co–authored over 10 books, including The Controller’s Function: The Work of the Managerial Accountant (Wiley).

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 and auditor at Deloitte. He received a master’s degree in finance from Bentley College, an MBA from Babson College, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Maine. He has been the two–time president of the 10,000–member Colorado Mountain Club, and is an avid alpine skier, mountain biker, and rescue diver.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0471794821
• ISBN 13: 9780471794820
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240